Equate in Third Straight Triumph: Leads Throughout in Morvich To Defeat Favored Galloway; Victress Registers by Six At Washington After Field Gets Off to Ragged Start, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-19

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Equate in Third Straight Triumph Leads Throughout in Morvich To Defeat Favored Galloway Victress Registers by Six At Washington After Field Gets Off to Ragged Start StartWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood HI June 18 Equate wellconformed four yearold daughter of Equipoise and Per ¬ petuity carried Mrs H Hydes silks to an easy triumph here today in the Morvich Purse top attraction on the semifinal Lincoln Fields program Taking command soon after the start of the sevenfurlong feature Equate romped to the wire six lengths before her nearest rival winning her third purse here in as many starts Dixianas favored Galloway ran second two and onehalf lengths in advance of Miss Helen S Reinemans First Whirl who finished third after leaving the stall gate in tardy fashion fashionShouldering Shouldering 114 pounds the Hyde miss stepped the seveneighths of a mile over the fast track in 124 and overlooked in the speculation paid 1360 Jockey Del Jessop handled Equate alertly and his mount ap ¬ peared to have something left as she sped across the finish line lineUnfortunately Unfortunately the small Morvich field was off to a ragged start First Whirl duck ¬ ing to the inside after the break the Reinemaii colt being virtually eliminated for the major portion of the purse purseSteadily Steadily Increases Advantage AdvantageEquate Equate sprinted by Galloway before go ¬ ing a furlong and she steadily increased her advantage during the remainder of the trip Galloway was unable to seriiously threaten the victress after the initial quar ¬ ter mile but he was easily best of First Whirl whose mishap at the break may have cost him a larger part of the Morvich spoils Pomps Gal had early speed but weakened and wound up a soundly beaten fourth fourthA A crowd numbering 9527 patrons wit ¬ nessed the sport Cloudy and warm weath ¬ er conditions prevailed and there was a decided threat of needed rain rainMrs Mrs Emil Denemarks favored Sun Sym ¬ bol well handled by Tony Skoronski scored a popular length and onehalf decision in the first race which matched 12 ordinary platers at six furlongs J Segure Jr fur ¬ nished the winner in the second event for horses of like class at the same distance Tee Boy ridden by Bobby Norman taking a head verdict The Daily Double payoff on the successful pair was 9720 9720Sun Sun Symbol entered the stretch with a clear lead in the opener and continued willingly enough to withstand a brisk bid by Mrs A M Creechs Masico Lad second by a length and a quarter over Elmwood Stables Rosemere Chief Sun Symbol was held at 11 to 10 in the straight tote pool poolTee Tee Boy withstood a long drive in the second event to beat M A Waldheims Sidney Sue while Mrs R B Berinis Briar Jumper a recent invader from the East finished third C M Tagues Marquisette choice for the sprint was eliminated when she began very poorly Tee Boy paid 2340


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