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- »* Grey Lag Fitting Climax at Jamaica Nine May Face Market Wise In His Eastern Seasonal Bow Route Handicap Terminates Most Successful Session at Popular New York Course a NEW YORK, N. Y., May 7.— Although I, the big name horses of the American turf y that shared in the purse in the Dixie at - Pimlico will be conspicuous by their ab-i sence, the Grey Lag Handicap, Jamaicas t mile and one-eighth closing feature on i Saturday, shapes up as a fitting climax to s the Metropolitan Jockey Clubs most successful season. e Whirlaway, the brilliant boss man in the a ! Dixie, has definitely been declared out of j the race; Challedon pulled up slightly on g the "ouchy" side after the Maryland classic and the others are to be given a rest. m But, with Louis Tufanos Market Wise I and a bevy of other better -than -average thoroughbreds slated to flaunt silks, the Grey Lag does, at least, have all the aspects f of a real wide-open race, with ten hard-j hitting, well-conditioned speedsters set for , their finest performances. | Market Wise, the "Cinderella horse" that rocketed owner Tufano, Jamaica contractor, to an envious rung on the ladder of the American turf, passed up the Dixie with f the Jamaica finale in view and, according to his proud trainer, miniature George Washington Carroll, Market Wise has i, trained impressively. The son of Brokers . Tip reeled off three-quarters of a mile in I his last early morning spin in the pleasing : time of 1:12 and, prior to that, a mile in 1:39 dissolved all possible chatter that the I route-running thoroughbred wasnt as fit ■ as hands could make him. ■ Our Boots in Fine Fettle , Our Boots, the Woodvale Farms capable performer, under the exacting directing of , the veteran Steve Judge, is another who will command a great deal of respect. A mile ; in 1:38%, breezing, and a taperlng-off jaunt of the same distance in 1:40%, indicates that the horse that was regarded as Whirlaways main contender for three-year-old honors last year, is sharp as the proverbial tack. After a siege of unsoundness, Our Boots was brought back to competition last winter in Florida, where he was given a long, slow prep. While he failed to earn any more than shipping expenses and feed while winning an overnight allowance race, the conditioning he received there gave him a good foundation for the strenuous campaign that has been mapped out for him this spring and summer. Other probable starters in the Grey Lag are The Barrington Stables Olympus, Bern . Stables Master Henry, Mrs. J. Eitingers : champion of the Hialeah Park turf course, Sir Marlboro, T. H. Heard, Jr.s Boysy, j King Ranchs Dispose, Mrs. Anthony Pelle- , teris Bull Reigh, A. J. Sacketts Tola Rose , and J. H. Whitneys Gramps. Of these, Dispose and Tola Rose will face , the starter coupled in the wagering. They are both trained by Max Hirsch and the old masters strategy in issuing riding in- J • structions to this pair, both of which are j I possessed of blazing early speed, will be , * interesting. Because of the presence of several thoroughbreds whose forte is dashing out to a J contending position and stepping along . swiftly as long as they last, coupled with the I powerful stretch-running ability of Market Wise, Our Boots and others, there is some chance that the Jamaica track record for . the mile and one-eighth will be in serious 5 jeopardy — providing, of course, the strip is v * fast. l
