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Sam Bernard Victorious Under Apprentice Meyer MeyerWithstands Withstands Foul Claim by Jessop To Beat Mahmoudess at Aqueduct AqueductAQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT L I N Y In the absence of the stars the road company provided a thriller in the featured Castaway Purse here today Mrs Henry H Hechts Sam Bernard reached the wire almost a length before Joseph Dushocks Mahmoudess at the end of the mile and a sixteenth but Job Dean Jessop promptly claimed foul against apprentice Carl Meyer who rode the winner It was obvious from the stands that a foul had been committed but it ap ¬ peared that Mahmoudess was the first of ¬ fender bearing in sharply on Sam Bernard The Aethelstan II colt then came off the rail against Mahmoudess After viewing the movies the stewards announced that the bumping was caused by both horses colliding As a matter of fact young Meyer rode Jay D Acres Black Swan very close going down the far side and Paul Miller took back with the gelding losing what chance he had hadSam Sam Bernard who had won four straight before tiring in his last start against bet ¬ ter company was neglected in the wager ¬ ing paying 2440 to his few supporters in the throng of 21037 21037Meyer Meyer comes by his riding ability natur ¬ ally as his father also Carl Meyer was a good race rider almost a generation ago when working for George Odom and the Audley Farm among others The Meyer family comes from Louisville Ky and the youngster rode 28 winners at New Orleans and the Midwest before scoring his first New York success today Though a baby faced kid the boy gives evidence of being an excellent prospect and able to protect himself at all times timesMeyer Meyer hustled Sam Bernard into the lead soon after the start of the Castaway fol ¬ lowed by Black Swan on the rail and Mah ¬ moudess on the outside while Equanimous trailed the field of eight eightHalf Half way down the backstretch Black Swan eased out of trouble and Sam Ber ¬ nard led Mahmoudess a length with Mist o Gold moving up on the outside of Black Swan to be lapped on that gelding Equani ¬ mous was just beginning to run runSam Sam Bernard drew away from Mahmou ¬ dess on the turn and came into the stretch daylight before the gray mare while Equanimous had lapped the rest of the field and was a couple of lengths away in third place Mahmoudess stormed up on the leader and drew almost level at the sixteenth pole but was bearing in and it seemed probable that if she did get past Meyer would have to claim a foul Instead Sam Bernard took none the worst of the bumping and quickly regained command
