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Ginny Bug Registers Her Fourth Success in Row Accounts For Royalton Chase; Will Start in Arlington Hurdle ZIONSVILLE, Ind.. June 13.— Ginny Bug, owned by Harry S. Nichols of Detroit, jumped her way to her fourth successive victory in the Midwest circuit, winning by five lengths over Jarrin John, the massive entry of Mrs. Paul Dent of Louisville. The Deacon, owned by P. T. Clieff of Holland, Mich., was third, after a formidable early effort. Fourth horse in the field was Heres Why, owned by Guilford Dudley, Jr., of Nashville. He was also in brief contention in the early stages of the Royalton Steeplechase at about two and one-half miles, feature event of the seven-race card, which marks the finish of the Midwest Hunt Race Associations spring circuit of five meetings. Final event for Midwest horses will be the Arlington Park Hurdle Stakes, to be run on June 24. The secondary brush event of the meeting, the Irishmans Run, at about two m line ATroi* Vwi i c»V* ■r»vr»/-!n r* wmnon ttV rcn performance indicated that he could.be a formidable contender in the hurdle stakes, to which he is also eligible. This was Mountain Blue, a four-year-old gelding owned by William D. Hail of Nashville, Tenn. This horse, which has had a run of bad luck at previous Midwest meetings, clearly established a reputation as a horse of class, winning by six lengths under jockey Pat Murphy, who also rode Ginny Bug. Port Call, belonging to Harry M. Rhett of Huntsville, Ala., was second in a driving finish ahead of P. T. Cheff s Lassy Bar, with Local Run, belonging to Ed Lotze of Louisville, in fourth place. All of the horses who ran in the Royal-ton meeting have established their eligibility for entrance in the Arlington Park Hurdle Stakes. Considering horses not running in the current meeting, it is expected that a field of from 10 to 12 horses will race the starter for this event. The constant rains of the past several days produced a decidedly soft track, but a remarkable feature of the meeting was that there were no falls during the entire day.
