WINOOKA VINDICATED
VICTORY AT BALTIMORE FIELD OF NINE HORSES (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.] (Received Nov. 2, noon.) BALTIMORE, Nov. 1. The Baltimore Handicap, wortl aliout £O2O, was won by Winooka (loldstep second, and Tambour third. Winooka ran a good rare. Hope To Do was scratched at I lit last minute. Winooka 'broke with the field, Inti Britt did not msli him. In the early 'part of the race the horse was permitted to settle into his best stride. Britt asked for a little more from the horse just after passing the half-mile pole, and Winooka hep,an picking up on the leaders. lie was force.! to circle several horses on lhe turn and came very wide into the stretch. This cost him a lot of ground.' Winooka, when straightened into the stretch, responded willingly to hard urging, lie wore the leaders down, and was up to win by a head. Britt- was driving hard near the end to light off (loldstep and Tambour, a head separating the latter two. Winooka’.s victory netted the owners £5lO. The time, 1,11 1-5, was 2-ssee slower than' the track record. It was a popular victory. The crowd was brought to its feet by the close finish. The starters and their weights were : Winooka 8.8. (loldstep 8.5, Tambour 8.4, flood Advice, flpringsteel 8.3, Okapi 8.1. Curacao 8.0, Character and Gold Lover 7.11.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 2 November 1933, Page 7
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