Irisen Enhances Vineland Candidacy: Nyberg Miss Shows Way To Erigeron at Garden State; Pacemaking Favorite Unable To Cope With Victress When Challenged in Late Stretch, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-06

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I ris en Enhances Virielaind Candidac m Nyberg Miss Shows Way To Erigeron at Garden State Pacemaking Favorite Unable To Cope With Victress When Challenged in Late Stretch StretchGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 5 Baltimorean O L Otts Nybergs Irisen today enhanced her capdidacy for the heavily endowed Vineland Handicap premiere local attraction for Billies nd mares when she overpowered the heavily backed Erigeron through the stretch run arid then went on to register by two lengths in the Haddon Heights a sixfurlong event carded fifth as the principal offering of the sport program presented here this aft ¬ ernoon Minor honors three lengths farther back went to Darby Dan Farms Darby dAmour a length in front of S Garfields High Trend an eligible for the Valley Forge Handicap The winner was clocked the sprint in 113 over a sloppy strip and rewarded at the rate of 980 for 2 2Erigeron Erigeron was the choice of the majority in the turnout of 10500 The favorite per ¬ formed for the interest of H B Masseys Grandview Stable for whom he was pur ¬ chased this morning for a reported 17000 17000from from Walter P Chrysler Jr JrDarby Jri i Darby dAmour Makes Move MoveBenefiting Benefiting b his high flight of speed Erigeron was able to outsprint his rivals shortly after the start In the run down the backstretch the son of Quatre Bras H American Daisy opened up daylight Darby dAmour was in closest pursuit fol ¬ lowed by Irisen At the threefurlong pole Darby dAmour made his move The Darby Dan Parm representative managed to get within striking distance of the faststep ¬ ping Erigeron but that was about all For neither the latter nor Darby dAmour was equal to coping with Irisen when she charged up fast from the better footing in the middle of the track The better going it being more firm on the center of the strip probably aided Irisen as much as the heavy and somewhat holding sand along the rail contributed to the slowing down of Erigeron As the latter faltered the Nyberg colorbearer gained ground and while she was kept to a drive to the very end she was drawing farther and farther away awayMrs Mrs Moody Jolleys Picnic Lunch second recently to Itsabet in the Prioress Stakes at Jamaica raced to a cleancut victory in the sixfurlong sixth and supporting at ¬ traction The threeyearold daughter of Requested is a nominee to the mile and onesixteenth 25000 Vineland Handicap a feature of the May 31 closingday card cardAs As a 440 hazard Picnic Lunch set all her own pace from shortly after the start She arrived at the end with two and one half lengths to spare over Curvaceous while completing the dash in 113 Joseph M Roeblings Cacique a nominee for the mile Valley Forge Handicap and the mile and onequarter Jersey Stakes an exclusive threeyearold fixture finished a hard driving third two lengths in front of Dismal Key


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