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TARTARUS AT LONG ODDS Dixiana Colorbearer Carries Off Greenwood at Better Than 20 to 1 Gets Decision Over Virnock and Pageboy PageboyUnder Under Charley Stevensons Vigorous Vigorousand and Skillful Ride PAWTUCKET R I May 20 Dixiana has won a lot of races at Narragansett at short prices Today Tartarus from the establish ment won the featured Greenwood Purse for threeyearolds and paid off at the odds of better than 20 to 1 With Charley Stev ¬ enson bearing down on him hard and heavy the Torchilla gelding charged up in the final I yards to get the decision over Jimmy Logans Virnock The latter finished a length in front of Paul Codds Pageboy Aero the early pacemaker was fourth in the field of eight Gala Star the choice was never a serious contender He broke from the rail station and was hemmed in in the roughest going all the way wayMajor Major Bowes broke in front in the six furlongs event but Aero overhauled him immediately and showed the way by a length as they made the run down the back stretch Major Bowes chased the pace to the far turn where he chucked it Round ¬ ing the turn Eddie H which broke slowly charged by horses and was second as they came into the stretch Pageboy was also closing ground at this stage and as they passed the eighth post Virnock moved up Eddie H held to second place until the final sixteenth There he and Aero both tired and Tartarus swept up from fourth place to assume command Virnock came very fast in the final seventy yards and almost caught the Dixiana representative Pageboy was unable to match the speed of the first two in the final seventy yards but took the show over tired horses horsesUNSEASONABLY UNSEASONABLY COLD The day was sunny but unseasonably cold They raced over a slow track but one which was drying out rapidly rapidlyR R W Collins Miss Leon closed very fast to win the opener at a half mile for juve ¬ niles The Don Leon filly got up in the last stride to nip the pacemaking Bloomer Girl from Buddy Hirschs barn by a nose Dixianas Fly Time finished third a length back of the runnerup and half a length in front of Grand Light LightJ J J Powers Orphan Lass scored a front running victory in the second at six fur ¬ longs completing a Daily Double that paid 30860 Catrone took the victor to the front at once in the six furlongs event and under urging in the stretch she lasted to whip Mike Syufys Browneyed Pat hot fa ¬ vorite by a length W D Hirschensohns Earldom was third Charwitch finished fourth and would have been close except for Earldom carrying her wide at the stretch turn turnF F J Normile tried to scratch Mrs M Eckmans High Torque late this morning Secretary Pat Horgan would not permit the withdrawal despite the fact that it was claimed the horse was sore and sick High Torque may be a sick horse but she did not run like one in the third event which she won by half a length over Jimmy Logans Miss Tad Four lengths back of the pair A L Dolans Morlute was third
