view raw text
BOSTON PAL WINS ROUTE RACE; Runs Mile and a Quarter in 2:05% in Maiden Claiming Purse. Defeats Lourdes by Five Lengths in First Long Distance Race at Suffolk Downs — Wood Chopper Scores in Debut. BOSTON, Mass., May 17.— Tobe Trotters Boston Pal, under a faultless ride from Jimmy Ashcroft, bid adieu to all rivals in the Maiden Claiming Purse, a distance event for horses of the higher bracketed claiming division, which featured the sport at Suffolk Downs this afternoon. The race was the first mile and a quarter contest of the New England season and was a nip and tuck affair to the stretch, where Boston Pal drew into clear command and went on to score by some five lengths over D. J. Sullivans Lourdes. Mrs. Floyd Wests Passing Eve finished third, a length and a half back of the runner-up and a neck in front of Miss Ponne, which made the pace for more than a mile. Boston Pal, coupled in the betting with Guild, ruled favorite in the field of nine. He completed the journey in 2:05%. The sun shone brightly this afternoon and the weather was slightly warmer, although top coats were still required equipment among the customers, due to the wind off the nearby ocean. The track remained fast. BREAKS IN FRONT. Boston Pal broke on top but, as the field went up the front stretch the first time around, Vincent Polk made a determined bid for the lead with Miss Ponne, and Ashcroft allowed the mare to go by. Miss Ponne drew out to a length advantage around the clubhouse turn, but Boston Pal was under restraint behind her. The latters stablemate,_ Guild, showed third as they entered the back" stretch, but relinquished this position to Lourdes, which came through fast on the inside in the run to the far turn. At the far turn Ashcroft let out a loop and Boston Pal responded readily, drawing within a neck of the pacemaker. Turning for home, Ashcroft gave Boston Pal his head and he spurted out to a two-length command at the eighth pole and from that point to the wire it was just a romp for the Bostonian six-year-old. Miss Ponne tired badly in the final sixteenth, first Lourdes and then Passing Eve going by her: Elmer Trueman uncovered a fast two-year-old in the first-time starter, Wood Chopper, which carried the silks of Mrs. Trueman in the four and a half furlongs Beacon Hill Purse, secondary attraction on the program. Wood Chopper, under excellent handling from George Seabo, who won the Preakness astride Challedon, finished out a length and a half in advance of King Ranchs Unico. Little Bolo finished half a length off the runner-up and a neck in advance of Ambuscade. The time was :54 flat. HEAD-AND-ID3AD DUEL. Little Bolo and Wood Chopper engaged in a head-and-head duel down the back stretch and around the turn. As they turned into the final lane Wood Chopper, on the outside, moved into a narrow advantage and it appeared that a real stretch duel was in the offing. Seabo let out a loop at the eighth marker, however, and the Trueman colt fairly bounded away. Running a straight and true course down the stretch, he was not seriously menaced in the final sixteenth of a mile. This colt appears to have the makings of a first-class two-year-old. He was an outsider in the morning line, but wound up favorite in the betting. Elmer Shropshire sent a dead ready horse to the post for Mrs. Dodge Sloanes Brook-meade Stable in the six furlongs opener. This was the three-year-old Prince of Wales filly, Personage, which set all of her own pace and won by five open lengths with her ears pricking over the Rosedale Stables Anxiety. There was a hard battle for the place award, with Mrs. George Browns Puzzle Dance finishing just a nose back of the runner-up. Gen L., back where he belongs, was fourth in the field of ten. The winner went in 1:12%, excellent time for a maiden over this track. There never was anything in the race but the Brookmeade campaigner. From the moment she shot out of the gate it was evident that she was sharp and ready to run. She opened up three lengths down the back stretch on Anxiety, came into the stretch breezing in front and gained with every stride down the final straightaway. ANOTHER ADAMS VICTORY. Weston Adams continued to win a race a day at his fathers race track as Maestrung, coupled in. the betting with Saxophone, carried his silks to victory in the six furlongs second event. The score added another victory to Eddie Robarts impressive string here. Maestrung took the lead as they made the turn for home, increased it to two lengths in the stretch, and staved off the stretch bid of Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Nikki B. by a half length. Jack Whytes Proud King finished third, a length and a half behind the runner-up and just a nose in advance of Bob Junior. The time was 1:14%. Eddie Robart scored a consecutive double as he drove Mrs. Sam Orrs Texstar to victory in the four and a half furlong dash for juveniles that was third on the card. The Flying Horse Farm entry of Proud Lass and Malayan were second and third in the order named, Proud Lass finishing just half a length off the winner and Malayan landing third another neck back. The latter would probably have won the race but for going wide at the head of the stretch. Gambit finished fourth. Baby Lamb was eliminated from the contest when she lunged at the start and hit the side of the gate. The stablematcs, Malayan and Proud Lass, assumed a brief command at the head of the stretch, but Texstar, well placed all the way, came through between them to take it all. .The time was :54 flat. On the Dot proved best of the ,500 top and bottom platers that contested the six furlongs of the fourth race, engaging a field of nine. While The £cout gelding reached the finishing line with daylight showing over his closest rival, it was a tight fit for the place, with Canoe, outlasting Maebeau.
