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LIGHT LADY WINS BETSY ROSS STAKES TO REMAIN UNBEATEN UNBEATENHanger Hanger Filly Comes From Behind to Beat Lotopoise at Suffolk SuffolkBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 21 Overcoming a slow beginning Light Lady a daughter of Sweeping Light and Lady Teddy represent ¬ ing Arnold Hanger kept her record unblem ¬ ished by racing to a cleancut score in the third renewal of the Betsy Ross Stakes at Suffolk Downs today Following the unbeat ¬ en daughter of Sweeping Light over the line came Hal Price Headleys Lotopoise and John EyesIn Hay Whitneys Banjo Eyes In annexing the second straight triumph of her career the Arnold Hanger miss added 7400 to her earnings the winners share of the prizeAn 7500 added prize An accident marred the running whens Spiral Pass was caught in a jam in the open ¬ ing furlong stumbling arid unseating jockey Warren E Snyder The boy suffered adeep cut under the chin and was rushed to the hospital for further observation observationBegda Begda was hustled away from the gate in brisk fashion and showed the way by a short margin over Flying Indian at the close of the first furlong Light Lady had been a bit tardy in leaving the stalls and was immediately placed under pressure Bierman was forced to move on the outside with the Hanger maid and with half the trip completed was back in the middle of the field fieldDRAWS DRAWS AWAY AT WIRE WIREBegda Begda was still showing the way with Lotopoise trying her highly Banjo Eyes continued to race well back in the field After the first three furlongs Flying In ¬ dian tired from the chase and began to drop back Begda was holding on determin ¬ edly while fighting off repeated bids of Loto ¬ poise However the Headley miss kept peg ¬ ging away and after a half mile Begda began to weaken Meanwhile Bierman had sent Light Lady from the outside to the inside Lotopoise showed in front briefly but the Hanger filly was gaining gradually Banjo Eyes was also racing up steadily When making her bid for the command the Sweep ¬ ing Light filly met with little resistance increasing her advantage with every stride during the closing stages stagesLotopoise Lotopoise made a futile effort to cope with the stretch challenge of the winner but simply was not good enough although hav ¬ ing a safe margin over the Whitney repre ¬ sentative for the place award Begda had given her best and jit was only in the last few strides that she yielded to the bid of the Mr Bones filly who beat her for the show position Flying Indian retired steadily and the finish found her showing the way only to the riderless Spiral Pass who trailed to the finish finishOf Of the field of eleven named overnight Manhasset Stables Searchlight was with ¬ drawn leaving ten to race in the fivefurlong spin Light Ladys time for the distance was 59 or within threefifths of a second of equalling the track record of 58 held jointly by Hauca and Jewell Dorsett DorsettThe The oppressive heat of the last few days continued with the result that one of the lightest weekend crowds of the season was in attendance the turnstile count being in the neighborhood of 18000 18000SCORES SCORES FOR NEW OWNER OWNERAdvocator Advocator claimed last start by Mrs W W Adams for 3750 returned 975 of his purchase price the winners portion of the 1500 purse of the White Mountain Purse secondary attraction on the card The Sickle gelding reached the close of the one mile with better than a length to spare over Mrs H G Goods Votum and The Rage from Rivermont Ranch took the show posi ¬ tion tionA A dead heat marked the running of the mile and a sixteenth of the fifth race Bobs Boys after being outpaced early responded willingly to draw on even terms with Mana maid right at the finish Considerable dis ¬ tance back of the deadheated pair Bal loter was third The offering was under claiming conditions and engaged five of the better grade platers
