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Find Takes Top Honors In Premiere Cap Renewal Record Weekday Opening Throng Of 31,888 Views Hollywood Card HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Cahf., May 10. — Bill Winfrey, who the last time he campaigned the Alfred Vanderbilt stable for an entire Hollywood Park meeting, in 1950, won the trainers championship, got off to a good start again yesterday when he saddled his handicap ace. Find, for a 0.40 victory in the 8,400 Hollywood Premiere Handicap. The biggest opening week-day throng in Hollywood history, 31,888, watched Find turn back the favored Llangollen Farm entry of Social Climber and Porterhouse in 1:09 flat. The time was only one -fifth off the six-furlong track record. Fourth was Flight History, part of the Mrs. Ada L. Rice entry. It was Flight History who was first out of the gate. The Rice speedster and the swift filly, Coverit, set a blistering pace. They hit the quarter in :213/5 and the half in :44?i. These two had a four-length lead i i c — — £ Jk VwAilfl. ftft. CPandQz cHKnIVI ~ i - ~ Find Captures Top Honors In Premiere Cap Renewal Continued tram Paqe Six into the turn, with Social Climber and Find in closest pursuit. Porterhouse, making a third try for victory in the Premiere after a second and a third place finish in the last two, was far back early, while Due de Fer, second favorite at 5-to-2, broke poorly and was through early, after rushing into momentary contention. Ray York moved up abreast of the leaders turning into the stretch as Mel Peterson swung a little wider to challenge with Social Climber. Under strong urging by York, Find opened a short lead midway of the stretch and then hung on to hold off the fast-closing Llangollen pair. Porterhouse, with John Longden up, was stopped momentarily by a lack of racing room on the turn, but once free he moved with a rush. He was going fastest of all in the final sixteenth, missing his stablemate by three-quarters of a length, the same margin by which Find triumphed. Find paid 0.40, .50 and ,10 and the Llangollen tandem returned .80 and .60. The attendance yesterday snapped the old mark of 30,673, set on a Tuesday in 1948. The handle was ,933,884, also was-a new opening week-day mark, breaking last, years tops of ,840,470.
