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DONNA LEONA MAKES IT TWO IN ROW AT SUFFOLK DOWNS DOWNSClaim Claim of Foul Against Victress in Cape Cod Purse Not Allowed AllowedBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 29 Supporters of Mrs T Christophers Donna Leona 3 to 5 chance in the best race of the afternoon at Suffolk Downs the Cape Cod Purse spent several anxious minutes when a claim of foul was lodged against the daughter of Don Leon by jockey C Durando who had fin ¬ ished in second place with Purcellville from the A S Pierce string After brief delibera ¬ tion the stewards permitted the original order of finish to remain unchanged Gen ¬ eral Jack coupled with Lady Waterloo as thj Maple Crest Farm entry was third with his stablemate defeating the only other starter Allen T Simmons Saunderstown SaunderstownThe The diminutive Donna Leona could hardly be seen as the field sped down the back stretch as she raced sandwiched between Saunderstown and General Jack The Sim rnons gelding racing on the outside showed slightly in the lead Purcellville was trailing the field and it was not until the first three furlongs had been covered that he began moving up Saunderstown had called it a day It was General Jack that then held to a slight Jead before the favorite Donna Leona on the outside of General Jack straightening out in the stretch was placed under punishment and moved to the front nearing the furlong pole Donna Leona bore in a trifle forcing Atkinson to take up upHARDFOUGHT HARDFOUGHT CONTEST CONTESTMeanwhile Meanwhile Purcellville was skirting the inner rail and raced up to press the leader Briggs had permitted the Christopher mare to lug in and in the last sixteenth mile seemed to have Purcellville in rather close quarters However Donna Leona was bat ¬ tling it out and as game as a pebble had a half length to spare as the finish was reached The Pierce colt was vell before General Jack who gave way after losing the i lead Lady Vaterloo was in the thick of the contenti6nwhen a jam occurred near the close of the initial quarter mile knock ¬ ing her completely out of the running The six furlongs were covered in 115 115There There was a threat of rain during the early part of the afternoon but as the day wore on the sun shone through One of the largest crowds of the week was in attend ¬ ance The track drenched from the rains of the early morning hours had the racing strip muddy at the start of the days pro ¬ gram but turned to heavy by the time the fourth race was run
