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Scholarship Provides Stunning Upset in Garden State Sprint Leads Almost From Start To Whip Tonys Find and Lighthouse Coyote Best BestGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 20 George Gilbert Jrs ever dan ¬ gerous sprinter Scholarship provided a stunning upset in the featured Admiration Purse here today when he led almost from flagfall to wire to trounce nine stalwart rivals in the impressive time of 111 for six furlongs furlongsObviously Obviously overlooked at 3740 for 2 the formidable brown son of Rhodes Scholar Snooze went in his very best form under his steadying impost of 124 pounds to de ¬ feat Henry H Horkheimers lightly weighted filly Tonys Find by a half length with the latter three additional lengths in the van of D A Rosenbaums Lady Phara another lightweight member of the field fieldTonys Tonys Find gave the victor a real run for the money through the stretch as both Robert Red Howell aboard Scholarship and apprentice C J Meyer aboard the run ¬ nerup plied their gads vigorously in an allout drive Scholarship clung doggedly to a narrow margin to the bitter end and fully deserved the ringing cheers he received from partisans and nonpartisans in the estimated throng of 14000 14000The The Doge Disappoints DisappointsProving Proving a tremendous disappointment was Pentagon Stables The Doge a roguish sort but an extremely capable performer over the local track The Doge evenly weighted with the winner closed a stout favorite but except for a brief flash of speed during the early stages was never a serious factor The brown son of Bull Dog My Auntie winner of numerous stakes failed to come on in the drive and faltered steadily to finish last lastScholarships Scholarships fine effort was a tribute to Danny Shea the veteran conditioner who has an extensive public stable at this track Scholarship has improved steadily under Sheas handling and while todays victory was his first of the season the brown geld ¬ ing has turned in a number of worthwhile efforts against blue ribbon opposition oppositionBreaking Breaking swiftly from his outside posi ¬ tion Scholarship had the speed to gain the rail shortly after the start and the free striding sprinter superbly handled by the capable Howell drew out to a clear mar ¬ gin to the turn Lighthouse Woodland Farms capable sprinter raced closest to the leader and lodged a bold challenge leaving the backstretch Howell was forced to rouse Scholarship vigorously to repel this bid and after racing Lighthouse into submission on the turn Scholarship stuck to his guns vigorously in the drive to hold the persistent Tonys Find safe safeThe The steadily improving threeyearold bay gelding Coyote was led away to a new barn after he had carried the familiar yel ¬ low silks of J M Roebling to a vastly popu ¬ lar victory over seven rivals of his own age in the one mile Township Claiming Purse which preceded the feature Entered to be claimed for 10000 the bay son of Case Ace Elizabeth Singleton was haltered for that figure by R P Steckler Hugh Dufford will assume training duties of the gelding henceforth henceforthA A close second in his prior start Coyote closed an oddson favorite in the Township field and paid 380 after Willie Balzaretti had driven him to a threequarters of a length victory over Rarco Stables charging Dismal Key The latter came from well off offContinued Continued on Page Three Scholarship in FrontRunning Upset Victory at Garden State StateContinued Continued from Page One Onethe the pace in a game but futile effort to overhaul the winner Mrs Tilyou Christ ¬ ophers Connie Sam was third only a nose farther back while Hanna Bros Brierwyn who staged a fast run on the outside in the final furlong was fourth fourthCoyote Coyote was registering his first victory of the current season but indicated he had finally attained top form by completing the one mile in 139
