Sales Talk Victor in Grand Crossing; Bright Willie Repeats at Belmont Park: Shows High Speed To Beat Dandy Fox; McIlvain Racer Sets All of Pace in Pillory Handicap--Jacobs Completes Triple, Daily Racing Form, 1943-05-18

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HIRSCH JACOBS Stole the show at atBelmont Belmont yesterday when he saddled saddledthree three winners Sales Talk Victor in Grand Crossing Briaht Willie Repeats at Belmont Park Shows High Speed To Beat Dandy Fox FoxMcIIvain McIIvain Racer Sets All of Pace in Pillory Handicap Jacobs Completes Triple TripleELMONT ELMONT L I N Y May 17 Bright Willie carried the blue and gold banner of Kentuckys Mrs Ralph McIIvain to a well merited frontrunning triumph this after ¬ noon at Belmont Park in the seven furlongs of the Pillory Handicap class C event which was the featured event on an inter ¬ esting program that inaugurated the sec ¬ ond week of the associations spring season of four Shouldering the top impost of 126 pounds and with jockey Alfred Robertson merely riding him out through the final strides Brilliants fouryearold son ar ¬ rived at the finish in advance of Calumet Farms Dandy Fox the runnerup in a field of a dozen which included several erstwhile big names namesOne One of these Woodvale Farms Our Boots completed the sprint in third place three parts of a length behind Dandy Fox and a nose in front of Wait a Bit BitColchis Colchis onetime nemesis of Alsab and Porters Cap a former Santa Anita Derby winner were in the beaten field So it should be noted was Birch Rod who was the disappointing public choice Bright Willie spotted from soven to 16 pounds to each of his rivals shook off challenges by Colchis Porters Cap and finally Dandy Fox and had fairly discouraged his field at the end of the first six furlongs in a flat 111 completing the distance in 124M The sturdy bay returned his large fol ¬ lowing 1240 This was his second straight success at the fashionable Nassau County meeting meetingBirch Birch Rod Disappoints DisappointsThe The crowd that witnessed Bright Willies sparkling effort numbered 15436 at the turnstiles surprisingly enough for a stake less Monday This total was remarkably close to the 15491 present the similar day last spring Favorite players found several opportunities to cheer though Birch Rod disappointed rather sadly when he failed to be a factor in the featured event eventBright Bright Willie broke from number 5 in George Cassidys gate and with sufficient alacrity to step into a quick lead of a length and a half Colchis Porters Cap and Way gal followed most closely in the run to the far turn racing in a compact group Way gal was first of this trio to yield as she did after a quarter mile mileBright Bright Willie fashioned such a swift pace Colchis and Porters Cap tired following him around the long sweep of the turn At the head of the home lane Dandy Fox cut the corner and in receipt of 20 pounds poundsContinued Continued on Page TwentyTwo Bright Willie Repeats In Belmont Attraction AttractionLeads Leads Throughout in Pillory Jacobs Saddles Three Winners WinnersContinued Continued from Page One Onefrom from the winner began his move He loomed menacingly for an instant about the eighth pole then could gain no further furtherOur Our Boots who had been shuffled back early and Wait a Bit closed ground steadily through the stretch fighting it out for third with Our Boots gaining the nod nodHirsch Hirsch Jacobs saddled three winners and apprentice D Rienzi completed a triple astride the Jacobstrained trio when Mrs E D Jacobs Bull Reigh and Isadore Bie bers Cherry T and Fuego were returned victorious victoriousCherry Cherry T was a driving halflength win ¬ ner of the mile and a furlong of the fifth race leading Bottle Imp to the wire by a half length after going postward favorite favoriteIn In the seventh race Bull Reigh made every marker a winning one covering the mile and a sixteenth distance in l44Vfc to lead Nipsickle by a length and onehalf with Plantagenet third at the finish The son of Bull Dog was claimed out of the race by Louisiana Farm for 5000 after having turned in his seventh victory of the year in Mrs Ethel D Jacobs silks silksFuego Fuego had to withstand a hard drive to gain a head verdict over He Rolls in the nightcap over the one and onehalf miles distance distanceRacing Racing as straight as a die down the middle of the Widener chute J J Mcln tyres Sirlette beat five other 2500 juve ¬ niles in 100 for the fivefurlong opener pegging back the pacemaking Rita Jane then repelling More Wine by a length and onehalf Tennessee Maid was a fair third Bierman rode the winner who paid 690


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