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COUNTERGLOW DISPLAYS HIGH BRAND OF SPEED AT SUFFOLK SUFFOLKEquipoise Equipoise Colt Outruns Rivals in Roxbury Purse in Easy Fashion FashionBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 19 Counterglow fouryearold son of Equipoise and Moon Fly racing for Dabney C Harrison smothered his field for speed in the Roxbury Purse best race of the afternon at Suffolk Downs today The Roxbury a condition offering had its decision over the one hile distance and for a purge of A500 It was the first triumph of the session for the Equipoise colt The finish found Wishing from the Allen T Simmons string racing into second place with Maple Crest Farms General Jack taking third before J Freedmans Trimly TrimlyCounterglow Counterglow second in his most recent outing served notice by that performance that he was about ready for stage engage ¬ ments Ridden by the Washingtonian Eddie Smith the Equipoise colt was first to show from the start The Maple Crest Farm threeyearold General Jack followed closest after the pacemaker The Jack High colt had to be placed under hustling tactics to gain the runnerup role after leaving from the outer post position WIDENS ON HIS FIELD FIELDThe The leader continued to widen on his field as he sped down the far side of the track General Jack was holding a comfortable maigin over the others Wishing was next and Votum after a brief flash began to drop back backThe The Equipoise colt reached the end of the first six furloiigs in 110 It was a brand of speed that served to kill off his closest pursuers Into the stretch Counterglow in ¬ creased his lead General Jack still raced along nearest the leader but was beginning to fade It wasnt so much the late speed that Wishing uncovered that enabled the Simmons gelding to take the place as it was General Jack tiring tiringCounterglow Counterglow was naxt to receive a threat but Smith never let up on the Equipoise colt as he completed the mile in 138 He reached the close with three lengths to spare spareA A return to summerlike weather brought out another large throng Favorites con ¬ tinued to go down to defeat only Graustark making the grade for the talent in the first six events
