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MAECHANCE RETURNS TO HIS WINNING WAYS WAYSFelkner Felkner Campaigner Takes Down Top Honors in Best Offering at Suffolk Counterglow Is Second SecondBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 3 Maechance from the Glen Felkner string was a driving winner of the best race of the afternoon at Suffolk Downs a sixfurlong dash fash ¬ ioned under claiming conditions with a top price of 3500 scaling to 3000 3000The The Chance Shot colt Avas running under a claiming tag of 3250 the cheapest in which he has been entered in some time Taylor was forced to go to a drive to run down the early leaders and kept under pressure came to the finish less than a length in front of D C Harrisons Counter glow Belmar Arra from the locallyowned string of Howard Kane and making her first start of the season was third after carrying the brunt of the pacemaking burden burdenBelmar Belmar Arra showed a high flight of early speed and after beating her company out of the stalls was clear after taking the opening strides The public choice Equi ¬ stone followed in nearest attendance of the pacemaker Maechance was heading the others while Counterglow was just show ¬ ing before the only other member of the company Dewy Dawn DawnFAVORITE FAVORITE WEAKENS WEAKENSThe The Kane filly and the choice Equistone continued to race heads apart and were well clear as the turn into the stretch was reached Just as it seemed as if Equistone would forge to the front Belmar Arra when roused shook him off and the favorite began dropping back Maechance when straightened out for the run to the line began making up ground Taylor was hard at work on the Felkner colt in order to have him move to the pacemaker Belmar Arra was still out in the van midway of the stretch However Maechance under the whip began to close in on the leader steadily Counterglow was still well back but under a drive and nearing the last furlong began to lengthen stride as he raced along on the outside outsideIt It was a whipping finish with Maechance increasing his lead slowly Right at the end Counterglow managed to run down Belmar Arra but that daughter of Brevity under her impost of only 101 pounds fought it out with splendid courage right down to the line lineMaechance Maechance permitted jockey W L Taylor to round out a double for the afternoon that rider having scored with BalloFire in the second event eventA A crowd of 9500 was on hand to witness the program conducted under ideal condi ¬ tions both the weather and the track leav ¬ ing little to be desired desiredGLEN GLEN RIDDLE FARM CASTOFF CASTOFFFrances Frances Farms The Ferry a Glen Rcadle Farm castoff proved best of the six older maidens which met in the threequartermile fifth race Gallant Play from the string of Allen T Simmons came from last place to be second B A Darios Blue Warrior also a former member of the Samuel D Riddle string took the show award awardLittle Little Acorn and Blue Warrior the favor ¬ ite raced as a team for the first half mile Jockey May had Blue Warrior under double wraps and appeared ready to go to the front at the asking as he raced on the outside of the Whitney filly Nearing the head of the stretch Little Acorn was through and Blue Warrior took the lead Atkinson had been biding his time back of the two leaders with The Ferry and when called upon he moved up steadily A couple of strides past the fur ¬ long post The Ferry was in front the three yearold Boatswain colt drawing out readily In the last thirty yards Gallant Play closed with good late speed to wear down Blue Warrior WarriorThe The Ferry was one of the lighter regarded members of the company and paid 2640 after racing the distance in the creditable time of 112
