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Scrutinized Wins Churchill Handicap Styrunner Finishes Neck Off Victor VictorBuddah Buddah Stable Gelding All Out to Maintain Slim Lead Sea 0 Erin Winds Up Fourth FourthCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 3 Scrutinized a sixyearold Third Degreesired gelding carried the Buddah Stable silks of David Paper and L R Har ¬ ris to a gamelyachieved victory here this pleasant afternoon in the nineteenth run ¬ ning of the 12350 Churchill Downs Handi ¬ cap before a crowd of more than 13000 spectators Hard ridden through the stretch by jockey William McKinley Cook the winner reached the finish of the seven fur ¬ longs stakes with a neck advantage over his nearest rival Mrs A M Creechs Sty runner The latter was a similar distance before Harold G Bookmans Happy Go Lucky while Hasty House Farms favored and topweighted Sea O Erin saved fourth money in the field of eight starters startersScrutinized Scrutinized took up 110 pounds which impost was 13 pounds less than that of Sea O Erin and raced the seveneighths mile over the slow track in 125 Al ¬ though the Buddah Stable gelding dis ¬ played a preference for the Downs course last autumn he was lightly regarded in the totalisator and those Backing him in the straight pool received 1880 Scrutinizeds success in the Churchill Downs netted his Wisconsin owners 8700 8700Yeeneman Yeeneman Presents Trophy TrophyImmediately Immediately after the finish of the stakes William H Veeneman chairman of the Churchill Downs board presented a handsome silver trophy to the winning owners in a brief postrace winners ring ceremony ceremonyMr Mr and Mrs J Zitniks Manassas ridden by Johnny Rotz coasted to an easy three and onehalf lengths verdict in the one mile and onesixteenth Julep Time Purse decisively defeating six other threeyear olds Manassas took command in the mid ¬ dle distance test when ready and drew clear from Gus Burkhards Miss Nina during the stretch run Sam E Wilson Jrs Royal Honor finished third another length back and a similar margin before Costello Sta ¬ bles Miss Nina NinaManassas Manassas shouldered 117 pounds and raced along over the dull strip in 146 He was favored in the wagering at 9 to 10 10J J G Ferraras Cedaresque handled by Bobby Baird beat a capacity field of ordi ¬ nary sprinters in the six furlongs opener and Kenneth Burkhardts Tempts Image with Ralph Borgemenke up trimmed nine juveniles in the four and onehalf lengths second secondCedaresque Cedaresque a 11 to 5 shot and Tempts Image 4940 straight were good for a 24220 Daily Double
