Prairie Dog In Thrilling Triumph At Crete; Eight Thirty Out Of Suburban Due To Injury: Crack Son Of Pilate Has Filled Pastern; Deflection of George Wideners Star Leaves Mioland Prospective Top Weight for 0,000 Fixture, Daily Racing Form, 1941-05-28

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EIGHT THIRTY PRAIRIE DOG IN THRpl TRIUMPH AT CRETE EIGHT THIRTY OUT OF SUBURBAN DUE TO INJURY CRACK SON OF PILATE HAS FILLED PASTERN v vDeflection Deflection of George Witfeners Star Leaves Mioland Prospective Top Weight for 30000 Fixture FixtureNEW NEW YORK N Y May 21 Eight Thirty is out of the Suburban Andrew Jack ¬ son Joyner the veteran who manages George D Wideners thoroughbred breeding and racing interests carc up to Belmont Park today from Erdenheim and after an inspection of the TobogganMetropolitan winners filled pastern announced that he would not be a starter in the Decoration Day headline headlineIt It had been planned to work Eight Thirty for the 30000 added mile and a quarter this afternoon but after Joyner examined the noted fiveyearold who won the 1940 Suburban the decision was reached not to ask anything more of him for the time be ¬ ing Joyner said that plans for future rac ¬ ing of the crack son of Pilate depended entirely on how the injured member re ¬ sponds to treatment treatmentTrainer Trainer Bert Mulholland later in the day said that the infirmity though not so bad as was at first feared would cause Eight Thirty to miss his stakes engagements at Aqueduct and Empire City but that an effort would be made to have him ready for Spa features featuresTOP TOP WEIGHT AND CHOICE CHOICEEight Eight Thirtys deflection from the Sub ¬ urban probably leaves Charles S Howards Mioland the prospective starting top weight under a burden of 127 pounds The Oregon bred fouryearold also looms as a strong favorite to add the Suburban to earlier stake conquests conquestsPresent Present indications point to a field of about ten or a dozen starters in the holiday attraction which is expected to be witnessed by the largest attendance of the meeting weather permitting Those opposing the Californiaowned horse are expected to come from among Greentree Stables Hash under 119 pounds Mrs George Wideners Your Chance under 114 Woodvale Farms Haltal and Mrs Marie Evans Shot Put under 110 pounds apiece with Arnold Hangers Dit Gustav Rings Ringie and Glen Riddles The Finest with 108 each Col H Maxwell Howards The Chief 106 Tower Stables Royal Man 105 The Harrington Stables Olympus 102 and possibly the recent grad ¬ uate Romanov with 95 pounds poundsHaltal Haltal who disappointed in the Metropoli ¬ tan beat Mioland in the famous Dixie at Pimlico Shot Put leader of the route divi ¬ sion during the 1940 turf season was third in a mile and a half event earlier in the present meeting Hash finished fast though j beaten in the Metropolitan mile and went on out a corking mile and a furlong right at 150 Dit set the pace most of the way in inContinued Continued o thirtysecond page EIGHT THIRTY DECLARED FROM SUBURBAN DUE TO LEG INJURY INJURYCrack Crack Son of Pilate Has Filled Pastern Mioland Top Weight WeightContinued Continued from first page pagethe the Dixie Your Chance who races for Mrs Widener and trainer Joyner had early speed in the Dixie and the Henry of Navarre NavarreOlympus Olympus was beaten inches by Robert Morris in the Excelsior in his best race of the young local season while Mioland had a nice prep for the Suburban when he fin ¬ ished second to Whirlaway in the Henry of Navarre then came back the other morning with a mile and a quarter in 206 206A A few of the candidates for the Suburban were given distance tighteners this morn ¬ ing Royal Man was sent the full distance by trainer Moody Jolley in 212 breezing throughout and going the first mile in 14233 The Finest now under W A Doc Carters wing went a mile in 140 and the mile and a furlong in 153 153The The George Widener racing fortunes so bright the first part of the meeting and back at Jamaica seem to have taken a sud ¬ den turn for the worse while those of Charles S Howard whose eastern foray has not been marked by a notable stakes tri ¬ umph thus far apparently are taking a turn for the better betterTrainer Trainer Bert Mulholland of the Widener horses had hoped to win the Top Flight Handicap with Rosetown as well as the Suburban with Eight Thirty but was doomed to disappointment on both counts Rosetown suffering severe wounds from an encounter with a wire fence in running aMiay the other morning


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