Grand Appeal Never Headed At Lincoln Fields; Belmont Sprint To Tangled By Wide Margin: Greentree Ace Romps Home In Easy Fashion; Passes Wire With Seven Lengths to Spare Over Colosseum--Dipsy Doodle Third in Diamond Purse, Daily Racing Form, 1941-05-29

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GRAND APPEAL NEVER HEADED AT LINCOLN FIELDS BELMONT SPRINT TO TANGLED BY WIDE MARGIN GREENTREE ACE ROMPS HOME IN EASY FASHION FASHIONPasses Passes Wire With Seven Lengths to Spare Over Colosseum Dipsy Doodle Third in Diamond Purse PurseNEW NEW YORK N Y May 28 Tangled proved herself a threestar sloppy track per ¬ former at Belmont Park this afternoon as she sped to the front at the outset of the Diamond Purse a class C event for fillies and nares and just galloped to the finish in 111 with seven lengths to spare over Charlton Clays Colosseum C V Whitneys homebred Dipsy Doodle was a dismal third in a small field of half a dozen three and a half lengths back of Colosseum ColosseumThe The successful Greentree colorbearer was the only threeyearold in the group accept ¬ ing and was one of the most popular win ¬ ners of the afternoon paying her large fol ¬ lowing at the rate of 410 for 2 Conn Mc Creary had the mount on the Sweeping Light miss so completing a double in the first six of the eight events carded cardedTangled Tangled was beaten off after setting the pace in the recent mile Acorn Stakes here and is an eligible for the Coaching Club American Oaks and the Top Flight She is not an intended Oaks starter accord ¬ ing to trainer Gaver but galloped on after the Diamond finish to cover the seven fur ¬ longs in 125 and the mile in 140 Dipsy Doodle also an eligible for the Top Flight went on an extra eighth at about the same rate as did Tangled It was the first ac ¬ counting of the year for Mrs Payne Whit ¬ neys threeyearold who was a twotime stake winner in good company last sum ¬ mer merALL ALL KINDS OF WEATHER WEATHERAll All kinds of weather were had during the afternoon at the Westchester racing grounds The track was fast for the earlier races and a hard thunderstorm visited the course on Hempstead Turnpike as time for the fifth race neared nearedThis This made the strip sloppy but the skies were clearing again when the feature was run Favorite players showed fair accuracy during the afternoon The turnstile count was 10849 as against 8283 for the same day last spring In the gathering were many no ¬ tables including Doctor Strub guiding spirit of Santa Anita Park ParkTangled Tangled never left anything to the imag ¬ ination in the feature McCreary showing much more interest early in the race than is his custom had the Greentree filly out ¬ running her field from the break and four lengths in front going into the turn As he straightened for the run to the finish with six lengths showing before Colosseum who was closest in the futile chase from the break it was obvious that the race was for second money The Whitney representative was only galloping at the line lineContinued Continued on thirtysecond page BELMONT HEADLINER PROVES EASY FOR SPEEDY TANGLED TANGLEDGreentree Greentree Ace Passes Wire With Advantage of Seven Lengths LengthsContinued Continued from first page pageColosseum Colosseum broke well under Robertson but was promptly outrun by the winner and try xas she might and did the Ariel mare couldnt make an impression on Tangieds advantage However she experienced no trouble herself in saving the place from Dipsy Doodle The latter did not break as alertly under James as had been expected by her backers and didnt have a horse beaten on the turn then closed slowly through the stretch for third after having saved much ground groundTorchlight Torchlight had a little speed around the bend and then wound up fourth Paper Plate broke fast but fell out of it immedi ¬ ately and Busy Morn never was a factor factorAnother Another favorite got home on the Bill Daly when John C Clarks Waller splashed sand and water over five other 5000 milers in the seventh event reaching the finish with a margin of three and a half lengths over Mrs E D Jacobs Livelyhood Hal Price Headleys Aureole was third some two lengths farther back backWaller Waller was ridden by Basil James who was completing a double and was taken in hand and dropped in behind Air Master and Livelyhood in the run through the back stretch As Livelyhood disposed of Air Master entering the turn Waller came around her to the top and won going away Aureole awayAureole beat tired horses for the show Peep Show did not appear to care for the going The winner paid 540 and went the mile in the fair time of 138 3


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