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Mar-Kell Mar-Kell Bows Bows to to So So I I lure lure at at Pimlico; Pimlico; Gold Gold Flare Flare Charges Charges to to Jamaica Jamaica Score Score Race Family Party 4 ► For Westrope Trio Son of Flares Comes From Last Position in Stretch to Beat Victim and The Chief JAMAICA, L. I., N. Y.. April 13.— Mrs. W. T Westropes Gold Flare literally dropped from the clouds to roar down the stretch and snatch a half length victory from the favored Victim, sporting E. D. Talberts colors, in the featured Dunboyne Purse at Jamaica today. Maxwell Howards The Chief also did a bit of running in the stretch to capture third honors, a neck behind the runner-up and a length and a I I half before Esterita. This was something j i of a family party, for W. T. Westrope sad- | j died Gold Flare and his son. Jackie Wes- j trope, was in the saddle. The winner paid j j 1.30 and was clocked in 1:13%. i A beautiful afternoon lured 22.842 turf | ! followers -to what could be charitably de-tcribed as a mediocre program. It was an i ! afternoon for numerologists. for the first five winners bore the number 5 on their ■addle cloths and it was the fifth day of the meeting. Adding to the department | of coincidences three of the four six-fur- ! long races on the program were run in i Identical time — 1:1325 — though they en- j gaged horses of presumably varied ability. ; i Finds Opening on Rail Esterita went to the front at the end of the first quarter of the Dunboyne. but was quickly passed by the ageing Wire Tapper and Victim, while Cheesestraw was in fourth place, several lengths back, followed by The Chief and Dead Level, with Gold Flare trailing the field. Gold Flare had only succeeded in passing Dead Level as the field curved into the stretch and Wire Tapper was nursing a diminishing lead before Victim, who was a pair of lengths before Esterita. with The Chief getting into a running mood in fourth place after obviously sulking. Westrope found an opening on the rail and saved a world of ground with Gold Flare He got to the front midway of the stretch and was steadily drawing away at the finish, while Victim held on courageously for his share of the purse. Wire Tapper and Esterita both tired badly in the drive and The Chief passed them both without much difficulty. Cheesestraw and Dead Level were never serious contenders. The secondary feature brought out a quartet with ,000 claiming tags and was another six-furlong sprint. Only two of the four who went to the post were really in the race after the first quarter, however, as Doug Dodson sent Coldstream Stables Nap into a daylight lead and Ted I Atkinson whipped Harry LaMontagnes j I Larky Day. the favorite, into second place alter being last out of the gate. j Nap widened his lead somewhat round- | lag the long curve to the stretch and At- Continued on Page Two Gold Flare Victorious For Westrope Family Charges to Thrilling Score Over Victim in Headliner at Jamaica Continued from Page One kinson again went to the whip just before the last bend, shook the bat beside his mounts head curving into the run for home, then stung him again as he drove along the rail. Dodson appeared to have a safe lead on Nap, but appeared to look back each time be used his own whip as Larky Day challenged and his mount began to drift out toward the center of the track. Larky Day pursued a straight course along the rail and just got up to head Nap in the final jump. He was the favorite, paying .60, and was timed in 1:13%. The favorites kept their records unblemished in the Daily Double at this meeting as King LeRoy and Captains Aide won the first and second races today to pay 1.90 on the combination ticket. Favorites have won every Daily Double race run thus lar at Jamaica, and when the Double was cancelled on Monday, when Star of Padula walked over in the first race, the favortd Naval Station won the second race. I
