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CROWFOOT CARRIES HEADLEY SILKS TO ANOTHER TRIUMPH TRIUMPHLeads Leads Four Eyes and The Ferry to Wire in Suffolk Downs Dash DashBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 16 Supporters of the oddson choice Crowfoot from the Hal Price Headley string spent several anxious moments before the son of Blue Larkspur and Ann Earn was returned winner of the featured Newton Purse This sixfurlong test was a condition offering for threeyear olds carrying a purse of 1100 It was the only event on todays card at Suffolk Downs that lacked the claiming clause W J Hirschs Four Eyes coupled with Eleventh Hour of the Breymann Farm raced to the place and Frances Farms The Ferry took the third place in the field of half a dozen Oakmont who apparently wants a distance of ground for his best effort came from last place to be a fastfinishing fourth Blue Leona was next and the stablemate of the runnerup was 4ast to complete the dis ¬ tance Eleventh Hour was sent out a full mile which the Reigh Count colt covered in 148 148Crowfoot Crowfoot made his seasonal debut during the present meeting after having been laid up for almost a year The colt graduated from the maiden ranks in his last appear ance under silks The Blue Larkspur three yearold is one of the few thoroughbreds campaigned by Headley that is not the produce of his own Beaumont Farm in Ken ¬ tucky Crowfoot was bred by Xalapa Farm from whom he was purchased by Headley as a suckling for 3000 Previous to his engagement in the Newton Purse the colt had only faced the starter on three occa ¬ sions twice in his twoyearold year Inci ¬ dentally all of his races have been over the Eastern Racing Association course courseLEAVES LEAVES GATE TARDILY TARDILYCrowfoot Crowfoot left the gate tardily and was well back during the first threesixteenths mile heading but one of the field Oakmont Blue Leona was clear as the field sped down the far side of the track The Hirsch owned colt chased closest after the leader then came The Ferry FerryTaylor Taylor was holding a position on the in ¬ side as he began working his way forward with Crowfoot Midway of the turn Four Eyes and Blue Leona were racing as a team Blue Leona soon chucked it and Crowfoot still on the inside moved up to dispute the command With a halfmile of the running completed he showed in front for the first time timeCrowfoot Crowfoot was unable to draw clear as the Hirsch colt went with him However near ing the furlong pole the Headley colt opened up and was never to be seriously threatened for the rest of the trip Four Eyes contin ¬ ued gamely to take his placing and The Ferry had little trouble in holding Oakmont safe safeCrowfoot Crowfoot returned his host of supporters 340 and went the threequarters mile in 11316 11316The The heavy rains of the early morning and the few showers that fell previous to the start of the program converted the racing strip into a sea of slop Despite adverse weather and track conditions it was another large weekday gathering that was in at ¬ tendance tendanceJockey Jockey Eddie Robart followed up his rid ¬ ing victories on Entitle and All Heels by making it three for the afternoon when he triumphed with Misty Quest in the one mile and seventy yards of the seventh race Fox worth raced to the place the show position going to Ballotant
