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HI GOLD LOSES THIRD MONEY Disqualified in Empire City Feature Won by Port Wales Jockey Quintero Suspended for Ten Days Miss Ferdinand Graduates in Fourth Race NEW YORK N Y July 26 A foul com ¬ mitted by R R Greenlees Hi Gold brown son of HiJack and Goldonna brought about the youngsters disqualification in the five and onehalf furlongs race that was run off ih fifth place on todays program at Empire City While the disqualification affected neither the winner Mrs Dion K Kerrs Port Wales nor the second horse Arnold Hangers Quaroma it did move Ken Klings Kens Pop into third place and Frank Garretts Pimlico Queen into fourth fourthThe The roughing occurred inside the furlong post when Hi Gold on the outside came in and bumped Kens Pop and Pimlico Queen The latter appeared to yet the worst of the bumping but since she was tiring anyway her rider Mannie Berg made no claim against the offender It was Raymond Sonny Workman who handled the Kling representative choice at 7 to 5 who com ¬ plained to the stewards Hi Gold the out ¬ sider in the field of five at 10 to 1 was handled by M Quintero QuinteroJOCKEY JOCKEY SUSPENDED SUSPENDEDShortly Shortly after the sixth race the stewards suspended Quintero for ten days effective Friday for rough riding on Hi Gold and bothering jockey R Workman on Kens Pop and QueenWhile jockey M Berg on Pimlico Queen While the fifth race was regarded as the best on a rather dull card the fourth prob ¬ ably had a greater bearing on things to come in racing And all because it marked the graduation of the Christiana Stables Miss Ferdinand aptly named twoyearold bay daughter of Bull Dog and Misleading by Sweep SweepBacked Backed from 3 to 1 down to 12 to 5 this filly won handily under Maurice Moose Peters with four lengths to spare She is eligible for the Saratoga Sales Stakes the Schuylerville the Spinaway and the Adiron ¬ dack Handicap at Saratoga and on the basis of todays performance looms as a definite threat to the outstanding youngsters of her sex She was purchased last August at Sara ¬ toga for 7000 7000Topping Topping the riders were Donald Meade the countrys leading jockey who won the opener with Ritorno and the second with Pine Tag both of which were favorites and Nash who rode Phara Frost winner of the finale as well as Port Wales WalesFIVE FIVE STARTERS STARTERSFive Five juveniles of the 5000 top and 4000 bottom variety took part in the fifth contest Pimlico Queen which raced Saturday July 15 in the Lassie Stakes at Arlington Park was a close runnerup to Kens Pop for fa ¬ voritism closing at 3 to 2 2The The start of the sprint was good with Hi Gold first to leave the stalls The fleet Pimlico Queen soon was in the lead and through most of the back stretch run and all the way around the turn she enjoyed a onelength margin Hi Gold and Kens Pop took turns at forcing the pace with Port Wales running fourth and Quaroma fifth to the top of the stretch stretchAt At the eighth post the five horses merged suddenly into a bunch Then it was that Hi Gold hit Kens Pop and Pimlico Queen While all this was going on Ronnie Nash was driving through on the inside with Port Wales brown son of Prince of Wales and Port Weather by The Porter and on to a onelength victory in 22 47 and 107 107Quaroma Quaroma probably the best of the five starters closed with a magnificent burst of speed to be second He never got to run ¬ ning until he hit the eighth post
