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| . . J I ] i a s J- j . I I i. ; . ] j j , , ] 10 j 1 I . j h j 1 , | | A | i J j 3 j 4 9 9 *• 3 5 m. Appointment Registers Second Straight Tally Veteran Defeats Emigrant Train, ; Liberty Hill at Cahokia Downs By J. J. HAHN CAHOKIA DOWNS, East St. Louis, May y 11. — Appointment, a nine-year-old son of f Bleu DOr, owned by Frank O. Akin and i ridden by Wayne Chambers, scored his s second straight victory of" the meeting here " Friday night when he accounted for the e mile and one sixteenth Edwardsville Purse. -• claiming event that brought together a a field of distance platers. Appointment, un-■ able to score during his 1956 campaign, was posting his third win of the year in easily defeating Martin F. Keeleys Emi-: grant Train, G. W. Jones Liberty Hill and six others, including the two choices, Babbys Boy and Open Heir, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively, over a muddy racing strip and before 4,606 patrons who braved rainy weather to take in the sport. Babbys Boy was sent to the front soon after the start and was followed by Teds i Jeep and Emigrant Train while Appoint - ment, who was permitted to take his time. raced in fifth place to the first turn and moved up a notch as they settled on the backstretch. Once Chambers applied the whip to the veteran, he responded well I and collared Emigrant Train, who replaced l the faltering Babbys Boy as the pace- - setter. In the run through the stretch, Appointment drew away from his field [ and won eased by four lengths. Emigrant " Train saved the place by half a dozen lengths from Liberty Hill. The winner paid 1 5.40. The only allowance race, a seven fur-9 longs dash and used as the fifth, was won L by Mambo Man, the favorite. The son of f Deliberator made a show of his field in l easily defeating Gin Tonic, Gallant An-r swer and five others. Monday will be "dark" but the meeting * will be resumed Tuesday night when eight i races will be offered,
