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Our Fleet Wins Frizette in Drive Sir White Leads Henny Penny Home Outruns Gay Mood At Jamaica Course Mrs Hertz Homebred Miss Becomes First Stake Winner For Stallion Count Fleet FleetJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 5 The firsfc winner by Count Fleet became his firsfc stakes winner when Eddie Arcaro steered Mrs John Hertz Our Fleet down the mid ¬ dle of the track in the 15000 Frizette Stakes at Jamaica today to beat Johh S Phipps Gay Mood by a length and a quar ¬ ter Jake Freedmans Be Sure was another length and a quarter away at the end of the fivefurlong dash for juvenile fillies while Michael C Erlangers Piping By fin ¬ ished four lengths farther back William Helis Dauphinette and Wheatley Stables Misguided completed the field for the stake Second choice to Gay Mood in the wager ¬ ing Our Fleet returned a liberal 600 and was timed in 101 only a fifth faster than Grumpito was timed in the opening race in which he carried a 5000 claimihg tag The track was probably sloppy enough to equalize things among the ydungsters ydungstersThe The smallest crowd of the season 15545 determined patrons turned out in rainy gloomy weather to see the afternoons sporL The Thev v most determined of them all apparently was a lady who stood all alone by the rail during the downpour that ac ¬ companied the first race paying no atten ¬ tion whatever to the horses until Grumpito surged into the lead then when he drew clear did a neatly executed piriouette and headed at full speed for the cashier line before the colt had reached the wire wireArcaro Arcaro Eases Mount Back BackBe Be Sure and Our Fleet had the most early speed in the Frizette but Gay Mood quickly moved up to take a slight lead While Arcaro eased Our Fleet back then moved her to the outside Gay Mood and Be Sure were lapped all the way around the turn but the gray filly responded to Atkinsons whip as they straightened away and drew clear That was only for an in ¬ stant however for Our Fleet came storm ¬ ing down the middle bf the track with an irresistible rush caught Gay Mood at the sixteenth pole and left her there Be Sure held on fairly well to be third while Mis ¬ guided who moved into third place on the turn appeared to sulk Piping By had speed for a quarter while Dauphinette showed nothing Our Fleet has now won three of her starts and added 13250 to her earnings Arcaro was greeted with a fairly tumultous ovation as fie rode back to the winner circle circleTed Ted Atkinson had no trouble rating Clin ¬ ton Farms Sea Wolf on the lead ln the fourth event at a mile artd a furlong and reached the end of the journey five lengths lengthsContinued Continued from Page ThirtyEight Our Fleet Outruns Gay Mood To Win Frirette at Jamaica JamaicaContinued Continued from Page One Onebefore Onef f before M S Goldnamers Jacopoly who fuiished fast to earn a deadheat for the place with Mrs Stella Stecklers Bimont This race was run in two divisions with Sea Wolf anS Bimont racing as a team a dozen lengths before Jacopoly arid Picardy Belle to thfe head of the stretch where Jacopoly moved up to join Bimont Sea Wolf who was coupled with Jacdpolyi paid 340 Several fashionablybred threeyearold maidens mej in the third event but Belair Studs homebred Golden Light who was the form horse won the heat by two lengths from Walter S Homes pacemak ing Gave Canem Maine Chance Farms Top Pilot a 38000 son of Stimulus Risky made a fairly promising debut by finishing third less than a length back of the runnerup Nichols Combest rode the winner who paid 920 chiefly because of a heavy vplay fo Edward Laskers Natural Who was jiumber seven on the program tout Iinished natuip ofitabje six furlongs were timed a creditabiei13
