Remsen to Eternal World in Drive; Mel Hash Shows Way at Churchill: Simmons Juvenile Odds-On Favorite; Leads Eternal Dream Length And Half in Jamaica Stake; Admiral Lea Is Withdrawn, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-13

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Remsen to Eternal World in Drive IT ITMel Mel Hash Shows Way at Churchill Simmons Juvenile OddsOn Favorite FavoriteLeads Leads Eternal Dream Length And Half in Jamaica Stake Admiral Lea Is Withdrawn WithdrawnJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 12 Allen T Simmons Eternal World gratified his in ¬ numerable followers in the crowd of 25734 at Jamaica today when he won the thirty sixth edition of the Remsen Stakes in de ¬ cidedly unimpressive style The light bay son of Eternal Bull responded to intermit ¬ tent whipping to draw away in the stretch to beat Mrs James Jenkins Jrs Eternal Dream by a length and a half E P Tay ¬ lors Transfluent finished two lengths far ¬ ther back a halflength before Swords Town a stablemate of the winner while Mrs Ada L Rices Current News completed the field The Remsen lost much of its interest when Mrs Rices Admiral Lea was withdrawn at scratch time timeTed Ted Atkinson rode Eternal World who paid 340 and required 100 for the five furlongs over a fast track The colt who had previously won the Youthful Stakes here added 14000 to previous earnings of 17925 His performance today suggests that his greatest asset is the precocity that has enabled him to win two stakes while the presumably first class youngsters have yet to make their racing debuts debutsThe The goodly throng that was on hand was regaled with delightful weather and form ful racing four of the first five favorites rewarding their followers followersRun Run Over Six Furlongs Distance DistanceThis This shortest edition of the Remsen which has been a rather significant test at a mile and a sixteenth the past two seasons and was a sixfurlong event for many years before that was an interesting contest to watch Eternal Dream was first out of the gate while Transfluent was slow to find his stride but Swords Town and Eternal World soon moved up to join the leader and the trio went around the far turn and stretch bend almost on a line As Eternal World went rather wide at the head of the stretch Atkinson began to sting the fa ¬ vorite who responded by drawing away as he charged down the middle of the track Eternal Dream kept plugging as Swords Town faded and Transfluent began to close ground compelling Atkinson to continue to whip the winner until a few strides from the finish finishSimmons Simmons came from Akron Ohio to see Eternal World whom he bred and Eternal Dream who is by his stallion Eternal Bull in action actionAlfred Alfred Gwynne Vandebrilt saw his cerise and white diamond silks carried to their first victory of the meeting when Halcon ero led for all but a few strides of the Lord LordContinued Continued on Page Three Eternal World Captures Remsen at Jamaica Oval OvalContinued Continued from Page One OneBrighton Brighton Handicap that followed the Rem ¬ sen Deerhead Stables Rocket Bomb who was made a solid favorite though he has been running in claimers while the winner won the Exterminator Handicap last fall finished two and a half lengths behind and five lengths before Mrs Aksel Wich felds Cable Mrs Phil Biebers Challoa was a neck out of the money at the end of the mile and a furlong furlongHalconero Halconero paid a rather astonishing 1030 and was clocked in 152 Halcon ¬ ero took the lead soon after the start of the Lord Brighton closely followed by Broadway Joe while Ronnie Nash took hold of Cable at the clubhouse turn and eased back to third place Cable sulked most of the remainder of the trip Mean ¬ while Halconero and Broadway Joe drew away from their rivals with Broadway Joe getting his head in front between calls while Rocket Bomb closed ground steadily Ruperto Donoso asked Halconero to run at the head of the stretch and the Argen ¬ tinian quickly drew away to a daylight lead Rocket Bomb who had moved up to join the pace maker at the top of the home lane was no match for him in the final drive while Cable inherited third money by default ALLEN T SIMMONS Akron Ohio sportsman was on hand at Jamaica yes ¬ terday to witness his homebred Eternal World triumph in the Remsen Stakes


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