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ALSAB WINS PRIMER MIS BY SEVEN LENGTHS GAZELLE FALLS TO TANGLED IN EASY FASHION GREENTREE ACE NEVER HEADED AT AQUEDUCT AQUEDUCTOddsOn OddsOn Favorite Merely Toys With Opposition Winning by Length and Half Over Nasca NascaNEW NEW YORK N Y June 25 Tangled once again proclaimed herself an unusual filly when she sprinted to the top at the start of the fortysixth Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct this afternoon and remained there to the end of that mile and onesixteenth test winning easily and as a 1 to 2 choice should Jockey Eddie Arcaro was not pun ¬ ishing the Greentree filly as she passed the final marker with a length and onehalf to spare over Breckinridge Longs Nasca her nearest rival Marshall Fields Strange De yice who forced Tangleds pace most of the trip was third another length and onehalf away and half her length before her stable mate Up the Hill A field of eight of the classiest threeyear old fillies in the East answered the bugle for the Gazelle renewal with the big midweek attendance sending Tangled to the post a prohibitive favorite though she was carry ¬ ing 124 pounds and conceding weight to all but Cis Marion The Sweeping Light fillys many backers were rewarded with just 3 for every 2 straight ticket and she added 4825 to earlier earnings in the Top Flight and XJelaware Oaks The Gazelle was Tangleds fourth consecu ¬ tive triumph and once again it was a case of catch me if you can with the winner who outran Strange Device in a speed duel to the clubhouse turn just moving along on the Bill Daly the rest of the way The track was dry and fast with Tangled speed ¬ ing the distance in 24 48 113 138 and 14546 time that was far from sensational but plenty fast enough Clear summer skies favored todays offer ¬ ings of the Queens County Jockey Club and the gatemen reported an attendance of 10979 10979COMPETITION COMPETITION KEEN THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUTThough Though the Gazelle was the main piece de resistance competition was keen throughout thfe afternoon with favorites there or there ¬ about in becoming regularity Tangled never left the result of the stake in much doubt George Cassidy executed a fast start with Tex Hygro first to catch her stride but Strange Device and Tangled promptly taking the track away from the Texan in a headahdhead duel to the first turn a furlong away That was the only time Arcaro really sat down and rode Tan ¬ gled He had broken outside Strange Device but fast as that filly is Tangled outran her and entering the turn had crossed over to the rail and moved off to a daylight lead Once in the lead Arcaro sat back on Tan ¬ gled and awaited developments The Green tree Stable filly went along the back stretch stretchContinued Continued on fortyfourth page TANGLED NEVER IN TROUBLE IN EASY GAZELLE TRIUMPH TRIUMPHNasca Nasca Trails Greentree Miss Across Aqueduct Finish Line LineContinued Continued from first page pagethree three lengths in front and was going well within herself under a snug rating ride as Meade followed with Strange Device whom he was giving a breather Several lengths farther back Up the Hill was dusting along in front of the rest of the field in third place placeThat That was the order to the last turn where Nasca who had been dead last was in her best stride and gaining momentum Going around the final turn Arcaro let out a link and Tangled increased her lead to four lengths and it was obviously a race for the place award Near the furlong post Nasca and Up the Hill had closed the gap that separated them from Strange Device and were head and head with the filly on the last turn turnNasca Nasca had more speed than the field pair and took second place in the final run by a length and onehalf before Strange Device as the latter beat Up the Hill half a length for third thirdTex Tex Hygro had a flash of speed on the last turn but then was through Moja moved up slowly but steadily entering the stretch and ran into a pocket and Battlefront was never a facto Cis Marion seemed unable to un ¬ leash her wonted stretch charge under her high impost impostThe The Blues Handicap at six furlongs for those of class C brought out a fine field of sprinters and it resulted in a wellearned and surprise victory for Joseph E Wideners Roman It was his first score of the year and he led home Great Albert from the Paragon Stable with C V Whitneys King ¬ fisher being along in time to save third from Handy Tom the favorite favoriteWhat What made the performance of the Wid ¬ ener colt doubly meritorious was that Don Meade took him rightout from the start and he raced as good a horse as Golden Voyage into submission as they went along stride for stride through the back stretch run When Golden Voyage cracked and dropped back a beaten horse Great Albert made his charge in the stretch He had been reserved back of the pace by Arcaro and his bid was a determined one but not good enough to catch Roman and the son of Sir Gallahad HE was still two lengths clear at the end
