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Black Gallant Captures Lincoln Feature Sprint SprintColt Colt Completely Outdistances The River Per ro Gains Third ThirdBy By FRED GALIANI GALIANILINCOLN LINCOLN DOWNS Lincoln R I May 3 Black Gallant an arrival from Oak lawn Park dammed The River The latter R S Gettingers heavy choice to win his third straight race was a distant second in the featured Point Judith Purse Black Gallant carrying the silks of G R White took the gate at the start and widened throughout Two lengths behind the choice came K Stables Ferro in third place placeApprentice Apprentice Carl Landers contract rider for White took no chances on Black Gal ¬ lant applying the whip early down the back stretch and in the run home Black Gallant was good for 1440 in the tote to his backers in the crowd of 71811 who turned out on a warm and cloudy after ¬ noon The winning colts time over the five furlongs was 59 on a fast track Black Gallant trained by Cecil Locklear is a son of the speed sire Depth Charge and Manda and was bred by his owner The rakish black colt has his sires fleet ness but often fails to carry it the full dis ¬ tance He is invariably the pacesetter in all of his races but could win only one of 12 starts last year This year he is starting out a bit more on the black side This afternoons score was his second in four starts startsThe The River one of the better youngsters here last season had won his first start of the season at five furlongs then dead heated with My Banker in his next outing at the same distance Off those races he was made even money favorite favoriteBlack Black Gallant came out of the gate in a flash and scooted out into an open lead Landers whacked the colt a couple of times as they went down the back stretch Ferro was the closest while The River was run ¬ ning fourth down on the rail with Red Red Robin outside of him himBut But Black Gallant was home free and under Landers repeating whipping was in ¬ creasing his margin to win by six lengths The River had no trouble taking second from Ferro in the abbreviated dash
