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Boy Meadows Handicap Chart BAY MEADOWS San Mateo Calif May 3 After completing one of the most remarkable campaigns ever recorded in California climaxed by a victory in the 50000 Bay Meadows Handicap last Sat ¬ urday the Montrose Stables Mafosta is now setting his sights on the many rich events which await him and other topline horses at Hollywood Park The Irishbred sixyearold who won five stakes in as many starts this meeting came out of his latest test in excellent condition and today was to be transported to Inglewood to await the opening of the Hollywood Park season seasonMafosta Mafosta prepared for all his engage ¬ ments by trainer T W Dunn and ridden in all of them by Johnny Longden won the Bay Meadows Handicap the hard way by taking the lead at the beginning and invit ¬ ing his opponents to catch him After shak ¬ ing off Bymeabond and Why Alibi each of whom took early runs at him Mafosta stood a furious drive through the home stretch to stall off Faucon who was at the Irishmans throat as they raced under the wire at the end of the mile and an eighth eighthMafosta Mafosta was shouldering top weight of 126 pounds as he did in three of his earlier stakes victories and his time for the nine furlongs on a good track was 151 151Third Third in the Bay Meadows Handicap was Hemet Squaw while others in the stake in their finishing order were Why Alibi Amble In Miss Doreen Shannon TJ Hank H Bymeabond and Wheatfield WheatfieldMafosta Mafosta began his Bay Meadows cam ¬ paign on the first day of the meeting by winning the Macys Spring Fashion Handi ¬ cap at six furlongs and then followed suc ¬ cesses in the San Jose Handicap at a mile and an eight in the Hayward Morrison at six furlongs and in the San Mateo Handi ¬ cap at a mile and a sixteenth sixteenthBy By capturing the Bay Meadows Handi cap Mafosta earned 41600 while his total1 earnings for the meeting were 72420 72420The The chart for the Bay Meadows Handi cap follows SEVENTH RACE 1 18 MILES Seabiscuit April 16 19391 495133 Sixteenth running BAY MEADOWS HANDICAP 50000 added 3yearolds and upward 47722 47722May Gross value 559800 Net value to winner 541600 second 510000 third 55000 May 148 BM fourth 52500 Mutuel Pool 5219456 Index Horses Eqt A Wt PP St 4 2 StrFin Jockeys Owners Odds to 1 47278 MAFOSTA wb6126 6 2 13 12 13 it ink J Longden Montrose Stable 120 120W4117 468842 FAUCON W4117 34 61 4i 2h 23 221 J Westrope King Luellwitz 625 472222 HEMET SQUAW wb4109 1 3 4 6h 32 4 33 W Litzberg 3065 47277 WHY ALIBI wb5103 7 6 31 2i 6J 3J 44 H Lindberg J Gadeschi 3320 472782 AMBLE IN w 5 113 10 5 5h 5 5h 62 5h R Neves K L Stable a365 472783 MISS DOREEN w6113 9 710 9 73 5h 61 J Adams C S Howard 1885 470412 SHANNON w7116 8 8 8 7J 4 72 7 W Bailey N S McCarthy 430 472784 HANK H wb5121 29 9J 10 10 86 8 o L Balaski A Drumheller a365 46884 BYMEABOND wb6114 4 1 2J 31 84 9i 9J M Lewis J K Houssels 2655 47222 WHEATFIELD w 4 113 510 71 84 91 10 10 J Phelps Z T Addington 10800 10800aCoupled aCoupled Amble In and Hank H Time 23i5 46 111 13815 151 Track good goodr52 r52 Mutuels Paid ln f MAFOSTA J 440 300 290 120 50 Mutuel Prices FAUCON 420 seo 110 so 1 HEMET SQUAW 620 210 210Winner Winner Ch h by Fair Trial Slap and Tickle by Greek Bachelor trained by T W Dunn bred by J McGrath Eire EireWENT WENT TO POST538 OFF AT 539 CALIFORNIA DAYLIGHT TIME TIMEStart Start good from stall gate Won driving second and third the same MAFOSTA made the pace under good rating was put to pressure when challenged and permitted to bear put entering ihe stretch stalled off FAUCON The latter prominent from the beginning was taken to the inside when the winner went out and finished with good courage HEMET SQUAW in close quarters going into the first turn quickly recovered was put to a drive after threequarters and held on well WHY ALIBI a sharp factor from the start was called upon on the second turn and finished stoutly MISS DOREEN was almost knocked down soon after the start and did not threaten AMBLE IN was well placed early but failed to rally SHANNON II was in trouble going into the far turn WHEATFIELD was in close quarters on the first turn BYMEABOND tired tiredOverweight Overweight Wheatfield 5 pounds
