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Gen Duke Has Bruised Front Foot Berwyn Purse Goes to Prince Gala Registers by Head Over Twilight Run Danner CoItTallies Despite Being Carried Wide in Drive By Runnerup 10582 Attend AttendBy By J J MURPHY MURPHYSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 1 Prince Gala a threeyearold who won a couple of races in the soft going during the Oaklawn Park meeting turned in a splendid effort in taking the featured Ber ¬ wyn Purse here today Despite being car ¬ ried wide by the pacemaking Twilight Run in the stretch the gelding from the stable of W J Danner and ridden by Melvin Du hon managed to beat him by a head going away Third place was taken by Will Com ¬ mand with Some Classic the second choice finishing fourth and Mr Bruce ending up sixth in the sevenhorse field The winner paid 1480 and ran the six furlongs in 116 116Twilight Twilight Run to the Front FrontTwilight Twilight Run breaking from inside posi ¬ tion went to the front at once iri the Ber ¬ wyn but was unable to get far away from Prince Gala who was racing in second place Twilight Run bore out badly on the stretch turn carrying Prince Gala with him and Will Command saving consider ¬ able ground in coming up on the inside loomed as a contended Despite the fact that they went wide on the bend the lead pair in the early stages were the ones to fight it out Will Command was beaten one length for second place placeThe The racing strip had dried out consider ¬ ably overnight and during the early morn ¬ ing the sun shone brightly However the track was still recorded as slow The at ¬ tendance was 10582 10582Neither Neither Mr Bruce nor Some Classic were ever serious factors They lacked early speed and were well beaten at the finish finishJockey Jockey Howard Craig rode the winners of both ends of an 8560 Daily Double when he scored in the initial event with Talent Crop a twoyearold and won the second with Shining Jeff Each was a firsttime starter here Talent Crop who bore over overContinued Continued on Page Eight Prince Gala Tallies In Berwyn Purse PurseLeads Leads Twilight Run by Head i After Latter Carries Kim Wide in Sportsmans Sprint SprintContinued Continued from Page One Oneon on Winifreds Pride the second horse right after the start was forced to withstand a claim of foul lodged by Mike Weissman the rider of the latter Craig had no worries in the second though as Shining Jeff scored by a dozenlengths from the favored Pace ¬ maker makerA A fair field went to the post in the sixth race in which Braseda making his first start of the meeting was the favorite Capt Kim ridden by Job Jessop was the winner Braseda took command around the stretch turn but Capt Kim headed him in the last furlong and beat the goodclos ¬ ing Niral to the wire by three parts of a length Braseda saved third place in the onemile contest contestChance Chance Snow who scored last week at a big price proved a repeater and paid 5220 Ridden by Clarence Meaux the sevenyearold gelding took the event by finishing fast on the extreme outside to beat out Future Reward an oddson fa ¬ vorite who set the pace WitchEnglish ridden by Tony Skoronski won the fourth in a driving finish from Fans Flight the favorite and Feuding The latter met with interference in the stretch or might have been closer Larry Gilligan piloted Prince Joe to a triumph in a maiden threeyear old event that came third on the bill
