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ACCOLADE BY A NECK 1 Outlasts Black Gift to Win ,000 Puritan Handicap. Crowd of 25,000 Witness Saturdays Races at Suffolk Downs Ladysman Fails Badly. BOSTON, Mass., June 27 Danny Christmas Accolade, six-year-old gelded son of Bright Knight and Celebration, scored a brilliant triumph in the ,000 Puritan Handicap before a crowd of 25,000 Suffolk Downs enthusiasts this afternoon. Accolade, an 8-to-l shot in the "tote," ran a front-running race in this event, at a mile and one-sixteenth, to carry the gold and red colors of Christmas to a neck victory over the favorite, Leon Carters Black Gift, with C. V. Whitneys Roustabout third, a length off the first two. Thereby Accolade earned ,100 purse money for his owner. Except for about a furlong in the middle stages of the race, Accolade never was bothered until the stretch run. Jockey Jimmy Lynch hustled him to the front at the start and kept him in the van for a half mile, yielding the lead temporarily in the back stretch to Belair Studs Gallant Prince. The latter, however, could not stand the pace and tired, with Accolade once more going to the front with more than a length to spare. Black Gift was moving up at his point, while Roustabout also charged. They began to move even closer as the three turned for home well in front of the others, but jockey Lynch kept Accolade going. Roustabout tired in the final strides, while Black Gift gained but still was a neck away at the end, with Alfred G. Vanderbilts Gallant Mac in fourth position three lengths behind Roustabout. Cleaveland Putnams Ladysman, brought back to the races after a long absence, was never prominent, finally finishing last in the nine-horse field. WILLOW BUD GRADUATES. The program started in orthodox and orderly fashion as R. W. Collins sent out his Willow Bud as the even-money favorite in the opening event of the afternoon, a five furlongs race for maiden two-year-old fillies, and she graduated without any trouble at all after the first few strides. For a time Brann-castle Farms Little Sleeper and K. E. Hitts Golden Thought looked as if they might come on near the turn for home, but "Red" Howell, on Willow Bud, merely let out a wrap, and the favorite won by herself. Golden Thought just nosed out Little Sleeper for second money. A. F. Easts Finisher ran a remarkably improved race to win the second contest on the program, at almost 9 to 1 odds. The Jack High gelding was overlooked in the wagering, but there was no overlooking him as he ran close .to the early pace in the first half mile of the six furlongs dash, took command, turning for home and disposed of the challenge of T. F. Swords Lt. Greenock at the sixteenth post. Lt. Greenock was second and E. T. Burks Millimeter, which ran well in the early stages, was third. The early pacemakers, Miss Trophy and Good Omen, I tired after going a half mile. i The New England enthusiasts, who only a few days ago were booing because of the camera photos, were booing today because there was no camera, since the state racing commission has ruled out photos. Had there been a camera finish the favorite, Araho Stables Society Column might have been declared the winner, for she was on the outside in a three-horse finish with Frank Hayes Lady Carrot and Stephen Rices Busby, with Lady Carrot being the winner and Busby second. It was a rather rough-and-tumble third race, with the bumping taking place in the home stretch, where Busby appeared to have interfered with Society Column. Irving Anderson, rider of Society Column, however, claimed a foul against the winner because of bumping at the first turn, but the judges rejected the claim. The combination of Willow Bud and Lady Carrot was worth 2.40 to the "Daily Double" players. The two-year-old colt which is rated the best juvenile in New England right now, Rose Siedenbergs Mr. Blaze, scored his second in a row as he won a nose decision over West W. Adams Conservative in the fourth race, with Greentree Stables late charging Somali half a length off the two. The real racing was done by the first two, with Mr. Blaze, the odds-on favorite, taking command after two furlongs and Conservative running on the rail. Conservative was taken up, and then made another bid in the stretch, but failed. Glen Haines, rider of Conservative, claimed a foul against Mr. Blaze, arguing that the winner had come over upon him entering the turn for home, but the judges ruled that Mr. Blaze was definitely out in front at the time and did not interfere. The third favorite of the day was Hymie Neusteters Night Sprite in the sixth race, and he ran a nice race to win over Mrs. A. W. Abbotts Dancing Doll, with Greentree Stables Black Buddy third.
