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ALLEN Z.UNEXPECTEDLY • Surprises Crowd of 30,000 in Carrying Off Narragansett Handicap. -♦ Runs Six Furlongs in 1:11 14 to Triumph Over Clang, Worlds Record Holder for Distance. PAWTUCKET, R. I., May 2.— Allen Z. surprised a gathering of some 30,000 racegoers, who had assembled at local Narragansett Park, to welcome the thoroughbreds back to New England this afternoon as he raced to a well earned victory in the third running of the ,000 added Narragansett Handicap, three-quarters feature on the inaugural program. The W. G. Clysdale four-year-old, a recruit from Hot Springs, who is handled by former jockey, J. D. Mooney, turned in the best effort of his career to date to pack 110 pounds over the six furlongs in 1:1114 on a fast track and finish a length before John F. Clarke, Jr.s favored Clang, world record holder for the distance of 1:095. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilts Identify, coupled with the 1935 winner of this stake and a close second choice in the betting, carried top weight of 122 pounds into third place, a half 1 ngth off the favorite and a nose before Araho Stables stoutly closing New Deal. Allen Z. picked up a first award of ,610 in capturing the first stake of the new season in these parts. Mack Winters had the mount on the Pharamond II. gelding. He paid 4.60 in the tote and just a second off Psychic Bids track mark. The racing strip was at its best for the renewal of the handicap, which attracted a wonderful turnout of sports lovers under perfect weather conditions. Many of these came from Boston, New York and Connecticut towns. New Deal and Chancer were restless at the gate and delayed the start for several minutes. At the break Allen Z., on the far outside, went into a quick lead, Winters taking a slight hold of him when Bejshak i ushed Identify up to be about a neck to the good at the far corner. Bay Bubble also broke fast, and Clang was being reserved in the middle of the pack. Bay Bubble quit on the turn, where Ley Continued on twenty-sixth page. I | | ! i ALLEN Z. UNEXPECTEDLY Contimif-d on tirenty-seventh nnqe. land was going to work on Clang. Allen Z. and Identify still were battling along for the lead, with the former again assuming a slight advantage as Clang and Wise Prince moved up. Inside the furlong pole it became apparent Allen Z. would be the winner, as Identify began to hang under his heavy impost and Clang passed the latter in the last sixteenth to be second a length back of Allen Z. and a half length in front of Identify. New Deal, lacking early speed, was running fastest of all the last 100 yards and would have been a serious contender at seven furlongs. A total of 29,194 passed through the tote on the first five races and "Daily Double." | Mayro gave the students of form a good ■tart for the meeting when she responded i to F. A. Smiths stretch call to draw out to I a two-length victory in the opening event. She was closely attended at the finish of the ! dash by Yetive, which, in turn, was a length in advance of the fast-finishing Miss Marihoro, The placing judges were given their first opportunity for calling on the camera eye | with the tight finish in the second, a dash ] of six furlongs, for platers that attracted a | limit field of a dozen. After the official re- j suit had been delayed for two minutes and forty aeren seconds, a print showed the win-ner to be C. V. Whitneys Forced Landing. which had beaten T. F. Swords favored Mid-night Flyer by a good rose. Another neck away, Mrs. E. A. Neelys Loloma was third, I and the gray seven-year-old Morgil was a j close fourth. The winner, which had made j but one previous start this year, was 10 to 1, and was saddled by Wilfred V. Mullin, son- -in-law of the veteran, Tom Healey. It was ! his first winner. Nertney had the mount. | Over ,000 was handled on the race. Another favorite met defeat when Amador . accounted for the mile and a sixteenth of ! the third offering, paying a "tote" figure of j 7.70, and the heavily backed Overstimulate j and Balmacan were unplaced. A length and a half back of the A. Warner gelding Mrs. I F. C. Dunns Bye Bye Mary was second. I Third fell to Mrs. E. E. Russells Retribu- ! tion, which was three lengths off the run- j ner-up. The winner was making his first j appearance since the Santa Anita meeting. V. Thompson had the mount on the four-year-old and did not make a single mistake. The camera eye at Narragansett Park does not invariably show the inside horse as winner. For the second time during the afternoon the machine had the inside horse the winner when Pathos was given a nose de- ! cision over Araho Stables Jackie D. in the four and a half furlongs of the Nathaniel Greene Purse, a juvenile dash supporting the feature. Three lengths back, William Gallaghers Say When was third before W. W. Adams Conservative. The Araho colt ran a winning race after being last of the field to get away from the gate and, outrun for the first sixteenth, he charged up fast on the curve, taking the outside and just missed overhauling Pathos, the pacemaker. Jackie D. was a slight choice, with the winner paying 1.20 in the "tote." Pathos had won two straight for R. L. Gerry at Hialeah Park. The camera eye decided the winner of another of the initial days events, when it awarded Johnnycake first place by a nose over Vitascope in the sixth event. Back of this pair, Cascapedia was given third, a nose before Herondas, also by the "eye." This is as the chart callers placed them. Walter OHara is determined to stick by the camera in the close ones, despite an occasional de-j lay of several minutes in flashing the results. Johnnycake was an outsider in this race, the favorite being Toration, which was unplaced. The winner set all the pace, with Vitascope charging up from far back in the stretch to take second place, the finish being the closest of the day. ... _ .A ■■ —
