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Howard Craig Astricte Winners of Double Guides Rozs Pride Jazzanira To Victory at River Downs Oval RIVER DOWNS, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 24. Jockey Howard Craig, the leading rider at the meeting celebrated his twenty-ninth and thirtieth wins of the meeting in guiding both ends of the Daily Double here at River Downs today. In the opener, he was astride F. Merrys Rozs Pride and sent that Doublrab gelding the mile and 70 . yards in a rather commendable 1:45. The winner was claimed from the affair for ,500 by the Hi-Acres Stock Farm and G. Van Der Veer will now take up the training which was handled by Gale Osborne for Merry. To complete the 3-6 combination, Craig sent Mrs. M. Rinkes Jazzanita six furlongs in 1:1135 and the Double was worth a mild 5.80. Before the start of the second race, and while the horses were in the gate, Mr. and Mrs. C. Rogers Mad John again displayed-his dislike for that mecharhYm. During the course of his f ractiousness lie sustained a badly cut right front leg and after being very quickly retrieved by the outrider, Walt D. Ogle, was ordered withdrawn. The " Continued on Page" Fifiy-Nine .. Howard Craig Drives Home Two Winners at River Downs Continued from Page Six monies wagered on this; notorious gate per- former were returned. N Apprentice John E. Carroll sent Mrs. E. v Deaton and W. P. Littles Miss Agoo over the five furlongs in :59 to equal the best . time of the meeting for the distance. It was the first winning performance for the juvenile Challenge Me filly and she and her young rider were three and one-half lengths the best of their closest rivals, E. A. Bischoffs Break In and jockey Gilbert Roser. As the favorite in the betting the win ticket was worth .20.
