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THIRD COVEY TAKES MEASURE OF RINGIE IN MAIN ATTRACTION ATTRACTIONHeadley Headley Performer HalfLength Victor Over Favorite FavoriteBOSTON BOSTON Mass May 31 Scoring his first major stake triumph Third Covey from the stable of Hal Price Headley accounted for the fifth renewal of the Paul Revere Handi ¬ cap at Suffolk Downs today The Supremus colt triumphed at the direct expense of the public choice Gustav Rings Ringie and by a half length margin J Y Christmas Rough Pass came from last place to finish in third place placeWhen When Third Covey accounted for the one mile and a sixteenth of the Paul Revere he added 4690 to his earnings and inciden tally it wa the third time during the cur ¬ rent session that the son of Supremus and Paradox had been returned victorious victoriousOf Of the original dozen named to compete in this 5000 added feature Liberty Franc Maechance and Sundodger declined the issue leaving a field of nine to line up before starter Bob Frend FrendJohnnie Johnnie J as usual was the first to flash from the start The Rolls Royce gelding went right along through the first part of the race and was four lengths to the good Third Covey after racing into second place was taken in hand and jockey Sterling Young was content to rate him back of the leader as he had the Headley colt under slight reserve Patrol Scout and Star Boarder raced abreast as they followed the leading pair Rough Pass was bringing up the rear Moore was hard at work in an effort to have Ringie keep up but the favorite failed to improve his speed until there was but a quarter mile of the trip left to be traveled traveledJOHNNIE JOHNNIE J TIRES TIRESJohnnie Johnnie J was still clear coming into the stretch but it was then that Third Covey was asked for his best At the furlong pole he had managed to show in front Once losing the lead Johnnie J was through and began retiring steadily The Headley colt soon drew clear and in the last sixteenth of a mile was well clear However Ringie had started to uncork improved late speed read ¬ ily ran down all but the leader and forced Young to pull his whip to save the day by the matter of a half length Rough Pass was also closing like a cyclone through the stretch and getting up to wear down Star Boarder was at the favorites saddle girths as he crossed the line in third place placeThird Third Covey was third choice in the wager ¬ ing and paid 1240 1240After After the tremendous crowd of Memo ¬ rial Day it was another large gathering that was on hand to witness the weekend card A return to more summerlike weather made it enjoyable to witness the sport and the track was lightning fast A total of 740045 was wagered on the eight race program bringing the daily average of the meeting to 434151
