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Dockstader Turns Tables On Flag Drilh at Suffolk SuffolkCaptures Captures Governors Handicap By Almost ThreeLength Margin MarginSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 1 Turning the tables oil Flag Drill who conquered him in last Saturdays Paul Revere Handicap George Babins Dock ¬ stader found the Governors Handicap more to his liking as he charged through the stretch to score a welldeserved vic ¬ tory Flag Drill racing in the colors of Clarence Hartwick was two and three quarter lengths back of the winner while being lucky to gain a nose verdict over McCarthy Gavegnanos Black Knave at the end of the onemile journey which was covered in 139 139Another Another big weekend crowd turned out in slightly milder weather the turnstiles registering 26704 times Form stood out rather well during the matinee thfee of the first six choices standing up with two more finishing second secondFlag Flag Drill proved an easy winner over the sixfurlong course last week when Dockstader crossed the wire three lengths in arrears It was a different situation to ¬ day however the final quarter of a mile working to the advantage of Dockstader while proving too much for Flag Drill DrillThe The heavily backed Flag Drill was rac ¬ ing to expectations as lie quickly assumed command being nicely rated by jockey Frankie Zehr in the run down the back stretch Mrs M R Lewis Phone Me was in hot pursuit with Black Knave making his presence known Dockstader was well back of the early pacemakers jockey Earl Jenkins biding his time on the Babin rep ¬ resentative The others in the field were well strung out after a half mile mileApproaching Approaching the far turn Flag Drill was doing his best to maintain an advantage over Phone Me when the latter ran into his own favorite switch Earlier in the week Phone Me had encountered trouble right at this same point when he attempted to get through on the rail only to find the opening that was there a moment pre ¬ viously had suddenly closed closedWhen When Phone Me recovered Flag Drill was three in front Dockstader was moving and Black Knave was still doing his best Into the stretch Flag Drills lead had dwindled to just a half length as Dock ¬ stader moved closest to the favorite
