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AIR BRIGADE CAPTURES GOVERNORS HANDICAP JACOBS BARGAIN CLAIM IN FRONT AT SUFFOLK SUFFOLKComes Comes Off Johnnie Js Pace to Beat Latter ThreeQuarters of Length in Mile Attraction AttractionBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 24 Revelling in the sloppy going Air Brigade from the string of Mrs E D Jacobs raced to one of his most important triumphs in accounting for the one mile of the Governors Handicap at Suffolk Downs This test was endowed with 5000 added of which 4970 was the win ¬ ners portion besides a silver plate It was only in the closing stages of the journey that the Crack Brigade threeyearold was able to wear down Johnnie J from the Miss C Hardin string to register by less than a length Hal Price Headleys Third Covey a winner of his two previous starts at the current meeting finished third before W F Mannaghs Wise Bee BeeA A heavy rain just before the first race was called to the post turned the racing strip into a sea of slop with the result that scratches were numerous throughout the afternoon In the feature of the seventeen named overnight only ten accepted the issue issueThe The field left the starting gate with scant delay Johnnie J went right to the front Wise Bee was soon after the leader and Bier man had Air Brigade well back for the first quarter mile The Hardin representa ¬ tive held sway all through the back stretch stretchAir Air Brigade raced up and was in the mid ¬ dle of the pack Bierman continued to have the Jacobs threeyearold under reserve and was steadily working his way forwardly forwardlyBIERMAN BIERMAN ROUSES WINNER WINNERMidway Midway of the turn the pacemaker in ¬ creased his lead Wise Bee was under the whip but was unable to improve his position Bierman had called upon Air Brigade for his best and roused the colt several times Air Brigade when feeling the sting of the whip began to move up Before the stretch was reached Air Brigade had put away Wise Bee and set sail for the leading John ¬ nie J The latter showing no signs of stopping was several lengths to the good with only that last furlong remainirfg to be run Bierman was working like a Trojan on the Crack Brigade colt and slowly but surely he began closing the gap that sep ¬ arated him from the frontrunning John ¬ nie J JIt It hardly seemed possible he would be able to catch the leader but in the last sixteenth Johnnie J began to lag a bit Air Brigade was still charging soon raced to the saddle girth of the leader then drew on even terms to come out slowly during the last seventy yards The leaders were well out from the others and Third Covey was giving improved speed The Supremus colt was well clear of the tiring Wise Bee as he took the show showAdvocator Advocator one which had been showin some of the form that marked him as one of the top handicap performers last year and during the present New England season lacked speed in todays endeavor trailing early and only being able to pass tiring horses during the late stage of the trip tripGOVERNOR GOVERNOR SALTONSTALL PRESENT PRESENTGovernor Governor Leverett Saltonstall of Massa ¬ chusetts witnessed the running of the race from the stewards pagoda and after the event presented the silver plate to trainer Sidney Jacobs JacobsJockey Jockey Walter Lee Taylor completed a riding triple the afternoon when he fol ¬ lowed up his triumphs on Brastown and Silver Tower by capturing the nine furlongs of the closing event with Stalagmite The latter raced in front almost from the start to lead Harrys Dream over the line Ho was third thirdThe The mutuel handle for the day was 557968 557968Bern Bern Stables Ernie Hoist a recent arrival from New York was installed an oddson choice in the one mile of the Winthrop Purse secondary offering on the program The Trace Call colt played no serious part in the running and was well beaten as he was unable to finish any better than third more than a dozen lengths back of B F Listers Silver Tower Fancy Free racing for S A Nielsen was second beaten almost three lengths by the Clock Tower filly fillyMisty Misty Quest showed the most early speed but after the first three furlongs had been covered Silver Tower went into the lead The favorite was unable to keep up and trailed far back Silver Tower once in front in ¬ creased her lead steadily Only a quarter mile from the finish she was five lengths to the good Fancy Free raced into second place and Ernie Hoist was still trailing Well into the stretch the same order was main ¬ tained The Lister miss was not to be seri ¬ ously threatened as she came to the close Fancy Free was still the leaders closest rival During the last sixteenth the Bern Stable colt ran down the tiring Misty Quest and Sabulus to earn his part of the award
