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BLACK LEGION BY A HEAD Captures Ticonderoga Purse in Close and Spectacular Finish Gains Verdict in Final Strides Over Peterhof PeterhofWith With Chief Gamble Third After a aMost Most Interesting Contest BOSTON Mass July 14 Sitting snugly up on Black Legion from the Mrs A J Abel string until reaching the stretch as a duel for the lead was being waged by T P Mor ¬ gans Play Pence and Chief Gamble from the Boeing string apprentice Willie Taylor Bent the Cohort threeyearold through on the inside entering the stretch to take command This was in the Ticonderoga Purse one mile and a sixteenth condition affair that head ¬ lined the program at Suffolk Downs After Black Legion drove to the front he was kept tinder hard riding and was extended to the utmost to maintain a short head over Park wood Stables Peterhof as the finish was reached Well back of the first two Chief Gamble and the Morganowned colt con ¬ tinued their feud to be separated by inches Holton after walking out of the stalls loped along in last place the entire journey journeySTIRRING STIRRING CONTEST CONTESTOnly Only five threeyearolds met in the Ticon ¬ deroga for a purse of 1100 Despite the email field it was a stirring contest for every stride of the way Play Pence and Chief Gamble electing to race out in front For the first seven furlongs of the trip not more than a head separated the two leaders as they fought for command Lee Hardy on the Morgan colt was always able to show slightly in front Black Legion never worse than third at any time in the running was racing under reserve and seemingly ready to move to the front at the asking askingInto Into the stretch the opportunity that Tay ¬ lor had been waiting for presented itself Hardy on Play Pence bore out making the turn and carried Chief Gamble wide Black Legion was driven through on the inside and had little difficulty in showing the way wayNEW NEW THREAT THREATJust Just as it appeared as if the Abel colt would have things pretty much his own way a new threat loomed in Peterhof Taylor never let up on Black Legion While the Parkwood Stable representative was gaining at every stride through the stretch run he fell short by the margin of a head of taking top honors The early leaders were doing their utmost but their early efforts had taken its toll Right at the finish Chief Gamble for the first time was able to drop his nose down in front of Play Pence to take third thirdHeavy Heavy rains of the morning hours turned the racing strip into a sea of slop The crowd was quite up to the week day standard and spirited sport resulted in the majority of the offerings offeringsSaidona Saidona carried the silks of Weston W Adams to victory in the one mile and a six ¬ teenth of the sixth scoring a hardearned triumph over G Felkners Bob C Brass Monkey as usual came from last place to garner the third split of the purse for Miss L C White
