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GREY COUNT IN GAME EFFORT Royal Eminence However Captures Gloucester Purse at Pawtucket Rail Position and Soft Footing Prove Too Great a Handicap for Rcigh Count Racer PAWTUCKET R I Oct 25 Earl Porter must have thought he was riding Reigh Count this afternoon instead of one of Reigh Counts sons Porter had the mount on E E Fogelsons Grey Count in the Glou ¬ cester Purse feature and sixth race on the local program which brought together five of the better routers at one mile and a six ¬ teenth teenthGrey Grey Count was fourth out of the stalls and Porter immediately took him into the swampy going on the inside rail to rush him into contention Leaving the first turn into the back stretch the Reigh Count four yearold moved up to take command by a1 scant margin over Taken The latter how1 ever refused to be passed and refused to move over for Grey Count keeping him hemmed in on the rail railThe The gray son of the once illustrious handi ¬ cap star fought along gamely right up to the furlong post and still In the mucky go ¬ ing This proved too great a handicap for him and he surrendered his position to Royal Eminence dropping back to third place When he did so he was able to come out on the dry and finishing with bulldog tenacity got up in the final step to save the place from Taken Taken had run here recently and won when he was entered among some of the cheapest platers on the grounds groundsAFFIRMATION AFFIRMATION LAST LASTHolluschickie Holluschickie was six lengths back of Taken in fourth place while Affirmation the only other starter was last The Supremus campaigner showed a good effort in winning He broke well and was given an excellent ride by Francis Kenney who kept him out on the firm footing all the way He galloped along in third place until midway on the final turn where Ken ¬ ney called on him and he immediately began to improve his position After he had gained a few strides then went out to draw clear at the end endThe The track was still heavy for the running as attested by the slow time of 149 Catchall freshened up since the summer meeting was dropped into a soft spot in the opener The Bagenbaggage gelding a su perior offtrack performer and benefited by1 his rest had more early speed than usual1 and was able to get to the front before the first quarter mile had been completed The finish found Catchall with an advantage of eight lengths While there was little to the running as far as the winner was concerned it was a thriller for the remaining splits of the purse Currants Genaibi and Irish Hero finished noses apart to take second third and fourth places placesDanny Danny Sullivans nineyearold gelding by The Turk Irenes Bob once possessed of a dash of class made a show of his opposition in the running of the six furlongs second Ray Hightshoe had the mount on Irenes Bob and he took him to the front soon after the start Once in command it was all over but the shouting as Irenes Bob drew away with every stride until by the time the fin ¬ ish was reached he was six lengths to the good of Gala Star his closest rival from the beginning Eva R the favorite was two lengths off the runnerup She was made favorite for the running runningFAVORITE FAVORITE MAKES GOOD GOODThe The third affair another dash of six fur ¬ longs for threeyearold platers was the first score of the afternoon for the favorite play ¬ ers Ronnie Nash and Mrs T Marshalls Housekeeper had no difficulty in accounting to the front going into the far turn where I she supplanted Open Book from command i and drew out steadily all through the final I quarter mile At the finish she had piled 1 up a six lengths command and was still i bearing out slightly for the better going j Twoyearolds valued from 2000 up to 2500 made up the competition in the Fed ¬ eral Hill Claiming Purse Calumet Farms Rita Z defeated the oddson favorite B M Smiths Hasty Star by two and a half lengths after the latter had opened up a big lead going down the back stretch only to back up badly in the final furlong Pros pectus was another two lengths back in third place with the other three Taut Wimble don and Happy Picnic being strung out in Indian file at the finish The winner went the six furlongs in 115 115Another Another favorite met defeat In the run ¬ ning of the fifth race another dash of six furlongs for platers Sport Heel was made the choice in the running He went to the front immediately to make the pace Round ing into the final turn he surrendered com mand momentarily to Gala Nutter Gala Nutter however was down on the inside while Sport Heel was in the firm footing and soon regained command By the time they had reached the stretch he had opened up a length advantage again but Flying Rap tura came determinedly in the final six teenth and got up in the final jump to snatch victory from the favorite It was one of the closest finishes of the meeting thus farN HIT AND RUN BEST Mrs Ed McCuans Hit and Run got home for the favorite players in the one mile and seventy yards seventh race The Chance Play veteran came from last place to effect his score He was ridden by S Williams who gave him plenty of time to reach his best racing stride On the back stretch the sevenyearold began improving his position until on the far turn he was racing close to the pace Turning into the straightaway for the finish he went to the front and was never seriously menaced Harrys Dream with Silivio Couccl up upD was second a length back and a similar margin in front of Summit Hill The race was run in the slow time of l485s Jockey Bobby Merritt checked in to ride T M Dorsett in the New England Futurity Saturday
