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ZENKA PROVES MUCH THE BEST Captures Florisiant Purse in Supe ¬ rior Fashion Over Opponents Consistent Gallopette Scores Again Title TitleStar Star Easily Trims Mac Moon Gold GoldTip Tip by a Nose NoseCOLLINSVILLE COLLINSVILLE 111 June 26 The card of seven races at Fairmount Park today was made up of claiming races and the fifth race or the Florisiant Purse a mile and a sixteenth event for threeyearolds and over served as the best race on the program It brought together F Rileys consistent Zenka winner of her only start here Northern Sir also a winner at the meeting Moiras Chief a close third to Zenka when she earned brackets Lugen Luggage another winner and a local favorite while Judge G and Bug Hunter composed the remainder of the field fieldThe The weather was hot again today and the attendance while larger than yesterday fell off considerably from the weekend crowds of last year yearZenka Zenka proved much the best in the Floris ¬ sant Purse After racing well out of it Lowe called upon the daughter of Axenstein entering the stretch and she passed her rivals with ease when straightened out Morias Chief was another laggard and coming between horses in the stretch drive was a length and a half behind the winner and a like distance before Lugen Luggage which saved third by a neck from the tiring Northern Sir SirTwelve Twelve twoyearold maidens and winners of one race met in the opener and My Sur ¬ prise which races for Mrs J C Gillem was an easy winner over Polle with Jack Chevigny the favorite third thirdThe The winner making his first start was rated behind Margies Doll and Carbines Goldy for a quarter Making the far turn Scurlock took the son of Nassak around his rivals and opened up a threelength lead which he maintained until the finish when his advantage was two lengths before Polle while the latter was tiring and hung on long enough to win the place by a length from Jack Chevigny which was going fast ¬ est in the final sixteenth sixteenthThe The consistent Gallopette made it a dou ¬ ble at the meeting when she earned an easy victory from Moon Shy Monde and nine other threeyearolds and over in the sec ¬ ond race at six furlongs The L Margraves representative had the speed of her field and after racing Fountain into defeat in the first quarter stood repeated challenges from Moon Shy and pulled up two lengths before the latter with Monde a length and a half to the rear of Moon Shy River Lee suf ¬ fered some interference at the far turn and after being shuffled back came again and was going well near the finish finishThe The first favorite of the day to win was furnished by W Brown when his fiveyear old Title Star earned an easy victory from Mac Moon The Egyptian two field horses and nine other threeyearolds and over at five furlongsWhile and a half furlongs While The Egyptian Raffles Chance and Mac Moon were fighting for the lead going down the back stretch Dyer had a good hold of the winner On the far turn the daughter of Title began to move up until she was lapped on Mac Moon and The Egyptian She opened up a twolength lead on her rivals in the stretch and held her advantage until the finish Mac Moon in the thick of contention throughout was two lengths before The Egyptian to save second place Polaire second choice in the betting moved up fast in the stretch but quit suddenly pulling up lame lameIn In one of the best finishes of the day For tier Brothers Gold Tip earned his first purse of the year and a nose verdict from Marcella Agnes with Atmosphere third a half length behind them at the end of the mile which brought together nine starters Atmosphere showed the most speed and opened a good lead rounding the clubhouse turn with Marcella Agnes second and Dunny Boy third Mills had Gold Tip racing fourth and nicelyAfter was rating his mount nicely After racing this way for little more tfian a half mile Gold Tip began to close in on the leaders and when reaching the eighth post was lapped on Marcella Agnes and Gold Tip when Mills was lucky to find racing room on the rail turning into the straight ¬ away In the final drive the three raced stride for stride and it was not until the last few strides that Atmosphere showed signs of tiring from his early pace Apprentice paceApprentice P Martinez resumed riding Tuesday The boy recovered rapidly from his fall suffered last week on Roberta L
