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Buck Ash Back in Top Form at Monmouth Park ParkStaves Staves Off Belated Challenge Of Gail Jay to Earn Honors HonorsMONMOUTH MONMOUTH PARK Oceanport N J June 24 C A ONeil Srs chestnut colt Buck Ash returned to winning form for the first time since the late stages of the Tropical Park meeting here today as he drove to a hardearned victory over 11 threeyearold rivals in the sixfurlong fourth race looked upon as the feature of an allclaiming card cardHard Hard ridden by apprentice Willie Gilbert to stave off a belated charge by J V TiganVs Gail Jay Buck Ash greeted the judges about threequarters of a length clear of the former with Al Richers Happy All and Mrs H B Masseys Miss Education finishing only noses apart in a photo for third honors honorsThe The weather did a complete aboutface with a blistering sun and extremely high humidity prompting even the most fastidi ¬ ous in the estimated throng of 10000 to doff their coats The moisture laden air retarted improvement of the track condi ¬ tions and the going was listed as sloppy sloppyTrained Trained and saddled by the popular T J Tommy Tault Buck Ash was a decidedly fit competitor and shouldered his 108 pound impost with apparent ease to com ¬ plete the six furlongs in 113 The chest ¬ nut son of Suffern Pekaki raced out to a clear lead after disposing of Glory Girl entering the stretch but was straight as a string at the wire to hold Gail Jay safe safeForced Forced to move between horses while launching his charge at the leader Dave Gorman never stopped scrubbing on Gail Jay and the oddson favorite quickly turned what appeared to be a romp for Buck Ash into a spirited and thrilling fin ¬ ish ishBuck Buck Ash was a nose victor in 4000 claiming company at Tropical Park on April 15 Since then he made three unsuc ¬ cessful sorties at Garden State Park ParkThe The fifth race was a division of the fourth and provided a far more formful finish with Mrs Jack Carsons Orange Sun returning 5 defeating E B Townsends Bimelotta a length and a half in 113 for the six furlongs
