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Bell Tower Annexes Suffolk Headliner Little Beans Bows To B. F. Lister Colt Latter Length Clear at End Of Town Lyne Handicap, Top Race on Inaugural Program BOSTON, Mass., May 11. — Much to the disappointment of the large crowd which made him the favorite, the Boston-owned Little Beans, named for the favorite dish of the Hub City, went down to defeat as the 1942 racing season was inaugurated here at Suffolk Downs. The bay son of Mirafel and Florhi was a full length away and tiring badly as Benjamin F. Listers Bell Tower was returned the winner in the Town Lyne Handicap, the one mile event which featured the opening day card. Three and one-half lengths in the wake of the favorite, Mrs. Dorothy Roberts Jay Stevens collected the show award before John R. Macombers Side Arm who ran coupled with the winner. Second choice in wagering, the Lister and Macomber entry paid a .80 return in the mutuels after the winner was clocked in the good time of 1:38%. The victory of the chestnut son of Clock Tower and Strenuous gave the veteran Georgie Seabo credit for a riding double, as he had won the supplementary feature on John R. Macombers Red Vulcan. Favorite Breaks Poorly Mrs. R. Campbells Hicomb, who tired to finish out of the money, set a blistering pace from the barrier. At one time the Hi-jack colt had built up as much as a three lengths lead on his rivals, but when he tired he came back to them fast. The favored Little Beans was sluggish away from the barrier, but Bell Tower was away alertly enough, although Seabo did not press him for an early display of speed. Jay Stevens tried to provide the early contention to the pacesetter and hung on stubbornly but did not have enough left to meet the drive of the first two. Both Bell Tower, who ran a more forward early race, and Little Beans moved going into the half-mile pole. At this point Little Beans apparently had more speed than Bell Tower, but the latter was moving resolutely. Around the turn into the home lane, Bell Tower got to the front. Under a stout drive, "the Beans" pulled up to his girth at the sixteenth pole, but there he appeared to hang, and the winner drew away again to the margin he had in the final stride. Red Vulcan Triumphs The supplementary feature of the card, the East Boston Purse, marked the successful return of John R. Macombers Red Vulcan to the races after being absent since last October at Rockingham Park. Only three horses went to the post in this six-furlong affair for ,500 to ,000 platers and, before the stewards could post the result as official, they entertained a claim of foul from Hilton Dabson, who finished second on Mrs. J. Yancey Christ- mas Rough Time. Dabson claimed that Red Vulcan fouled him while drifting out in the stretch, but the claim was not allowed. There was only straight wagering on the race and the Pompey gelding paid .60 to those who made him favorite. The win- ner had three-quarters of a length in his favor after setting the pace all the way and successfully stood off the bid of the Christmas gelding down through the •tretch, although drifting out at the end. 1 j I , J ; i j I |
