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Abro Petey Cotter Score in Divided Bay State Kindergarten at Suffolk Former Nips You and Me by Nose While Latter Is Clear Of Egretta at Finish Line LineSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 15 Trainer Clyde Locklear had the honor of saddling the winner in the first division of the Bay State Kindergarten Stages when he tightened the girth on Reynolds Brothers Abra a son of Nedayr Sweet Lucy who was winning his second straight at the Suffolk meeting Mrs M R Lewis You and Me was just a nose away from the winner at the wire but six lengths ahead of Frances Stables Iron Way WayArthur Arthur P Cotters Petey Cotter proved superior to his juvenile rivals in the second division of the Kindergarten Stakes the locallyowned son of Saint Andrews get ¬ ting to the finish line of the fivefurlong sprint a length and a half in advance of Jerry McCarthys Egretta Frances Sta ¬ bles Engel Man was third a neck back the distance being completed in 102 a fifth of a second slower than Abra required to win the first division divisionAnother Another large weekend crowd attended the days sport showing a fine response to the gesture of the Eastern Racing Associa ¬ tion iii splitting the inaugural running of the Kindergarten Form prevailed through ¬ out the early events with three choices getting back to the winners circle circleAbra Abra jumped to the lead soon after the start in the first half of the stake to put a good spread of daylight between himself and the favored You and Me Opening up with each stride Abra was three lengths in front when turning for home You and Me still chasing relentlessly with the re ¬ mainder of the field well out of conten ¬ tion The Reynolds colorbearer appeared to have the winners share of 7250 safely tucked away a sixteenth of a mile from the wire only to have You and Me find a new burst of speed speedHettinger Hettinger was whipping furiously to cut down the advantage held by Abra who by now was down in the very heavy going on the rail and being anchored However Harold Sconza succeeded in keeping his mount going to save the smallest of mar ¬ gins at the finish Iron Way came from well back to gain the show award over E P Rodriguez Fighting Louie LouiePetey Petey Cotter was making his second start in a brief career that was launched in February at New Orleans when he was beaten by Fighting Louie a colt who fin ¬ ished fourth in the first half of todays split race E P Rodriguez Linden Belle was out of the gate like a streak of light ¬ ning to be quickly joined by Petey Cotter who was not long in taking over command commandWithin Within the first quartermile the Saint Andrews colt had moved to a twolength lead continuing to widen on his rivals when rounding the far elbow and into the stretch Linden Belle dropped back after being challenged Sandy Strands Streak of Dawn and Egretta proving the real con ¬ tenders during the early stages stagesHowever However the victory of Petey Cotter was as certain as night tuning into day as Chris Rogers took no chances keeping his mount on a straight and steady course iri the middle of the track The early advan ¬ tage did shrink but the result was never in doubt as Egretta and the fastclosing Engel Man disputed the place
