Don Bingo Scores Upset in Suburban; Aletern Routs Peabody Memorial Foes: Market Wise Finishes Second But Is Disqualified for Foul; Binglins Argentine-Bred Colt Covers Mile and Quarter In 2;01 2/5 Before 47,083 Fans Out for War Relief Day; Attention Awarded Place and Lochinvar Third Honors, Daily Racing Form, 1943-06-01

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BING CROSBY The radioscreen stars starsDon Don Bingo flashed into the handicap handicappicture picture by his sensational triumph in the theSuburban Suburban at Belmont yesterday Don Bingo Scores Upset in Suburban Aletern Routs Peabody Memorial Foes Market Wise Finishes Second But Is Disqualified for Foul FoulBinglins Binglins ArgentineBred Colt Covers Mile and Quarter In 2012 Before 47083 Fans Out for War Relief Day Attention Awarded Place and Lochinvar Third Honors HonorsELMONT ELMONT L I N Y May 31 New Yorks thoroughbred enthu ¬ siasts 47083 strong wended their rationed way to Belmont Park this Memorial Day to do their bit for War Relief and see Don Bingo a wasp waisted colt from the Argentine defeat a milliondollar field in the fifty seventh edition of the fabled 30000 Suburban Handicap This Latin American from the Californiaowned string of crooner Bing Crosby and Lin Howard was ridden by wizened little Joey Renick and carried his 104 pounds over the historymaking mile and a quarter in 201 which equalled Snarks time best in the history of the stake with the exception of Whisk Broom IIs questionable 200 He reached the finish two lengths before Market Wise the top weight in an array of 17 name horses horsesThe The Marise Farms storybook horse striving courageously to repeat his 1942 conquest of the Suburban was in turn some two lengths in advance of William Helis 55000 beauty Attention as Lochinvar finished third for J M Roebling However Market Wise lugged in on the tiring Atten ¬ tion at the sixteenth pole in this patriotic days eventful feature and was disqualified forfeiting the place to Attention and third award to Lochinvar while Devil Diver was advanced to fourth fourthDon Don Bingo earned 27600 by virtue of his thrilling performance one in which he either established or forced all the pace then drew out magnificently under hia feathery impost in the final furlong much to the earsplitting roar of those who col ¬ lected 2640 for 2 as a happy resume of this triumph triumphHandle Handle of 2699153 Worlds Record RecordThe The publics response to a combination of War Relief day Memorial and Suburban day was terrific Despite the lack of the same convenient train service gasand rubber ration etc the 47083 was remark ¬ ably close to last springs New York record attendance of 52011 on Suburban day The throng began arriving at 10 a m and still trekked across the centerfield from Belle rose the nearest Long Island Railroad sta ¬ tion after the first race raceDespite Despite the late arrivals the Daily Double and steeplechase race pooling marked a new record the same applying to the singlerace pool on the Suburban with the days final tally also representing a new world record business in the tote toteThe The grand total for the day in the mu tuels department was 2699153 which eclipsed the old mark of 2176071 wagered wageredContinued Continued on Page Three Suburban Handicap Goes to Don Bingo BingoMarket Market Wise Disqualified After Finishing Second Attention Awarded Place PlaceContinued Continued from Page One Onelast last Suburban Day The Daily Double pool today was 122736 as against the old mark of 107032 at Jamaica this sprhig Wagering on the steeplechasers reached 206992 while the former record was 174 549 at Belmont last year The largest sum bet oh a single event was 409350 previous to the 472261 handled on this afternoons Suburban Incidentally this latter figure was blinked on the tote board while many of the crowd stood fascinated toy the auc ¬ tion of War Bonds BondsJohn John Coakley estimated the days pro ¬ gram would be the source of about 115000 for War Relief exclusive of the bond sales salesIn In the interval between the fifth race and the unforgettable afternoons featured attraction Prescott S Bush national chair ¬ man of National War Relief auctioned War Bonds from a patrol judges stand that was stationed at the winners enclosure for the occasion The bidding mounted by thou ¬ sands then tens of thousands to a final bid of 200000 a new record for War Bond auctions in the sphere of spordom eclipsing the former mark at a boxing event by 100000 100000The The high bid for each individual par ¬ ticipating was recorded as a sale in that amount of War Bonds with the total ex ¬ ceeding 250000 The hfghest bid repre ¬ sented a 200000 investment in democracy An extra award of the colors carried by the Suburban winner commemorated the event This was the bid of Paul Ames Wall Street broker brokerThird Third Straight Win at Belmont BelmontThe The fashionable throng present for this War Relief program included Ashley Cole Herbert Bayard Swope John Hertz Walter Travers Theodore Knapp A C Sage Am ¬ brose Clark William Woodward George Bull Colonel Bradley Tommy Bragg and of course George Widener Bing Crosby who no longer could be chided on the level about his thoroughbreds was in New Or ¬ leans leansAgencies Agencies for the distribution of the un ¬ expected large sum that was mounting for racings war fund are the National War Fund Mineola Chapter of American Red Cross Mercy Hospital Mary Immaculate Hospital Boy Scouts Nassau County andj American Theatre War Service Inc IncThe The Suburban was well worth the shaded stroll from the Long Island railroad sta ¬ tions to the Hempstead Turnpike course for not in many years has this spring feature developed a more spectacular renewal renewalDon Don Bingo a winner of two class C handicaps earlier in the meeting was the aggressor from the break which was slow and equitable for all as nearly as any one could discern from the stands standsDon Don Bingo leaving from No 10 and Lochinvar from No 17 zoomed to the front while the high weights and name horses sparred for position awaiting the final fur ¬ longs to make their run Marriage was in nearest pursuit as Don Bingo and Lochin ¬ var alternated in head and neck leads through the far lane but the latter dropped out of it at the far corner There Woolf had worked Attention forward to be at the flanks of the first two while rac ¬ ing on the outside outsideThese These three continued to dominate the race to the furlong pole with Lochinvar maintaining a neck advantage over Don Bingo and Attention hanging under his burden something more than a length back backLochinvar Lochinvar weakened at the eighth pole and Don Bingo moved away smartly with little Joey Renick a rejuvenated veteran pumping away for dear life to make doubly sure sureMarise Marise Racer Bothers Attention AttentionFrom From the furlong marker home Market Wise who was a trailer as usual down the far side had looped the stragglers on the bend came surging down outside the field past first Lochinvar then Atten ¬ tion As he went by the latter Market Wise lugged in and brushed that weary runner then drew into a clear margin for second money He was unable to menace the winner at the wild disparity of weights however howeverShut Shut Out broke smartly but dropped out of a contending position at the far bend after having shut off Vagrancy when that mare was rapidly overtaking the pace ¬ makers makersPerhaps Perhaps the fact Grohs on Thumbs Up struck Wright with his whip had a bearing on Shut Outs disappointing performance He and Devil Diver were slight favorite over Market Wise ia a wideopen betting race raceGrohs Grohs was suspended for the remainder of the meeting and ten additional days while Eads drew a similar suspension for neglecting to keep Market Wise straight Both suspensions begin June 2


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