Paradun Furnishes Surprise: Defeats Highly Regarded Albuquerque at Narragansett Park.; Failure of Howard Racer Principal Upset of Day--Weather Conditions Remain Threatening., Daily Racing Form, 1935-06-21

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PARADUN FURNISHES SURPRISE Defeats Highly Regarded Albuquer que at Narragansett Park Failure of Howard Racer Principal Upset Upsetof of Day Weather Conditions ConditionsRemain Remain Threatening PAWTUCKET R I June 20 Paradun a daughter of Dunlin and Parade which was claimed at Havre de Grace by J U Gratton for 2500 provided a mild surprise at Narragansett Park this afternoon by driv ¬ ing to a decisive victory over the highly fancied Albuquerque from the stable of Jack Howard with Fake a distant third The Montrealowned threeyearold traveled the distance over a heavy and holding track in 115 to win going away awayThe The victory was witnessed by a surpris ¬ ingly large crowd for weather conditions were miserable though a constant threat of rain produced no more than a light mist at intervals The defeat of Albuquerque was the days principal upset and came after three heavily backed choices had gathered honors The Virginiabred winner is a steadily improving miss and on this show ¬ ing a superior mudder mudderCorbett Corbett drove Albuquerque away from the post a slight margin in advance of half a dozen rivals and his charge moved off to a twolength lead during the back stretch run This he held while negotiating the turn and he swung for home nicely clear and ap ¬ pearing invincible However the son of Monks Way is a fainthearted fellow and when Paradun ranged alongside just inside the furlong post he offered only weak re ¬ sistance Had there been any opposition for second place he probably would have tossed that off offThe The apprentice held his mount within striking distance of the pacemaker while galloping along in second place Not until straightened out for home did he call on the daughter of Dunlin Then she went quickly to Jack Howards gelding to dispose of him quickly and move on to an easy score scoreFake Fake was well supported by her connec ¬ tions The daughter of Morvich lacked early speed and made only a brief spurt on the final turn In the stretch she dropped back to be four lengths behind the runnerup at the end Dignitary went along steadily all the way while the others never were close closeHarolds Harolds Way claimed for 1000 at Rock ingham Park on the occasion of his initial victory scored his second straight triumph for former jockey Danny McAuliffe when he nosed out Pretty Patricia in the five furlong High Priced Juvenile claimer which was the second best number on the days program The mud running son of Monks Way and Goodhart had a track made to order for him racing the distance in 102 to out game his filly rival in the final yards He was one of the best backed horses of the afternoon going to the post at 9 to 10 and being the second oddson choice to register Indelible at 3 to 4 was the other otherSambo Sambo Jones provided a mild upset by capturing the opening offering Absconder after showing the way until right within a stride or two of the finish was second and Onus was just a neck away Sambo Jones a son of Tall Timber was much the best Through the opening threesixteenths Wall had a difficult task in trying to ob ¬ tain ample racing room with the result that Sambo Jones was well back in the field Absconder was out in front closely attended by Irish Hero and Argoan with Sky Pirate heading the others Approaching the stretch the pacemaker had succeeded in putting Irish Hero away Only the most optimistic of Sambo Jones supporters could have still held hope for the Tall Timber youngster However Wall never gave up and in the closing strides was up to take down top honors by the matter of a short head headRed Red Ensign after finishing second on three occasions of his nine previous starts finally found a field he could beat in the second a dash fashioned for older maidens under claiming conditions Red Ensign was a stoutly supported choice and left no doubt of his superiority defeating Joemac by two lengths while five lengths back came Be ¬ fitting


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