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Lord Grillo Victorious Over Donor Donori i Mrs Valenti Ekes Out Nose Score Outlander Is Almost Length Ahead of OddsOn Favorite Only Three Contest Issue In Blackstock Noble Hero Earns Third Purse in Row RowJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 6 Only three of the five named yesterday morning went postward in the featured Blackstock Handicap Gold Bull and Coincidence hav ¬ ing been withdrawn at scratch time in an ¬ ticipation of a muddy track Actually the strip dried out under the bright sun and was as fast for the running of the feature as it has been all season if not faster fasterGustave Gustave Rings Lord Grillo the outsider of the field led all but a few strides of the mile and a sixteenth scoring by almost a length over Deering Howes Donor odds on choice who beat Harry LaMontagnes Conniver a head for second money Bobby Permane broke a losing streak of 21 races on the South American turning in a well judged ride Lord Grillo who has been finishing strongly in sprints paid 880 and covered the mile and a sixteenth in the good time of 145 over the fast track i iIncidentally Incidentally Ted Atkinson who rode Donor was astride Lord Grillo in thatj horses only other winning race of the year yearCrowd Crowd of 25886 on Hand HandBright Bright sunny weather that was spring ¬ like on the lawn attracted a throng of 25886 over 10000 more than yesterdays soggy crowd The chalk players were blanked through the feature featurePermane Permane hustled Lord Grillo to the front at the starj followed by Donor while Con ¬ niver was aclose third as they rounded the clubhouse turn Jessop brought Conniver up on the outside as they went down the theContinued Continued on Page Three Lord Grillo Turns Back Donor in Blackstock BlackstockWhips Whips OddsOn Choice Almost Length Another for Noble Hero HeroContinued Continued from Page One Onebackstretch backstretch three abreast with Donor slightly behind the other two and in close quarters Atkinson was compelled to ease back out of the jam while Lord Grillo and Conniver continued to race heads apart with the filly taking a short lead for a stride or so at the far turn turnLord Lord Grillo bore out curving into the stretch carrying Conniver with him and Donor who was closing again on the out ¬ side had to go still wider to make his bid Permane sat down and shoved hard as they neared the eighth pole and Lord Grillo responded by drawing away from Conniver with authority Donor though finishing fairly well lacked any real power in the drive while Conniver tired tiredLeo Leo Gerngross Noble Hero reachea the wire a nose before King Ranchs Safe Ar ¬ rival in the Sand MarsTi Handicap with C V Whitneys Quarter Pole four lengths farther back and Belair Studs Hypnos an ¬ other two lengths out of the money War ¬ ren Mehrtens who rode Safe Arrival promptly lodged an objection against Conn McCreary who piloted Noble Hero The winner appeared to come over on Safe Ar ¬ rival sharply at the eighth pole and con ¬ tinued to bear in to the end The stewards maintained the result and the flashing of the of f idaL siga in the explanation that the evidence showed no foul was com ¬ mitted were mildly booed booedGeorge George M Jacobsons Big Dial who was unable to make the trip planned for him to Kentucky proved to any doubters that it would have been a wasted journey by finishing last in the field of six three yearolds yearoldsNoble Noble Hero paid 950 and was timed in 145
