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Splash Awarded Honors Through Disqualification DisqualificationBucephalus Bucephalus Loses Win End of Purse Due to Stretch Tactics TacticsGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 7 Brookmeade Stables Splash won a hollow victory in the mile and onesix ¬ teenth fifth race here today titled the Keystone when he was awarded major honors through disqualification of William G Helis Bucephalus The Helis three yearold weaved in and out through the stretch in spite of the efforts of his rider Shelby Clark to hold the colt to a straight course This antic on the part of the horse impeded not only Splash but also Hal Price Headleys Dole In the revised order the latter was placed second a nose be ¬ hind Splash while Bucephalus who under the conditions of New Jersey racing rules could have been placed last was listed third Backers of Splash in the crowd of 8500 received 980 for 2 Time for the distance was 147 over a sloppy facing surface It was unfortunate that Bucephalus chose to duck in and out through the stretch for the pleasinglooking brown colt turned in a fine effort up to the time he elected to become capricious He out sprinted adversaries during the early run ¬ ning although such as Coyote and Take Ten to mention two in particular pressed him hard hardNevertheless Nevertheless the Helis representative proved equal to the task of holding the ad ¬ vantage Coyote was the first to give ground As he dropped back Take Ten made a brief run at the pacemaker failed and momentarily by Glen Riddle Farms Not Very Much This fellow also found the task too exacting By this time the Helis color bearer and the others had reached the five sixteenths pole Splash and Dole started to move as a team and upon turning into the stretch were each within striking distance But as Splash started to move to Buceph ¬ alus the latter started his inandout weav ¬ ing Splash was taken up and then Dole made a run He too had to be eased as the Helis three yearold ducked and this per ¬ mitted Bucephalusto reach the finish three parts of a length in front
