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Gunnison Up in Time To Defeat Phone Me MeFastCharging FastCharging Reynolds Colt Almost Length on Top in Dash DashSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 11 Mrs M R Lewis Phone Me had no excuse at the end of the featured sixth race here today except that Reynold Brothers Gunnison just ran too fast In two previous races over the track the Lewis representative ran into trouble but after being backed down to oddson favoritism Phone Me encountered no interference as he was turned back by the fastcharging Gunnison who was up in the final strides to earn a threequarter length victory Mt Desert Stables Halomer was third a similar margin back of the favorite and just a nose before Little Rhody Farms Bel Beau BeauThe The average crowd of 11052 watched three favorites run true to form during the first six races The longshot players delight was Charles Rufis Blue Grip who turned back a field of nine juveniles in the third including five eligibles for Saturdays Kin ¬ dergarten Stakes StakesPhone Phone Me was away in the first flight as Hettinger was making sure of escaping the trouble he encountered in his last two efforts Taking the track by himself Phone Me was enjoying a twolength advantage down the backstretch and around the final turn He appeared to have the major por ¬ tion of the 3000 purse won when Gun ¬ nison who had been racing closest to the pace after the first quarter moved up to challenge It wasnt until the final 10 yards that the favorite found himself in serious danger dangerWith With only a few final lengths to the wire jockey Harold Sconza had Gunnison on a line with the pacemaker and right at the wire forged to the front Halomer had to come from far back to take the show from Bel Beau the latter having pressed the pace from the start startPhone Phone Me was bleeding when he came back to the unsaddling area but whether or not he bled during the running was un ¬ determined
