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HARRY LaMONTAGNE His Bull Dog colt Rodney Stone gained revenge on Platter who defeated him in the Pimlico Futurity last fall by upsetting the Wid ¬ ener colt in the Zev Purse Saturday First Fiddle Equals Track Mark In Capturing Grey Lag Handicap Rodney Stone Beats Platter In Sprint as Jamaica Meet Ends With War Relief Card CardJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 6 Mrs Eddie Mulrenans First Fiddle won the Grey Lag Handicap this afternoon equaling the track record of 149 set by Rancocas Stables Mad Play more than a score of years ago Jockey Johnny Longden had the gray son of Royal Minstrel straight as a string staving off the closing rush of Mill brook Stables hardhitting Alex Earth while Pfc T H Heard Jrs Boysy was an ¬ other seven lengths back at the end of this mile and a furlong closingday test First Fiddle paid 480 after scoring his third straight victory at this meeting meetingIn In the Zev Purse sixfurlong secondary feature of the program Harry LaMont agnes Rodney Stone beat the favored Platter a length and onequarter with Mrs D H Peters Bull Dandy running third Rodney Stone paid 1690 as the George D Widener colt was a solid favorite despite the weight concession concessionA A brilliant program and balmy weather attracted 34800 fans to the closing pro ¬ gram at the Metropolitan Jockey Club track all proceeds of the afternoon going to the National War Fund American Red Cross and three Long Island hospitals hospitalsAlex Alex Barth BangUp Second SecondThe The total wagering on the seven races was 2841752 which combined with the gate receipts is expected to provide at least 125000 for the war and other relief funds fundsThe The lightly weighted Dartaway set the early pace in the Grey Lag for which nine went to the post with Eurasian lapped on him going to the first turn and First Fiddle heading a compact band some four lengths back This order did not change in the run down the backstretch until Longden man ¬ aged to slip First Fiddle through on the rail at the far turn to take the lead At this point Eurasian fell back thoroughly out of puff and Alex Barth moved into third place placeFirst First Fiddle clung to the rail curving into the stretch and Alex Barth challenged in the middle of the track as Dartaway dropped back Boysy made a move at the same time but it was largely ineffective Alex Barth who formerly ran as Poacher was steadily wearing the winner down in the drive through the stretch but could get no closer than his saddlecloth while Boysy ran over the faltering Dartaway for third money Marriage had early speed then flattened badly badlyFirst First Fiddle added 12325 to his yearly earnings of 10695 plus 450 which went to Col C V Whitney as a breeders pre ¬ mium miumPlatter Platter who has never distinguished himself as a sprinter was by no means disgraced in the Zev though he was not gaining appreciably in the last furlong The race was a sizzler from start to finish with fractions of 22 and 46 the six furlongs in 111 Platter went on to work out a mile in 140 which should help in readying the son of Pilate for the Preak ¬ ness next Saturday SaturdayBud Bud Grey shot out of the gate like a bulletv with RodneyStone who was break ¬ ing from the outside in closest pursuit Uncle Ace was briefly in third place while Platter broke in a tangle and was in sixth place on the inside and in close quarters quartersBud Bud Grey called it a day midway of the long curve and Rodney Stone vigorously ridden by Steve Brooks inherited the lead with Bull Dandy moving into third place behind Bud Grey and Platter a rather dis ¬ tant fourth fourthAs As they straightened away for the run to the wire Platter was in a position to win but was just not up to conceding pounds to his rival who was also making his first start of the season Bull Dandy ran his usual honest race to be third five lengths before Boy Knight KnightRodney Rodney Stone is a son of Bull Dog War Lassie by Man o War and won three of his dozen starts last season In his last effort he finished 13 lengths back of Plat ¬ ter in the Pimlico Futurity receiving six pounds
