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Fabius Triumphant in Derby Trial English Lad Surprises at Sportsmans Extreme Outsider In Field of Five FiveSon Son of Old English Returns 1960 Under Jessop Next Page Six Lengths Behind BehindBy By J J MURPHY MURPHYSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 1 The smallest field of the meeting went postward in the featured race here today when but five horses competed En Pleur was a withdrawal from the original list The distance was six furlongs and the win ¬ ner was English Lad the extreme outsider in the band bandThe The son of Old English second straight offspring of that stallion to register paid 1960 and was ridden by Job Dean Jessop Next Page raced to second place and Irish Cheer was third with Master Reft the 7 to 10 favorite fourth and Nival bringing up the rear rearMaster Master Red at Disadvantage DisadvantageMaster Master Red was rather unfortunate in having an outside post position with such a speedy trick as Nival on the inside De ¬ spite Don Wagners hustling tactics with the public choice Master Red was unable to outrun Nival to the turn and did not get to the front of her until half the dis ¬ tance had been completed However by that time much of Master Reds speed had been spent and he fell easy prey to Eng ¬ lish Lad who took command on the far turn and to Next Page and Irish Cheer in the stretch Nival faltered after duelling Master Red then backed up and was beaten off at the finish finishThe The weather was the most pleasant in several days the sun coming out midway of the program The track while appear ¬ ing to be improved over that of Tuesday was quite heavy The attendance was 10334 10334Jockeys Jockeys Robert Ford and Anthony Sko ronski shared the honors in the forepart of the program each riding two winners Fords mounts accounted for the Daily Double to make him three victories in suc sucContinucd Continucd on Page FortyThree English Lad Scores Upset In Sportsmans Feature FeatureContinued Continued from Page On Oncession cession he having ridden the winner of the last race Monday Skpronski won the fourth and fifth affairs affairsFord Ford a Wyoming born jockey had Fixed Charge an outsider for his mount in the opening race and the fiveyearold always close up gpt to the front in the stretch to hold off Practical and Ambalong the fa ¬ vorites who finished second and third re ¬ spectively Ford came back with Best Story the favorite in the second and the Daily Double paid 68 68Skoronski Skoronski won with a couple of favorites His first success came on Mighty Tired who was far from tired in the stretch run of the fourth place and registered by five lengths Tonys next winner was Witch English who was scoring for the second time at the session Witch English al tfiough going almost to the outside fence on the stretch turn retained command to lead all the way wayApprentice Apprentice Felix Chavez was the win ¬ ning rider in the third race and as a result lost his fivepound allowance this being his 40th score He began riding over one year ago The race was for maiden two yearolds and Chavez was up on Wallace Strong Platter colt Breejsy Night who beat All for Cifojuaderiurgirigrfladdyi the
