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B F WHITAKER His colors were flown to their fifth stakes success of the Jamaica meeting when Carolyn A ac ¬ counted for the Firenze Handicap Fervent in Handy Dixie Accounting Carolyn A Takes Firenze Handicap Gallorette Second In Jamaica Event EventVictory Victory of Whitaker Filly Gives Texas Patron Fifth Stake Triumph of Meeting MeetingJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 8 Ben P Whitaker Dallas Texas oil man captured his fifth stake of the Jamaica meeting when Carolyn A skimmed the inside rail and drew away in the stretch to beat W L Branns Gallorette by two and a half lengths in the inaugural running of the 25000 Firenze Handicap at Jamaica today Howell E Jacksons Red Shoes finished a neck farther back after setting the pace while William Helis Miss Kimo was three lengths out of the money G H Pete Bostwicks Risolater and Arnold Hangers Harmonica the favorite completed the field in that order Charley LeBlanc rode Carolyn A who paid 19120 and ran the mile and a sixteenth in 146 over the good track trackHarmonica Harmonica was the bitter disappointment of the Firenze lacking her usual dash and never being closer than third while King Ranchs But Why Not was a late scratch depriving the race of considerable interest Overcast skies kept the attendance down to 35180 patrons one of the smaller Saturday throngs of recent seasons seasonsField Field Bunched Rounding Far Turn TurnBobby Bobby Permane hustled Red Shoes to the lead at the start of the Firenze and the Easton mare led Gallorette by daylight as she passed the clubhouse and rounded the first turn Carolyn A was lapped on Gal ¬ lorette with Harmonica Risolater and Miss Kimo close at hand In the run down the far side Carolyn A drew up to be lapped on Red Shoes along the rail with Gallorette close at hand on the outside just a head before Harmonica with Risolater and Miss Kimo about a length behind The field be ¬ came more closely bunched rounding the far turn into the stretch with Red Shoes leading Gallorette by a narrow margin and Carolyn A Harmonica Miss Kimo and Risolater spread across the track almost on a line lineCarolyn Carolyn A saved a world of ground at the final bend however and was a length in the van as they straightened away then drew away with authority in the run to the wire Gallorette ran her usual honest race while Red Shoes only tired in the final threesixteenths Miss Kimo finished fairly well while Risolater went to the extreme outside at the head of the stretch then hung Harmonica who had won easily in her last appearance beating Carolyn A four lengths flattened out badly after never being able to get to the front where she does her best running runningWhitakers Whitakers silks had previously been car ¬ ried to victory by Carolyn A in the Correc CorrecContinued Continued on Page Three Carolyn A Beats Gallorette In First Running of Firenze FirenzeContinued Continued from Page One Onetiqn tiqn Handicap here and by My Request in the Wood Memorial and both divisions of the Experimental Todays victory added 19450 to his coffers coffersGallorette Gallorette was endeavoring to concede a dozen pounds to the winner and was run ¬ ning on a track surface that she has never liked and which caused But Why Nots withdrawal so her race must be considered good Harmonica who usually likes a soft track was picking up eight pounds and Carolyn A only one since their last encoun ¬ ter but was beaten by considerably more than that shift would normally justify
