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Leavenworth Leavenworth Scores Scores in in Marica Marica Purse; Purse; Cencerro Cencerro Just Just Lasts Lasts for for Popular Popular Win Win Beats Kay Gibson Nose at Belmont Consistent Jayess Router Hard Pressed by Filly in Late Stages of Westbury BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., May 14. — Having enjoyed their one day of spring yesterday, 18,894 racing fans turned out at Belmont Park today today to pass another chilly, rainy, generally dismal afternoon, which was brightened considerably for the majority when Jayess Stables Cencerro just lasted to beat William Nobles Kay Gibson a vanishing nose in the featured Westbury Handicap. Domino Stables Blue Flare finished three lengths back of the runner-up and two lengths before Glenn Riddle Farms Soldier Song at the end of the mile and a sixteenth. The race was run over a sloppy track and the time of 1:4525 was better than fair under the circumstances. Ted Atkinson rode Cencerro, keeping him well away from the rail in the firmer footing most of the journey. An odds-on choice, the Equestrian stallion paid .50. Form held up reasonably well through the feature race, with two odds-on choices scoring, the other being Britannicus HI. in the hurdle race and no real surprises, except Beach Boy in the fifth event. Campos Trails Field After a good start, Copper Boy, Soldier Song, Kay Gibson and Cencerro were closely grouped in that order in the run down the backstretch, followed by Blue Flare, Indique and Campos, with the latter trailing far behind the small field. Copper Boy began to run out of wind rounding the far turn, and Atkinson sent Cencerro up on the outside to race head and head with Soldier Song, while Kay Gibson moved into third place on the outside. As they rounded out the stretch turn, Cencerro appeared to crowd Soldier Song, who dropped back, while Kay Gibson closed stoutly and Blue Flare came into the picture. It appeared at the sixteenth pole that Cencerro was home free, but Kay Gibson was literally flying over the sloppy track, cutting the leaders margin with every jump and right at the wire it appeared that she might have even drawn level. However, the camera showed that her valiant bid fell short by an inch or so. Blue Flare had no great trouble taking third money from the staggering Soldier Song. Campos, whose last race had been a good effort on a muddy track, failed to run at all until turned for home. Then, when some 20 lengths back of the leaders, he closed well enough to make up a dozen lengths on Copper Boy and was seven lengths off the winner.
