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Beau of Mine Scores in Jamaica Bow Races Home Neck Before Jack S L LJanet Janet Kelleys Oaklawn Park Development Gets Excellent Ride From Herbert Lindberg LindbergJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Yf May 4 By tak ¬ ing the shortest way home Janet N Kellys Beau of Mine under a heady ride by Herb Lindberg swooped to victory in the Old Koenig Handicap the headliner at Ja ¬ maica today Saving considerable ground throughout this sixfurlong event for class C threeyearolds the Cohort colt pluck ily came on to prevail by a neck in a linish that thrilled a good sized crowd of 13877 Mrs J sl Letelliers Jack S L who raced at New Orleans the past winter was sec ¬ ond going strongest of all while Mrs Sid ¬ ney Zells Unchallenged the favorite was a half length farther away and only a neck before William J Ziegler Jrs Breezing Home Three others completed the field including the Wheatley Stables entry of Devils Luck and Best Irish a pair that were outrun all the way wayThe The weather was chilly but favorable and the track was fast Backers of Beau of Mine collected 1370 for 2 This was the colts first appearance of the season in New York During the recent meeting at Hot Springs he piled up four wins in six starts It was on the strength of his good form there that many in the crowd placed their allegiance on his winning chances chancesUnchallenged Unchallenged Forced Out OutUnchallenged Unchallenged who had won his three previous starts carried top weight of 122 pounds two more than Beau of Mine He was shipped up from Pimlico for the Old Koenig and George Wolf also came up from Baltimore to ride the son of Chal ¬ lenger n nThe The Zell representative broke in front and set a fast pace but Breezing Home who stole through on the inside the first half mile forced Unchallenged out on the stretch turn They then actually raced each other into submission In the mean ¬ time Beau of Mine who overcame a bit of trouble when pinched back in the run down the back stretch improved his position along the inner rail and in a gallant rally swept past the leaders and outlasted Jack S L LJack Jack S L might have been the winner in a few more strides He was forced to lose ground throughout but closed gamely to pressure in the final drive Unchallenged and Breezing Home were well spent from their early efforts Joe Burger encountered trouble making the turn into the stretch then weakened
