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War Gleam Coasts Home Eight Lengths to Good GoodFinds Finds Heavy Suffolk Strip Made To Order Chain Miss Is Second SecondEAST EAST BOSTON Mass June 22 War Gleam fouryearold son of Man o War and Sun Emerald found the heavy track at Suffolk Downs to his advantage today and carried Frederick Wyses silks to a hollow victory in the featured Town Line Purse Taken to the front by jockey Hubert Trent at the start of the one mile and a sixteenth test War Gleam reached the finish eight lengths before his closest rival Chain Miss a representative of Carlone Parrillo Al ¬ though the winner hadno difficulty what ¬ soever in attaining major honors Chain Miss was all out to save the place award by a head margin over L E Ruffs Skip ¬ per Z Mrs Thomas Haskos Darby Ducat favorite for the headliner wound up a well beaten fourth in the field of seven starters startersThe The Wyse colt named for several of New Englands major stakes events stamped himself as a useful performer on an off strip Shouldering 122 pounds the top weight under the allowance conditions of the Town Line War Gleam ran the dis ¬ tance over the holding course in 149 Not too highly rated by the crowd of 10689 on hand for the sport War Gleam was good for 11 in the tote toteAlertly Alertly handled at the break War Gleam went to the front immediately after starter Bob Frend sent the field away in good order Skimming through the heavy going War Gleam quickly established a clear lead and was not pressed at any stage of his journey to maintain the advantage Shaken up on the stretch turn the victor increased his margin in the run to the wire and might have drawn still farther away had Trent elected to let him down
