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TRAGIC ENDING NEVER HEADED AT SUFFOLK DOWNS THIRD STRAIGHTWIN FOR SON OF MISSTEP MISSTEPFancy Fancy Free Beaten Four Lengths in Marblehead Purse Sabulus Returns 73 In Fifth Race RaceBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 20 Moving to the front at the start W J Hirschs Tragic Ending was good enough to lead throughout in the mile featured Marblehead Purse at Suffolk Downs today and come to the finish ¬ ing line with an advantage of four lengths over Fancy Free from the string of S A Nielsen B A Darios Arestino triumphant in each of his last five races was third in the field of half a dozen dozenTragic Tragic Endings performance was in the nature of a test for Saturdays 5000 added Governors Handicap To say that the Mis ¬ step colt qualified is putting it mildly for he not only took the lead at once and cut out the pace for every stride of the journey but he came far out in the middle of the track making the turn into the home lane then drew out again under the mild hand ride of apprentice Rocco Sisto SistoIt It was the third straight score for the W J Hirsch colt who had registered in each of his last two outings in Maryland before shipping to New England The dis ¬ appointment of the race was the perform ¬ ance of Arestino who was beaten the matter of a half length for the place It may be that the Dario colt needs a greater distance than one mile to display his best form formNURSED NURSED ALONG IN FRONT FRONTTragic Tragic Ending after leading out of the stalls was soon showing a daylight advan ¬ tage over his closest rival as the field reached the back stretch Pacifier was his nearest attendant while Chance Yen was racing next and not too far back to be con sideied a stout factor Arestino was bring ¬ ing up the rear The Misstep colt was nursed along in front and under a nice snug hold Pacifier soon dropped back and Chance Yen moved up to press the leading colt closest With but three furlongs left to go Sisto permitted Tragic Ending to in ¬ crease his lead and he moved away so steadily that it was apparent then that he would be the winner Just as he seemed to have everything his own way the Hirsch colt made an extremely wide turn into the stretch permitting those directly in back of him to move up threateningly However Sisto had only to cluck to him to come but readily readilyDuring During the last furlong Tragic Ending in ¬ creased his lead with every stride Fancy Free had overtaken Chance Yen and raced along in second place through the stretch run When too late Arestino was turning in an improved brand of speed but was still a geldingThe half length back of the Nielsen gelding The mile was covered in 138 and the successful colt was a 6 to 5 choice Con ¬ tinued pleasant weather attracted another large turnout and the sport was spirited enough to suit the most exacting exactingNO NO RESPECT FOR ROYALTY ROYALTYThe The favorite in the sixth race at one mile for threeyearolds was C H Emersons His Highness a recent victor in a sprint His Highness however was not accorded respect due royalty drifted a bit at the break and then was bnmped trying to make up ground going to the first turn Thus the Ksar colt never was in the running as the early pace was set by the second choice Salubria Sta ¬ bles Briargo In fact the Happy Argo geld ¬ ing led almost to the eighth post but then could not hold off the stretch drive of Maple Crest Farms Sabulus a 35tol chance which was kept going by Ted Atkinson AtkinsonSabulus Sabulus never was out of the contention as Briargo set the pace followed by Taking Ways Briargo was in front when Taking Ways began to give way as Sabulus in the third spot started to charge J H Louch heims Thrift Shop also started to pick up lost ground In the stretch however it was Sabulus and Briargo right down to the finish with Thrift Shop taking third money and Gold Tower in fourth place His High ¬ ness was fifth
