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WISE BEE ROMPS HOME IN SUFFOLK DOWNS FEATURE FEATUREComes Comes 1o End of ThreeQuarters Dash With Six Lengths to Spare SpareBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 23 Turning in his first winning performance since Florida last winter Wise Bee from the stable of W F Mannagh had little trouble in accounting for the best race of the afternoon at Suffolk Downs This was the six furlongs of the fifth race carrying a purse of 1400 and fashioned for the better grade sprinting platers The offering was conditioned with a top claiming price of 4500 scaling down to 3500 and attracted a field of five fiveThe The Wise Counsellor fouryearold who was accomplishing his second triumph of the year left little doubt of his superiority as he came to the finish enjoying a leadof a half dozen lengths It was a close fight for the place with D MacVeans Skin Deep a for ¬ mer member of the A G Vanderbilt string taking second over Purcellville from the A S Pierce establishment Maechance and Equis stone finished as named to complete the field fieldJockey Jockey Harold Allgaier had the mount on the Wise Counsellor gelding Wise Bee moving to the front with the start scampered clear during the first furlong He increased his lead until at the half mile ground he was showing daylight over his closest attend ¬ ant antMaechance Maechance was heading those directly back of the leader Skin Deep raced in advance of Equistone and the Pierce colt brought up the rear Sweeping around the far turn the Mannagh gelding increased his lead Mae ¬ chance then gave up the chase Skin Deep was racing closest after the leader Purcell ¬ ville was beginning to give improved speed Equistone was under pressure but was un ¬ able to close any ground groundDRAWS DRAWS OUT EASILY EASILYWise Wise Bee had never been let down but nearing the stretch he was permitted to in ¬ crease his speed He readily drew out with each stride until the finish found him well out in the command and running well within himself Skin Deep was under hard urging while Purcellville moving along on the in ¬ side was right at his throat latch They were driving hard back of the leader and they came to the finish with Skin Deep holding to a short head advantage as he took the place Wise Bee was the stoutly supported choice and returned 480 while he nego ¬ tiated the sloppy going in 112 112A A stiff breeze blew in from the Atlantic making it rather chilly for those that left topcoats at home Heavy rains of the early morning hours converted the racing strip into slopWar a sea of slop War Relic from the Glen Riddle Farm and a candidate for Saturdays Common ¬ wealth Handicap easily defeated the three yearolds which opposed him in the six furlongs of the Brockton Purse Almost three lengths in the wake of the Man o War colt at the finish Four Eyes drove into sec ¬ ond place in the livery of W J Hirsch Allen T Simmons Gallant Play came from last place to take the show award
