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f fSercial Sercial Shows Way to Boone Blaze Royal Nip Driving Laurel Victress Bests Your Shine In Distaff Sprint SprintCox Cox Brings Zakoor Miss Up From Sixth to Near Length Win Duntreath Gift Third ThirdBy By TEDDY COX COXLAUREL LAUREL Md May 1 Thoroughbreds with claiming tags on their hides dominat ¬ ed the Laurel program this warm after ¬ noon before a crowd of 9803 with one of the better races developing when William A Zakoors Royal Nip closed with a power ¬ ful rush to account for the Art Group of Hamilton Purse The chestnut daughter of Pass Out Miss Mandy by Supremus ar ¬ rived at the winning post threequarters of a length ahead of Albert P Nergardts Your Shine a task that seemed rather im ¬ possible at the far turn In third place was Perne L Grissoms Duntreath Gift while Courtney Burtons Careful Maid was fourth William Cox Sta ¬ ble rider for the Zakoor outfit exercised considerable skill in weaving his way in and out and between horses to get the job done The Kentucky lad is making his in ¬ itial campaign on Maryland soil after hav ¬ ing ridden with a degree of success in the Middle West WestRoyar Royar Nip was claimed by the Zakoor stable at Bowie for 5000 but Jast raced fairly well for 7500 This time he was en ¬ tered with a 6500 price and the company he met obviously was fitting and proper properYour Your Shine Takes Over OverDuntreath Duntreath Gift moved into the lead at the start but as they stepped down the backstretch Your Shine took over and drew clear going into the far turn At this point Royal Nip was in the ruck and down on the inside and there didnt seem any signs of a challenge Cox however swung out as they neared the stretch and was fortunate to locate sufficient space between horses horsesAs As they settled for the drive Your Shine still held the upper hand but there was a general closing up with several horses spread across the track Royal Nip was moving in higlf gear as they passed the eighth pole but wasnt going too willingly and Cox was forced to resort to extreme pressure After the favorite finally forged to the front he appeared ready to draw clear as they passed the line lineOne One of the better races on the card found a full field of twoyearolds of the 7500 claiming variety competing in the third The winner was Edward A Dean gelos Carolyn Record under the riding of the sensational apprentice Howard Grant who is now two winners in front of Joe Culmone for the riding championship of the meeting meetingGrant Grant took Carolyns Record out into the lead at the start and she scored smartly by three and onehalf lengths Charles T Am bergers Tintala was second and C Lamar Creswells Little Nubby was third The win ¬ ner is a daughter of ApachePast Record by Tiger
