Caddie Beats Iron Shot In Belmont Steeplechase: Takes International in Drive--Bolingbroke Scores on Flat, Daily Racing Form, 1944-05-12

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ALORTER The Ernst threeyearold worked a mile in 143 in preparation for his engagement in Saturdays Preakness Caddie Registers In Chase Fixture FixtureOutpoints Outpoints Iron Shot Over Belmont Park Obstacles Bolingbroke Wins on Flat FlatContftmed Contftmed from Page One OneGreek Greek Flag ran at his throat Shortly after crossing the water jump before the stands Greek Flag took a slight lead before Knights Quest with Caddie racing and jumping smoothly only a length behind behindWith With three jumps to go Iron Shot moved into the lead with Caddie in close at ¬ tendance and Knights Quest falling back a tired horse The leaders crossed the final hedge almost on a line but the Widener gray was no match for Caddie in the run for home Knights Quest was a weary horse at the wire but had enough left to withstand Greek Flag FlagEnsign Ensign Townsend B Martins Boling ¬ broke displayed his fondness for the Bel ¬ mont strip by scoring an easy victory in the best of the flat races on the program the Requital a 5000 test at a mile and onehalf Mrs T C Christophers Grey Wing tried to make a runaway affair of the Requital drawing out to a fivelength lead romping down the backstretch while Moon Maiden and Bollingbroke the only other starters followel a length apart in the wake of the Halcyon stallion Boling ¬ broke started to move between the final turns and quickly ran past Moon Maiden Entering the stretch Bobby Permane gave Bolingbroke his head and he swept past the tiring Grey Wing with ease to score by a length and onehalf eased up Moon Maiden who appeared outclassed was an ¬ other seven lengths farther back backReady Ready for Belmont Route Stakes StakesBolingbroke Bolingbroke paid 530 as second choice to Grey Wing and was clocked in the ex ¬ cellent time of 231 the last half in 51 suggesting he will again be a for ¬ midable factor in the Belmont Park route stakes stakesGeorgie Georgie Iceman Woolf rode his first winner of the New York season in the third race when he piloted Walter P Chryslers favored Jamesina to a clever victory in the Boquet Purse a four and onehalf furlongs dash for juvenile fillies Ariel Display fin ¬ ished second a length and a quarter away with Scotch Plains a similar margin far ¬ ther back in third place A firm favorite Jamesina paid 5 and was timed in 52 52Bobby Bobby Permane made it a triple When he drove Wheatley Stables Free Lance down the middle of the stretch to score a head victory over Woojford Farms Leav enwoiih in the sixth race styled the Elk wood


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