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SILVERETTE BY A LENGTH Veteran Mare Outruns Her Rivals in inthe the Featured Whitman Handicap HandicapContested Contested in a Sea of Mud PAWTUCKET R I Oct 24 Silvcrette from the G Watts stable and ridden by Ron ¬ nie Nash gave a lesson to her field in the Whitman Handicap fifth and feature event on the local program this afternoon The eightyearold Vandergift mare took the measure of the best sprinters in New Eng ¬ land finishing a length in front of the highly touted fast working and mud running Mr Blaze Stage Beauty winner of the Wor ¬ cester Handicap was a half length off the runnerup Dunade finished fourth two and a half lengths in front of Natty Boy BoyThe The strip was sloppy for the running and Silverette showed a distinct fancy for the prevalent going She went to the front at once Mr Blaze was close behind her and moved up on the rail to race on even terms with her going down the backstretch but the mare was far superior to the Blazes colt and drew clear of him She went out to open up a daylight lead with Mr Blaze still running in second position Stage Beauty was running in last position a head in back of Natty Boy The latter dropped back and as she did so Stage Beauty moved up to take third place Natty Boy could never improve his position and raced in last place all through the final quarter mile mileMr Mr Blaze was made the favorite for the running probably on his recent fast works at the local park He showed a good effort but was no match for the mare under the weight arrangement arrangementThe The weather was the worst of the meeting A hard steady rain fell throughout the afternoon making the track more like a lake than a racing strip stripRonnie Ronnie Nash who has been riding here in sensational manner since arriving at the local strip completed a triple when he rode Dark Beau to victory in the sixth race String was second with Khay two and one j half lengths off the runnerup
