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PHARLOCH WINS GOING AWAY Pharamond H Colt in Impressive Score at Narragansett Park Dixianas Good Catch Finishes in Place Posi ¬ tion Count Dean Keeps Local Slate Clean in the Fourth Race PAWTUCKET R L May 18 Mrs V R Hoppers Pharloch proved widely best in the mile and a sixteenth Hartford Purse for threeyearolds that featured todays sport The son of Pharamond II won by only a length and a half and was ridden out by Red Howell to achieve the victory but the manner in which he scored was most impres ¬ sive Breaking slowly as usual he began moving up midway of the back stretch while under restraint and took the lead at will widening out in the final yards yardsAt At the end he was clear of Dixianas Good Catch which made most of the pace and turned in a good performance himself The pair were far in front of all rivals Natty Boy which finished third was three lengths behind the runnerup Sweepalot coupled with Good Catch was fourth in the field of eight eightGood Good Catch broke rapidly from the rail position and had widened to a length lead by the time they reached the clubhouse turn The Supremus gelding was followed by his stablemate The Dixiana pair led into the back stretch where Natty Boy moved up very fast and took second place approaching the far turn At that point the winner also moved and rapidly passed horses as he cir ¬ cled around the turn for home He was second a half length back of the leader as they straightened out Good Catch put up a stubborn battle until they were past the eighth pole There it was evident the win ¬ ner was too much for him Pharloch drew off in the final sixteenth sixteenthNATTY NATTY BOY FAILS FAILSGood Good Catch had no opposition for the place On the far turn Natty Boy loomed as a menacing factor but when the real drive began he was unable to keep up with the leaders After chasing his stablemates pace Sweepalot came again gamely to take fourth money moneyThey They finished out in 156 over a track that was fast but slightly dead The day was warm and sunny and an excellent weekday crowd was on hand handIt It was Dixiana again in the Greenwich Purse for juveniles that served as the sup ¬ porting attraction Narragansetts most successful stable sent out an evenmoney favorite in the entry of My Lawyer and Wicked Time and My Lawyer carried the silks home a neck before Connie Smythes Stringalong R W Collins Don Lopez a firsttime starter wound up third a length and a half behind the runnerup and a length before Blue Grotto GrottoThe The winner set all of the pace but Steven ¬ son who was completing a consecutive double was forced to drive him to the utmost to stave off Stringalong in the final yards yardsGOOD GOOD DAME THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUTG G L Weiss Good Dame scored a front running victory in the opener leading for every stride of the journey to beat the fa ¬ vorite Real Jam from T F Swords stable by a length Paul Rattis Romney Royal was two and a half lengths back of the runnerup as they flashed under the wire House Warmer finished fourth in the field of nine nineMrs Mrs P Plantes Sainted at 50 to 1 led the way in the mile and a sixteenth event that was second on the card The winner came again after being headed in the stretch to score by a head over J W Cohens Tranr sit Lady Mrs J D Mooneys Union fin ¬ ished third and Cumberland was fourth in the field of eleven elevenThe The third race was for maiden apprentices and A Bronsdon was the lad to get his diploma M R Fishs Bank Holiday the favorite won by a nose oyer B N Kanes Candar The latter was another nose in front of Miss Wanda Colas Douglas F which had only a neck to spare over Winter Sport SportCOUNT COUNT DEAN BY NOSE NOSEI I Romms Count Dean ridden by Charlie Stevenson drove to victory by a nose in the fourth finishing in front of Oaktree Stables Moisson A length back of the runnerup Buster Boy was third and All Forlorn the early pacemaker was fourth The time was 112
