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Hygrohour Lowers Track Mark in Myles Standish Runs Five Furlongs in :5S2s to Whip Jack S. L. at Suffolk Downs BOSTON, Mass. .June 27. Speed was the keynote at Suffolk Downs today as the Eastern Racing Association staged the seventh running of the Myles Standish Stakes, ,500 aded, five-furlong test, for two-year-olds, as the feature of the Saturday program. John L. Sullivans Hygrohour, a colt who has usually provided the early speed in his races, turned back a good field, which includedthe hitherto unbeaten Through Bound, but in order to accomplish his objective the Texas-bred son of Hygro and Hourbyhour had to come from behind to earn the length margin he had in his favor before Mrs. J. S. Letel-liers Jack S. L., while establishing a new track record for the distance of :58. Behind Jack S. L., who staged a sensational bidr between horses through the stretch from fifth place, Mrs. Vera S. Braggs Gold Shower picked up the show award, one length away from the Jack High colt and a half length in advance of Through Bound as he backed up to finish fourth under the effects of the fast early pace he established. Hygrohour owes his claim on the new track record to the fact that Through Bound set such a fast, early pace. The obscurely-bred son of Out Bound was out of the gate like Zachani being shot out of his cannon and clipped off the first quarter in :22 and the half in :45 before he began to show signs of distress while turning for home. Although Hygrohour was third away f lom the gate to Through Bound and Black Grip, Johnny Deering got him in stride quickly. On the far turn he encountered some difficulty, but not as much as Jack S. L., who came charging to challenge his claim to top money in the final stretch. - Once Hygrohour collared Through Bound as he swung wide at the turn into the front lane, there was no doubt of his superiority over that colt at least. The son of Outbound was shortening his stride and apprentice Don Brunelle, who was aboard the juvenile, had to sit still on him and nurse him along, as best he could with hand an dheel as he was not equipped with a whip. Don, it is true, was not much heip to the colt, but there was a question of whether or not Through Bound could have rallied before the stretch drive
