Boscobel Equals Record: Carries Smallman Colors Successfully in Thorncliff Headliner, Daily Racing Form, 1933-06-01

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BOSCOBEL EQUALS RECORD carries Smallman Colors Successfully in Thorncliff e Headliner. Entire Toronto Program Given Over to Cheaper Grade of Horses Weather Remains Good. r , TORONTO, Ont., May 31 Platers again monopolized the card at Thorncliffe Park when the program was given over entirely to the claiming brigade, the entire seven races having the claiming clause attached. Weather conditions as for the previous days of the sport, were all that could be desired, and the track was lightning fast. The best field of the day raced in the London Sky Riders Purse. This engaged a small field of five after Battle of Killiecrankie had been withdrawn. Boscobel, racing for J. E. Smallman and which had not been permitted to start for thirty days after the latter lost her in a claiming race in Maryland, apparently benefited by her layoff and equalled the track record for seven furlongs to lead home the Hastings Stables Devout. Mild, racing for the Winnipeg sportsman T. Donley, was third, and Princely Attention, making his initial start of the year, led home Meridian CJueen, the only other starter. Marshall Cassidy had no sooner lined the field up than they were sent away. Meridian Queen elected to move to the front and set the pace until only a quarter remained to be traversed. With only two furlongs left, Foden sent the Smallman filly to the front. In the meantime Devout had moved up and Pollard had entered contention with Mild by saving ground. In the stretch Boscobel held command, and Devout raced into second place, with Mild running third. The Smallman representative held her lead in tenacious fashion and despite Devouts being placed under punishment, a length separated them at the finish Mild had been unable to improve her position under punishment and was third, a length back of the Hastings Stables four-year-old. Meridian Queen, after surrendering command, quit and finished last of the lot. Miss Monoa, from the Tranquility Farm, proved best of the eleven platers that faced the barrier in the three-quarter mile of the Toronto Flying Club Purse. Second place went to R. S. McLaughlins Maetico and the minor award fell to Federal Reserve. The opening offering, styled the Aviator Purse, at six furlongs, brought together a band of eleven platers under claiming conditions. The winner turned up in Attribute, from the locally owned Hastings Stable. Wade Elliotts The Hun raced to second place and third fell to the Tranquility Farms Proud Hills. The second offering, for Canadian-bred platers, at six furlongs under claiming conditions, provided the opportunity for J. C. Fletcher to account for his first purse of the season, when Clarry was along to wear down the Ridgewood Farm Stables Easter Dandy in the final strides. Third place went to Sergeant Major, which was coupled with Kingsway as the Russell and Routcliffe entry. Allanah, a newcomer from Maryland, and backed with rare confidence, carried the A. Hullcoats silks to a hollow victory in the fourth offering. This engaged a field of nine platers under claiming conditions. Conny Smythes Poets Dream raced into second place and the show position went to the Tedlu Stables Saint Louis. Allanah and Common fought it out for the lead in the first quarter and as Common dropped back on the far turn, the Hullcoat mare increased her lead. As the turn for home was reached Allanah had a lead of three lengths over her closest rival. Foden had succeeded in gaining second place with Poets Dream and, though placed under severe pressure, he was unable to cut down the lead of the winner in the stretch run.


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