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MOLLY GREENOCK TRIUMPHS II « Second Victory of Narragansett Meeting for Howard Filly. i i Polydorus, Odds-On Favorite, Finishes Second — Argoan Surprise Winner of the Second Race. f c tc » fc PAWTUCKET, R. I., June 28— Molly Greenock, racing for Jack Howard, drove to her second victory of the meeting in the „ fifth race, the untitled headliner of a pre- R holiday card given over entirely to the claim- t to ing brigade at Naragansett Park this after-noon, Percy Pikes Polydorus, odds-on fa- „ vorite in the race, was second, pulling up [ ? slightly lame after crossing the finish line j a length and a half back of the winner and -two he lengths in advance of Mrs. R. T. Flip- b pens Crazy Jane, third in the field of eight. The Howard filly, the light weight in the 1 field and well" handled by apprentice Deer- t ing, dominated the race throughout. Break- g ing in front, the blonde daughter of Green- " • ock opened a half length advantage in the .! 1 run through the back stretch, increasing it fj steadily on the turn until she held two h lengths over the attending Crazy Jane en- g if tering the stretch. f Polydorus, which had been racing in 1 fourth position, was called on for his best from the quarter post. The elderly son of c Friar Rock finished gamely, but was in 1 m evident distress through the final furlong, g but lasted to crowd the even running Dig- " h nitary out of the money. The remaining b quartet were never serious contenders. j, in A rattling finish occurred in the six fur- j longs of the opener. Sun Teatime, Squeeze Out and Cathop reaching the line in the i r order named, and closely grouped. p Sun Teatime had the speed to lead the 5 j, others from the stalls. However, Happy [ j | h Inver showed the most early speed and went t j Q of out to make the running. Flashing Thru * I a was close after the leader, then came the | g ultimate winner. Cathop had left with the 1 j, in leaders, but dropped back through the open- g ing furlong, but started moving up steadily J h thereafter. Squeeze Out, at this stage of * the journey, was back about the middle of t the field and holding to an outside position. " f After the first half mile Happy Inver began 1 r shortening stride. Sun Teatime moved up J r and assumed a slight lead. Cathop saved j v considerable ground, moved into second J place and Squeeze Out loomed up, and still 1 on the outside. | In a drive the entire closing furlong. Sun 1 j Teatime stuck it out, to have a neck advan- r tage at the end. Squeeze Out was just up P i in in the last couple of strides to take her £ ~ ■hare of the purse over Cathop. Houghton P. Metcalf, prominent Rhode e i t Island sportsman, had the thrill of seeing I j j his silks carried to victory in the second race ■ of the afternoon. Argoan turned the trick ■ r over the limit band of maidens that tested * their ~speed over the five-furlong distance, • j The Happy Argo colt was extended to the J 8 limit to reach the line with a short head j* | | j advantage over Stumptown, racing for Jack J i I f Howard. Aureate took down the show award ■ for G. G. Smith. s Sprinting platers had another inning in n j j the third race, a dash over six furlongs. In ■ J j ] this Step Away raced to a handy victory, de- •" ] feating Mixed Party by better than a length, l j while half a length farther away Benares s j was third. 1 Step Away and Mixed Party had the con- l_ test strictly to themselves from the opening S , strides, alternating in the lead. In the last *. j sixteenth Step Away proved to have more left, I-. drawing away with each stride. Mixed ** | -Party, though plainly spent from her early j , efforts, managed to take the place from n j j , Benares. The latter, after looming up as a a , i , potential factor, was unable to make up any y j j appreciable amount of ground when placed d under punishment in the last furlong. I I, Westy Junior stamped himself as one of * I | the most consistent performers racing in n j | New England when he chalked up his fifth ■ i I victory out of six starts. The medium of rf the latest success for the Westy Hogan six-1 c" j year-old came in the fourth. Incidentally, y i i it was his third consecutive score. Follow- v~ . j ing the winner at the finish came Sablin. and l0- , | Moane Keala was the one to account for J | the show honors. The test attracted a field l * of seven. Westy Junior had the speed to t0 move to the front at once. Sassaby kept right after the leader, forcing c- Fels to hustle the Westy Hogan six-year-old 5 about his business. Sassaby was right with the leader for almost the first half if mile before giving away. Then Sablin ln started to improve his position. Westy Junior n" I sped right along and was past the line i with better than a length to the good. Sablin in j i had finished in determined fashion to outlast lt_ Moane Keala for second place. i The score of Westy Junior marked the ie , | second winning ride of the afternoon for or | j apprentice Bernie Fels, he having captured J * the previous event astride Step Away. Pay Rack, which heretofore had been only ty sent in sprint affairs, carried his speed over er the mile and a sixteenth of the sixth *° to take top honors. The finish found the he Wrack three-year-old better than two ° lengths in advance of Eddie Wrack, while e Wayward Son, a former member of the A ~ G. Vanderbilt string, was third. Eddie Litzenberger, crack metropolitan *n rider, under contract to George Phillips, will "* j . come up from New York to ride William im Grahams Kievex in the ,000 Governors rs ] Handicap Saturday. Jockey Johnny Gilbert -rt will also arrive from the same point to I I handle the Brookmeade Stables Good od Goods.
