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tack winner at agawam Carries J. McNamaras Colors Successfully in Best Race at Massachusetts Track. AGAWAM, Mass., May 28. Tack, chestnut eight-year-old gelding of Pennant Bridle-vise, racing in the silks of J. McNamara, galloped home to a handy score in what proved the best event of a featureless card. Kindacorn, from the A. Papa stable, was second, while Goody Goody earned the third portion of the purse for Mrs. D. J. Murphy. Arthur S. Hullcoats Heedless Gal was fourth, with Step Miss last in the field of five. There was little delay at the barrier, starter Ira Gregory sending the field away as one in the run to the first turn, Heedless Gal and Step Miss sprinted into the lead, while Tack and Kindacorn dropped well back. Straightening out into the back stretch, the first pair fought it out for the lead, first one then the other showing in front, while Tack an,d Kindacorn staged a race of their own in the rear. Not until midway in the stretch was there any change in the position;- here Goody Goody moved up to displace the leaders but her lead was short-lived, as Tack had found his stride moving up in a bold manner and drew away at the end. Previous to the running of this event, Governor James M. Curley, accompanied by his brother, John Curley, his son, Paul, and his aides, General William I. Rose, Maj. Joseph F. Timilty, Lieutenant-Colonel Higgin, Edmond J. Hoy, Daniel Holland and John Brennan, were escorted to the stewards stand by general manager James M. Thornton and treasurer Dan Gurnett. After viewing the race, the governor and his party left on a tour of inspection of the spacious plant. Cloudy weather and a rather high wind greeted an excellent sized mid-week crowd.
