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Ten Entered for Tomorrows Derby Dozen in 42350 Kentucky Oaks Snoozie in Judges7 Bow at Sportsmans SportsmansDrives Drives to Fore in Stretch Run of Elmhurst Purse to Tally Over Last and Only OnlyBy By J J MURPHY MURPHYSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero 111 May 2 The third time out at this meeting proved a profitable one for Snoozie a five yearold gelding from the stable of Simp ¬ son Wise With Howard Craig in the saddle the son of Double Jay raced from behind to take command in the stretch and win by three parts of a length from Last and Only one of the outsiders in the field while Petes Folly who arrived from Keeneland a couple of days ago saved third place from Will Mearns who was a wellplayed favorite The others in the sixhorse field Reclaim and Shoot Man came to the finishing line in that order Snoozie paid 780 and ran the onemile distance in l434s on agood track trackSkoronskis Skoronskis Mount on Top TopPetes Petes Folly owned by Patricia Hoban was out of the gate quickly and after Tony Skoronski had sent him into a twolength lead in the first quarter he took a hold on the fouryearold whose closest rival at that stage was Reclaim who was racing well in advance of Will Mearns with Snoozie fourth and Shoot Man and Last and Only bringing up the rear The com ¬ plexion of the event changed after the band had traveled five furlongs Although Petes Foley had killed off Reclaim and was still showing the way Will Meanrs was making his bid and Snoozie was coming pn the outside outsidePetes Petes Folly retained a margin of about one length as midstretch was reached but Snoozie was gaining steadily on the outside and a sixteenth out the eventual winner took command Meanwhile Last and Only had raced very wide on the last turn but was moving up Although Last and Only was definitely a threat coming to the end jockey Craig on Snoozie did not see fit fitContinued Continued on Page FortyEight Snoozie in Sportsmans Eimhurst Purse Victory VictoryDrives Drives to Fore in Late Stretch And Holds Last and Only Safe SafeContinued Continued from Page One to rouse his charge and Last and Only was cutting jnto his margin1 at the finish Petes Folly faltered in the last sixteenth while Will Mearns failed to display much of a finishing wallop wallopThe The weather although cool today was sunny and the track was in the best shape since the commencement of the meeting although still somewhat removed from fast The attendance was 8898 the lightest of the session sessionA A pair of outsiders each bearing the number one saddle cloth accounted for the days Daily Double that paid 157 Shan ¬ nons Leap ridden by Don Wagner was the first winner The gelding charged up on the outside nearing the stretch turn to have enough left at the end to hold Mondes Wav while the favored Bim Bim faded out of the money Count Domingo with Tommy Barrow riding his first winner of the session lasted to defeat the fastclos ¬ ing Dermatologist in the second with Bor ¬ der Bum medium of heavy speculation for the second time at the meeting again fin ¬ ishing out of the jmoney jmoneyDashing Dashing Squaw a twoyearold who won her last race which was at Sunshine Park made it two out of three in her brief career when she took the third race going away The daughter of Tribe Dashing a 500 yearling purchase passed the favored Count Pose and the pacemaking Quality First at midstretch Dashing Squaw was ridden by Richard Miguez in the fivefur ¬ long dash dashWedding Wedding March a filly who fell while racing in a contending position last time out came from behind under the handling of Clarence Meaux to take the fourth race from Mage1 P while Equimore beaten off recently came down the stretch on the in ¬ side of the public choice Second Bond in the fifth to be up to win in the final strides Hector Viera rode Equimore
