Terry Murphy Rides Four Winners on Cahokia Card, Daily Racing Form, 1959-05-12

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Terry Murphy Rides Four Winners, on Cahokia Card CAHOKIA DOWNS, East St. Louis, 111., May 11. — Terry Thomas Murphy, a 23-year-old native of nearby Marshall, 111., who won only 17 races last year with his 247 mounts, joined other jockeys in "racing feats" of the 1959 season Saturday night when he drove home four winners in the first five races at this track. Murphy won . his initial victory on Fast Charger in the first jace, finished fourth on Count Passes in the second but came right back and won on Sharp Dude in the third, Hi Billee in the fourth and Bamaway in the fifth. C. Wayne Beck holds the season record here with five winners on a single program.


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