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Show Reno," said. "It was a rough race and Top Row suffered as much from rough riding as did any of the others. "He was carried wide at the head of the stretch and was cut down somewhere in the turn but had enough fight to go on and win the race." Top Row' Owner Wagers $50,000 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 (ll.lil A. A. Baroni believes his tiny horse Top Row is the best thoroughbred thor-oughbred in America and is willing wil-ling to bet $50,000, he said today, that the son of Peanuts can beat any horse that ran in the Santa Anita handicap in a match race. Aroused by protests over Top Row's "foul" tactics, the Reno horseman challenged any of the 14 horses that ran against his entry in the $100,000 added race to a match race for a $50,000 side bet. "My horse won and the stewards stew-ards ruled he won fairly," Baroni snapped. "If any of the other owners own-ers think their horses are better, let them take up my offer, provided pro-vided the horses carry the the same weights and under the same track conditions." Top Row's victory had been protested especially by F.'a. Car-reaud, Car-reaud, owner of Time Supply, which finished second in the race. Carreaud maintained that Top Row should have been disqualified for cutting in front of Time Supply Sup-ply as the two staged a fast stretch battle in the mile and a quarter race. "All I ask is two weeks for the cuts on Top Row's leg to heal,'" Baroni, known as "The Duke of |