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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 73, 28 March 1933, Page 4

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AGUA CALIENTE, March 26,

In a secondary feature race of 1 mile and "20 yards here today. Pillow Fight ran third, being beaten by Lovers All and Lemon Hills.

Lovers All, a three-year-old filly owned by the Mdadowbrouk stable, went into an early lead and was never headed, finishing in Imin -lOsec

Lemon Hills, a likely starter in the 25,000 dollars Handicap next Sunday, overtook Pillow Fight in the straight, and finished two lengths behind the winner.

Pillow Fight started slowly, but moved into a favourable position in the back stretch. He bore out at the last turn and fell back steadily in the straight, finishing two Jengthsahcad of Satin Spear, who was in fourth place, aud a length behind Lemon Hills.

NAMESAKE TO OWNER

COLLECTS BIG DIVIDEND

A rather remarkable' clash of similar names was involved iu the sensational success of Chief Marionette at the Manawatu Meeting last week. The Mr. J. Macdonald who held £3 worth of the £fl invested on the win machine was neither the owner (Mr. K. J. Macdonald), nor a relative of either the owner or the trainer (Mrs. A. McDonald). »

Chief Marionette's owner, it is understood, had not a-penny on the filly the day it won, nor, as far as can be ascertained, had any member of the stable. The lucky holder of the three tickets is a well-known Ashhurst sportsman, a brother to the president of the Ashhuxst-Pohangina Racing Club'(Mr. R: Macdonald).

The motive activating Mr. Macdonald, the investor, to support the filly to the extent he did is not disclosed. Undoubtedly, as a few others.also.did, he recognised in the filly-the improver'of the field, and perhaps after forming this opinion he had his judgment1 further strengthened by the fact that his name was identical with the owner's, and alfo phonetically the siime as the trainer's.