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Lucky Draw Upsets In Youthful Stakes StakesGeo Geo D Widener Homebred Gets Up to Defeat Ravenala By Nose High Resolve Last LastJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 5 In an upset of stunning proportions George D Wideners Lucky Draw distinct outsider in the field of six stole through along the inner rail to capture the 31st running of the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica today as Josephine Grimes High Resolve the odds on choice finished a bad last beaten 14 lengths for all the honors honorsLucky Lucky Draw under the energetic han dling of Walter Mann got up in the last stride to nose out J W Browns Ravenala the pride of New Orleans in a finish that had the crowd of 16384 in a state of high excitement Mill River Stables Spheric was third a length and a half behind the runnerup while a like margin farther away in fourth place came Brookmeade Stables Vim Fifth was Victor Emanuels Surrogate and finally came the favorite favoriteThis This marked the second year in a row that Widener president of Belmont Park has provided the winner of the Youthful having scored in 1942 with Red Sonnet Lucky Draw who was making the second appearance of his career paid 3150 and earned a purse of 6075 6075For For the first day since the season opened conditions were perfect thanks to a warm sun and a cool breeze The track was at its best The Youthful was not the only close sfinish of the session for in the pre ¬ vious races the camera had to be pressed into service particularly for the War Bonds Purse which resulted in a dead heat for first between Terse and True Blue BlueFavorites Favorites Dismal Showing ShowingThe The Youthful second important juvenile stake of the year had appeared as a duel between High Resolve which had won his debut by eight lengths eased up and Rave ¬ nala whose record prior to the stake showed five wins out of six starts Thus when Lucky Draw prevailed a pall of dis ¬ appointment settled over the park parkHowever However High Resolves dismal perform ¬ ance was attributed to the fact that the gelding ridden by Gilbert went into the air at the break He moved up rapidly on the outside but when he tried to run out Gilbert was compelled to snatch him up at the threeeighths pole poleIt It was Vim that was quickest to begin with Ravenala in nearest pursuit while Lucky Draw led Surrogate and Spheric in that order But Ravenala assumed com ¬ mand on the stretch turn although Vim and Lucky Draw were lapped on him at this point Spheric improved his position too Ravenala continued to show in front by a slight margin through the main stretch but he faltered in the closing strides as Lucky Draw courageously dropped his nose before him on the wire wireMann Mann wisely clung to the rail and he was compelled to place the Widener geld ¬ ing under punishment while wearing down the Crescent City idol He carried 114 pounds against Ravenalas 122 Spheric also saved ground the last three furlongs and disposed of Vim at the end The latter had no excuse Surrogate dropped out of contention early Lucky Draw turned the five furlongs in 100 100Belair Belair Studs TipToe tiptoed to five rivals in the McCarter Handicap a class C race for threeyearolds and over that served as the secondary headliner In front throughout the mile and a sixteenth under Durandos clever rating the Roray n colt had scant difficulty winning by three lengths negotiating the trip in 145 Mrs Ethel D Jacobs Haile the choice closed resolutely from a slow beginning to nose out the willing Plantagenet for the place Brookmeades Great Rush never a factor had to be content with fourth The winner paid 1410
