Indomitable An Easy Winner: Conditions at Empire City Against Sport--Cold Rain Falls.; Shoulder Arms Plays Part In Victory of Stablemate in Feature--Johnny Longden on Winner., Daily Racing Form, 1938-10-25

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INDOMITABLE AN EASY WINNER Conditions at Empire City Against Sport Cold Bain Falls Shoulder Arms Tlays Part In Victory of ofStablemato Stablemato In Feature Johnny JohnnyLongden Longden on Winner NEW YORK N Y Oct 24 Indomitable from the Longchamps Stable and top weight was winner of the feature offering at the Yonkers course today when he scored with something to spare over five and threequar ¬ ters furlongs in the Fishkill Handicap The track was deep in slop from the rain of Sun ¬ day night and it was a condition of going that was to the benefit of the son of Man o War W C Winfreys Postage Due raced to second place with Mrs Val Cranes Essjay tee taking third from Idle Way WayConditions Conditions were disagreeable for the sport with a cold rain fajllng most of the after ¬ noon As a result the attendance was the smallest of the meeting and there were sev ¬ eral scratches scratchesShoulder Shoulder Arms a stablemate of Indomita ¬ ble lent his aid to the score when he was rushed along in the early stages and then when he had softened up the competition Longdcn charged up on the outside with the winner His margin of victory was three lengths and he was always the choice In the market marketBREAKS BREAKS FAST FASTPostage Postage Due left the post alertly and while Indomitable broke with him he could not keep step and was soon eased back slightly by Longdcn Then Rollins finding plenty of room on the Inside shot through with Shoul ¬ der Arms to open up a lead of a length and onehalf on the Winfrey sprinter Dabson had attempted to send Idle Way through in the same manner but he was not as fortu ¬ nate As he moved Yarberry came over with Jims Niece and shut him off badly forcing him to take up and lose several lengths Postage lengthsPostage Due followed Shoulder Arms into the stretch the Crack Brigade gelding be ¬ ginning to show signs of tiring but at the same time Indomitable had begun the charge that was to carry him to victory victoryLongden Longden chose a route outside the leaders and in the best going and the favorite charged past readily to win going away and with plenty to spare Postage Due was doing his best to save second place by a length from Essjaytee and Idle Way had run a good race after the Interference she suffered to be fourth


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