INGLEWOOD, Calif., June 27 -- Howard B. Keck's Bagdad, the 1-5 favorite, today won the $112,000 Hollywood Derby by a half-dozen lengths and stamped himself as one of the outstanding 3-year-olds in the West still in action.

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Bagdad, 1-5, Scores In Hollywood Derby; BAGDAD, 1-5, TAKES HOLLYWOOD DERBY

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