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. Veiled Son Whips Prince Favor For Lucky Suffolk Downs Tally Runner-Up Is in Trouble Repeatedly; Ray Metcalf Sends Out Three Winners SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 21. Ray Metcalf, astute trainer from Louisville, Ky., who has been engaging in a warm battle for honors at the meeting, swept to the front here this afternoon when he tightened the saddle girths on a trio of winners. Included in the lot was Veiled Son," who earned a rather lucky victory in the featured Red Mill Purse, a six-furlong dash that found some of the better sprinters competing. Veiled Son, owned by Mrs. Ray Metcalfe and the Ber-Mar Farm, lasted in a stirring stretch battle to prevail over Prisjoe Stables Prince Favor, the favorite, while L. Haymakers Landn Sea took the show from the Colgate Farms Naval Base. It was not only a triple for Metcalf, but his regular jockey, Gustavo "Gigi" Moore, as well. Moore was at his best to guide Bill Corum, a long shot, and Lolling to victory in previous races on the program. Hard to Distinguish Colors Prior to the running of the main event, a heavy fog, drifting in from Massachusetts Bay, enveloped the course, and only a handful of patrons were able to distinguish colors while the horses were driving down the backstretch. There were 15,129 in attendance. As the Red Mill was run Prince Favor, ridden by the apprentice, Jimmy Huggins, was apparently many pounds the best. Continued on Page Twenty-Two RAY METCALF Turns in saddling feat at Suffolk Downs. Veiled Son Registers Lucky Triumph in Suffolk Sprint Continued from Page One There were few things that did not happen to him during the running and but for these incidents he probably would have come home on the chin-strap. At the start it appeared that Prince Favor was unprepared and before the field had gone 70 yards he was well in the rear and apparently hopelessly beaten. Huggins, however, managed to get him going and he swept up on the inside and before they reached the far turn he was very definitely a contender. Halfway around the turn, however, Huggins tried to slip through on the rail and, when that opening closed, he swung to the outside at a loss of both momentum and ground. Myshirley and Naval Base had been the early leaders, but Veiled Son was right with them and when asked for speed the gelding flashed to the front. Myshirley made several attempts to close the ground she had lost, but was not equal to the task and when she dropped back, Prince Favor ranged up on the outside for his bid. Always a game thoroughbred, he tried his utmost to catch the Moore-ridden pacemaker, but his early mishaps simply sapped too much strength and he hung slightly in the final eighth of a mile.
