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i DON GUZMAN IN FRONT Wright Scores Victory in Everglades Handicap at Tropical Park. . Muller Gelding" Carries Top Weight of 120 Pounds and Wins in Exceptionally Fast Time. MIAMI, Fla., March 30. Don Guzman and Wayne Wright combined at Trpoical Park this afternoon to account for the Everglades Handicap, the stake which distinguished the final Saturday of sport at the Gables course. Before a throng which filled the course to capacity and sent a sum well in excess of 00,000 through the machines, the gelded son of St. James and Armada, under flawless riding, carried the colors of C. W. Muller to a clean-cut and decisive victory over Speedmore and four other contestants. At the finish the five-year-old was three lengths in advance of the runner-up, with Chief Mourner in third place a length and a half away. His final time of 1:44 marked the second best race of the meeting at the distance. It was the third score in four chances during the present meetinsr for the vastly improved gelding, and added ,425 to his earnings. The triumph was b far the most popular of the day, for the half-holiday crowd backed Don Guzman into 4 to 5 favoritism before the machines were locked. WRIGHTS PATIENT BIDE. Wright rode a patient race on the Muller representative. His mount was carrying top weight of 120 pounds, and this caused the star rider to rate him along instead of wasting his speed in the pace. Wright took Don Guzman in hand leaving the post and did not move with him until half the journey had been completed. Then the jockey drove the son of St. James fast with hand, heel and whip as he took the outside and clear passage. As the leaders swung for home Don Guzman was head and head with Speedmore and Chief Mourner, wearing both down in the final furlong. Pint Shot, a far better horse than in his Hialeah final, a race out of which he was claimed for ,750 by K. Ramsey, upset a double for G. W. Muller when he took the measure of Golden Rock II. in the mile Class C Graded Handicap which followed the stake attraction. The four-year-old son of Chance Shot and La Bonnette, which formerly campaigned for the Maemere Farm, ran the distance in 1:39, a fifth of a second slower than the time Volta Maid hung out in the first half of the split event, to win Dy a length over his higher-weighted Panama rival. The victory was the second long shot triumph of the afternoon for M. Winters, as Flint Shot paid 0.75 to .00. Earlier he had scored with Amusing, the days principal surprise. FAVORED BY START. The start favored Flint Shot, as he was away fast and had the speed to outfoot his rivals to the first turn. Golden Rock II., shuffled back at the first turn, was far off the pace at the five-furlong post, and did not warm to his work until swinging out of the back stretch. He moved up on the turn with a rush which suggested victory and, at the top of the front lane, was pressing Flint Shot closely only to tail off under punishment in the last sixteenth. Volta Maid proved the first choice of the afternoon to score. The six-year-old daughter of Volta and Envy, which was claimed at Hialeah Park by George McMitchell, was favored in this event when the pacemaking Abner, swung wide on the turn for home, enabling her to cut through along the rail, saving many lengths. She readily wore down her younger rival and at the end was Agoing away, triumphant by two lengths. Abner, coming right back after a hard mile race on the preceding afternoon, turned in a smart performance. Dark War, breaking fast from the rail station, showed a fine flight of speed to race six furlongs in 1:12, in the initial sprint. The Traumer mare was hard driven to dispose of Fire Mask, accomplishing this task in the opening half mile and drawing away slightly at the top of the stretch. She con- Continued on twenty-third page. DON GUZMAN IN FRONT Continued from first page. tinued steadily under pressure to score by slightly more than a length over the swiftly-closing Coya. The runner-up left the post slowly and was far out of it in the early stages. Through the stretch she came with a belated burst of speed to crowd the tiring Fire Mask out of second place. Romola did not run within pounds of her recent winning effort. Jair, showing vast improvement over previous efforts, ran the half mile of the second, a claimer for juvenile non-winners of two races, in :47, to score with consummate ease. He held his rivals safe for speed throughout and at the end was four lengths in advance of Willow Wood, the public choice. The six furlong claimer for non-winners furnished the longest priced winner of the afternoon when Mrs. W. P. Stewarts Amusing, daughter of Stimulus and Amusement, ran the distance in 1:12, to score by two, lengths. The New Yorker paid 3.30 in the mutuels and rounded out a heavy paying double of 77. Winters had her in front shortly after the start to .race Mr. Pete into defeat before the top of the stretch had been reached and then drew away under hard pressure. Flight of Gold, well up all the way, was under- intermittent punishment during the last three furlongs, continuing steadily though failing to trouble the leader.
