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ROBERT MORRIS ROBERT MORRIS OUTRUNS RIVALS IN PETER PAN BR1GHTGALLANT SECOND AS KING COLE IS THIRD THIRDByers Byers Colt Runs Mile and Eighth in 1 49 to Win by Six Lengths at Belmont Whirlaway Withdrawn NEW YORK N Y May 23 Robert Mor ¬ ris galloped to his second stakes conquest of the young New York turf season as he led a field of seven others of the lands more capable threeyearolds to the end of the Peter Pan Handicap mile arid a furlong headliner on Fridays program at Belmont Park Jockey Alfred Robertson whos mak ¬ ing a strong bid for leading riding honors at the Westchester Racing Association meet ¬ ing had J Fred Byers Pittsburghowned colt six lengths in front of Leigh Talia ferros Bright Gallant his nearest rivalKas he sped by the final marker iifcthe credit able time of 149 for the distance distanceAnother Another five lengths back was Ogden Phipps legweary King Cole to whom Rob ¬ ert Morris had been second in the recent important Withers and who was a strong oddson favorite in this fixture King Cole set a busy pace for the first mile under his top weight of 124 pounds and there ran out of speed At the finish he was just a head in front of his running mate Belairs Greville who had accompanied him closely all the way under a feather of 107 pounds The winner carried 117 pounds and was one of the highweights while the runnerup was favored with just 110 110NEARS NEARS TRACK RECORD RECORDRobert Robert Morris winner of the Excelsior at Jamaica earned 7500 through his triumph and his time on a fast track was just threefifths of a second off Hot Toddys course record A disappointment of the sec ¬ ond running of the Peter Pan was the fail ¬ ure of Warren Wrights topweighted Whirl away to accept after having been entered Ben Jones had hoped that Monday Lunch would not appear and Arcara would be avail ¬ able for his charge but it was not to be and the DerbyPreakness winner came out Those who backed Robert Morris received a tote return of 1430 for 2 2Warm Warm and sunny weather once more fa vored the Westchester Racing Associations offerings and the turnstile count was 13155 as compared to 9269 the corresponding day in 1940 It was a cosmopolitan and enthusi ¬ astic gathering though one that had been keyed up to hope that Whirlaway would be a starter in the days stellar offering Though Whirlaway came out early in the day his absence left the race a little flat for his thousands of ardent admirers Following the running of the Peter Pan Warren Wright owner of Whirlaway presented the trophy to trainer T H McCreery of the successful Robert Morris MorrisRobertson Robertson rode a heady race on the win ¬ ner breaking him off in third place behind King Cole and Greville and taking him un ¬ der steadying restraint several lengths back of that entry as they went down the long back stretch with King Cole outrunning Greville by a half length or so both under wraps wrapsAround Around the turn King Cole continued to blaze the trail despite his top weight but he could not shake off the lightly burdened Greville and Stout was forcing the favorite to speed right along to stay on top Robbie had dead aim on this pair around the bend and on the outside of them Straightened away in the stretch he asked Robert Mor ¬ ris to run and that colt moved up to be head and head with the entry at the eighth pole running them out of speed in a few strides and then moving away to win by a long patch of daylight and without being urged the last part of it itIt It had been a threehorse race to the fur ¬ long marker There Bright Gallant had fallen into his best stride and was closing with a fair run under Garrison Finisher McCreary Bright Gallant had one horse beaten leaving the back stretch and passed the tired horses from the middle of the turn home to be second far behind the win ¬ ner and with five lengths showing before the disappointing choice choiceMarket Market Wise was last to the head of the stretch then closed swiftly along the rail after having saved ground all the way and was running fastest of all at the line Mon ¬ day Lunch dwelt leaving the gate and never was a factor Martian had early lick but stopped stoppedThe The fractions were 23 4G 111 and 136 for the first mile at which juncture the king of the Phipps colts was through with Robert Morris finishing out in 149
