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MEADE RIDES FIRST WINNER SINCE REINSTATEMENT i ABOARD FLYING LILL His Strong Finish Responsible for Hard Earned Neck Decision. Doubt Not Proves a Big Disappointment Sickle T. in Fast Run Performance. CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 22. Don Meade, former crack lightweight rider, who only returned to the colors at the Tropical Park opening, after being banned since the spring of 1936, showed much of his old time skill as he drove Flying Lill to triumph at Tropical Park today in the six furlongs juvenile event, which featured the afternoons competition. It was the first winner for the western boy since his comeback and brought him a round of applause from an excellent off-day gathering, despite the fact that the daughter of Flying Heels and Laila Wild was not one of the better fancied contestants in a field of seven. Don Meade had to put forth a strong finish on the representative of Mrs. C. H. Cleary to wear down the pacemaking Paddy and gain a neck decision over the New Yorker, with Doubt Not, best fancied of the party, in third place three lengths away. The race marked the eighth start for the westerner and her third victory. She turned in a keen race in running the distance in 1:12, thereby returning her backers a profit of 160 on each in- vestment. MEADE LUCKY. Meade had a lucky break in obtaining the mount on Flying Lill, as Nash was scheduled to ride an engagement which was cancelled after the apprentice suffered minor bruises in a fall in the opening race. This caused trainer Cliff Porter to waive the "bug" and substitute Meade, his charge picking up five pounds additional. Flying Lill was outpaced for the first quarter of a mile but Meade drove her through . smartly on the inside going to the far turn, and held to the inner route as she passed Doubt Not while making the turn. The pacemaking Paddy came a bit wide at the top of the stretch and Meade continued to take the shortest way home, his charge being lapped on the leader in the middle of the final straightaway and outgaming him in the last sixteenth. Paddy had his wonted early speed and under hard urging from Stout drew clear of Doubt Not in the first two furlongs. He maintained a length advantage while making the turn and continued steadily under punishment through the stretch, though unable to withstand the fillys determined bid. Doubt Not disappointed keenly in this dash. His three final races up North caused him to be made a strong favorite but he was unable to outrun Paddy in the early stages and then failed to finish with his usual courage. Rock Maker always was outrun. SHY ON EARLY SPEED. No Sir was shy on early speed, but finished fast in the final furlong. Ghost Queen had more early speed than usual and was a forward factor for the entire journey, though hanging in the last sixteenth. Victorious Ann, an odds-on chance, had her foot for five furlongs and then was done. Sickle T. gave the Whitaker colors and trainer Jack Howard and jockey Eddie Ar-cax-o a double by driving to victory in the six furlongs Florida City Purse, the days secondary attraction. As he rounded out the distance in 1:11 the three-year-old son of Sickle and Tea was three parts of a length Continued on fifteenth page. 6 I MEABE RIDES FIRST WINNER SINCE REINSTATEMENT Continued from first page. in front of No Sir. whose belated rally enabled him to take the place from Ghost Queen by a length. Earlier in the day Knight Gallant had registered much in the scne fashion under the silks of B. F. Whit-aker, with Sickle T. carrying his wifes colors. Arcaro had Sickle T. close to the pace of Victorious Ann as his mount obtained clear passage on the outside. He moved around Ghost Queen, which was in second place, while making the turn and the two put away the feather-weighted Victorian mare after a brief struggle. In the ran through the short home stretch the Sickle colt needed only a drive of hand and heel to dispose of all opposition. NASH FALLS AGAIN. Ronnie Nash, after having a fall in Wednesdays seventh race, was involved in a nastier appearing spill in the opening sprint when his mount, Worthing, bled after racing about an eighth of a mile and stumbled, tossing the little apprentice. Badly stunned, it was thought that the fall was a serious one, but an examination in the jockey room revealed nothing more severe than a bruised back. This forced the cancellation of his remaining mounts for the afternoon and may. cause a few days absence from the saddle. The Canadian-owned Muggins, with Porter Roberts up, made the running, for the entire trip, in; this six furlongs, dash to pass the judges a length and a half in front of Mixed Weather, the latter saving ,the place from Dulcimer by a similar margin. There was considerable demand for the winner, though the shift from an apprentice boy to Arcaro made Cobe a warm favorite. The latter ran below his best form, though finishing fourth, never being a serious factor. Arcaro came back in the second event, another six furlongs claimer, for cheap ones, to ride B. F.Whi takers Knight Gallant to a head victory over the pacemaking Wha Hae, favorite for the affair. Five lengths away Brain Trust managed to nose out Maneuver. The gelded son of Sir Gallahad HI. and Anastasia, put in a keen race for a cheap one in finishing the distance in 1:11. Knight Gallant, always a forward factor, came through on the inside in the stretch to wear down Wha Hae in the final strides. The latter moved into a handy lead in the back stretch run and held on well when driven hard through the final furlong. He simply was not good enough. BELAIR TRIUMPH. The red and white dotted silks of the Belair Stud, made famous by the achievements of Gallant Fox, Omaha, Faireno and other first class stake winners, registered their initial triumph of the winter when the home-bred Joharie drove to a three lengths victory in the six furlongs dash for juvenile non-winners. Closest to him at the end was the public choice, Gallant Neb, which was just clear of Carlsbad as they passed the judges. The son of Jacopo and Happy Gal made all his own pace to travel the distance in 1:12. He was second in demand in mu-tuel action. Takus, with the little experienced Friedman in the saddle, had little difficulty scoring in the six furlongs substitute race which had to be used when a higher-priced sprint claimer was declared off. It was no x-ace I from a competitive standpoint, as the Sullivan gelding opened up a wide early lead j and only breezed in front to register by four lengths, with Assist taking the place by a length from Long Face. He was second choice in the machines at 2 to 1. Whisper, a natural choice in the dash following his recent excellent second to Isaiah, put in a sour I effort, one which caused no little grumbling from the spectators.
