George Gains Easily Asserts Superiority in Plymouth Rock: Reaches Wire Four and Half Lengths in Clear to Give A. J. Fernandez Third Win, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-24

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D WOMELDORF Saddled Gab Session Sessionfor for the latters third victory in as many manystarts starts in Saturdays third ract at atHomewood Homewood George Gams Easily Asserts Superiority in Plymouth Rock Reaches Wire Four and Half Lengths in Clear to Give A J Fernandez Third Win WinSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 22 Antonio Fernandez younger brother of the successful Cuban combina ¬ tion that has been impressing New England racing fans with their riding talent stole the show here today by scoring a triple climaxing his eventful day with a victory astride G R Schneiders George Gains in the featured sixth xace the 10000 Ply ¬ mouth Rock Handicap Fernandez had his mount across the wire four and a half lengths in advance of Sandy Strand Stables Bert and J L McKnights AgrarianU the latter two finishing just a nose apart McKnights Ariel Actress finished fourth four and a half lengths away Sandy Strands Manna H leading Clarence Hart wicks Flag Drill to the finish in the six horse field fieldThe The afternoon dawned bright and warm after the early morning rain the large crowd of 23038 enjoying the races in com ¬ fort Fernandez started his winning streak with Mrs F G Whitcombs Nath in the second repeated with Jack Gavegnanos Directoire in the fifth His only other mount was Sam Garfields Still Life in the opener openerThree Three in Front at Quarter QuarterGeorge George Gains opened up a clear lead of three lengths in the first quarter and was running like he loved the sloppy going the race being a closed issue even at this early stage AgrarianU was closest to the leader in the run down the backstretch with Ariel Actress close by and Bert Manna H and Flag Drill racing in that order orderFlag Flag Drill was proving the big disappoint ¬ ment of the race breaking well but drop ¬ ping back to last and bringing up the rear throughout the entire running George Gains continued to flit along in front AgrarianU trying desperately to cut down the margin but Fernando Fernandez was fighting a losing cause against brother An ¬ tonio tonioThe The winner was four in front turning for home and continued to draw out through the final sixteenth AgrarianU had tried his best but was tiring badly as Bert moved in to take over the place


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