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Boysy Annexes Grey Lag in Big Upset Beats Ahamo Neck As Jamaica Closes ClosesRiverland Riverland Is Fourth Behind Tola Rose Attention Suffers Interference Runs Seventh SeventhJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 8 Another romantic chapter in the story book career of T H Heard Jrs Boysy was written when the 100 castoff from the establish ¬ ment of Col Edward B Bradley swept to an unexpected victory in the third running of the Grey Lag Handicap at Jamaica today as the most successful spring meet ¬ ing in the history of the Metropolitaa Jockey Club came to a stirring close before a howling crowd of 30056 30056Not Not only did Boysy upset the calcula ¬ tions but Barrington Stables Ahamo also sprang quite a surprise by finishing second beaten only a neck at the end of the excit ¬ ing mile and a furlong Another neck back In third place came A J Sacketts Tola Rose while the favored pair Riverland and Attention wound up farther behind in the field of eleven that contested the richest running of the stake stakeRiverland Riverland under top weight of 127 pounds finished fourth after bearing in badly approaching the furlong pole and Attention who ran coupled with Tola Rose and toted 126 pounds had to be content with seventh being the victim of sharp interference It was not a truly run race However Boysy who had been beaten eleven lengths by Riverland in the Excel ¬ sior Handicap two weeks before added 14150 to his previous gleanings His backers received 3740 for every 2 It was the sevenyearold geldings initial 1943 score and he went over the trip in 150 under 114 pounds only a second slower than the track record Riverland Attention Disappoint DisappointThose Those who had expected the Grey Lag to wind up in a duel between Riverland and Attention were of course somewhat shocked at the ultimate outcome For in the Dixie at Pimlico the week before River land had beaten Attention in new track record time although many observers thought that Attention might have won that ancient Baltimore classic with better racing luck luckThus Thus little attention was paid to Boysy or Ahamo or any of the others for that matter Yet Boysy and Ahamo ding donged it all the way while Riverland and Attention never really were close up as an ¬ ticipated ticipatedBoysy Boysy under jockey Cavens was quickest away and drew clear going to the first turn Cayens steadied him along ably He re ¬ sponded nobly when put to the acid test but he bore out at the final threesix ¬ teenths and seemed to have impeded Ahamo It was it seemed on the border ¬ line of a foul After bearing out Boysy managed to outlast Ahamo on the wire wireBut But for the interference Ahamo might have been returned the winner Kept close to the leader on the outside the entire trip he was going well when troubled then courageously held Tola Rose safe Tola Rose on the inside worked his way into contention gradually and was going strong ¬ est of all allRiverland Riverland did not break in stride Brooks however reserved him off the pace until leaving the back stretch where he respond ¬ ed to pressure and gradually improved his position Approaching the furlong marker though the big Louisiana Farm gelding re ¬ sorting to his old habit bore in badly and this compelled Brooks to stop riding him It was quick thinking as it prevented an accident Being forced to take Riverland back he in turn forced Attention against him and whatever chance Attention had of winning went glimmering completely at that point pointMineeMo MineeMo Caught in Jam JamJohn John B Partridges MineeMo also was caught in the jam caused by Riverland He came through on the inside and was mak ¬ ing his bid at the time Steve Murphy was compelled to take him back He finished sixth sixthThe The Grey Lag marked the seasonal debut of Woodvale Farms Our Boots the Bel mont Futurity winner of 1940 He lacked speed going to the first turn though being shuffled back when curving into the back stretch He wound up eighth Hal Price Headleys Anticlimax who was third in the Dixie broke sluggishly and never made his presence felt He was ninth to finish finishFoxcatcher Foxcatcher Farms Suncap winner of the Juvenile and National Stallion at Belmont Park last year celebrated his three year old debut with a bang charging to victory in the Mokatam a split of the third event The canny veteran Johnny Gilbert hustled him to the front and after setting a rapid pace the colt handily defeated J M Roeb lings Card Game by two lengths Mrs F J McNultys Hickory Head a length farther away took third from three others Suncap who returned a 440 mutuel reeled off the six furlongs in 111
