Andys Glory Repeater Over Suffolk Course: Prevails Over Directoire and Lady Carrie in Nahant Purse, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-14

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Andys Glory Repeater RepeaterOver Over Suffolk Course Prevails Over Directoire and Lady Carrie in Nahant Purse PurseSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 13 Irving Gushens Andys Glory not only proved his ability to go a distance of ground but also displayed a liking for the mud as he pranced to an impressive vic ¬ tory in the featured sixth race here this jrfiternoon The threeyearold son of Andy X came to the close of the mile and seventy yards test a length and threequar ¬ ters before J Gavegnanos Directoire a spread of 14 lengths separating the leaders from Good News Stables Lady Carrie CarrieThe The pride of the Gushen string was the third favorite of the day to reach the win ¬ ners circle the other two choices proving successful in the opening races when Brookmeade Stables Lucky Devil and Busyridge both oddspn choices formed the winning Daily Double combination Busyridge was scoring his fifth straight victory of the current meeting as he com ¬ pleted an 840 Double smallest payoff of the young season Acrowd of 9635 was in the stand brav ¬ ing cold and rain throughout the entire matinee to see Andys Glory travel beyond six furlongs for the first time Lady Carrie had the most speed from the gate but her advantage was shortlived Andys Glory taking command before traveling a half mile Under the capable handling of George Hettinger the locallyowned per ¬ former quickly opened up a daylight ad vantage over Directoire the two colts eventually making a private light of the race as they continued to widen over the rest of the field fieldAfter After threequarters of a mile more than a halfdozen lengths was visible between the two leaders and Lady Carrie who by this time was floundering in the mud while watching the gap wfden Directoire came up with a feeble challenge when straightening out for the run to the wire but Andys Glory was not to be denied Het ¬ tinger going to the whip to urge his mount on the clever threeyearold responding readily to put an abrupt end to the chal lenge


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