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r 1 i _ — ; ; Third Score in Row For Jack the Great Walter A. Edgars Homebred Narrowly Defeats Nerve by Neck in Sprint at Bowie By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent BOWIE, Md., May 2.— Walter A. Edgars Jack the Great became a four-time winner in Maryland this spring when he narrowly defeated Frank Ulrichs Nerve in this afternoons featured Matapeake Purse, a dash of six furlongs for three-year-olds. The top two were separated by a neck, with Mrs. Charles E. Nelsons Winship third. followed by Sylvester Richs Scotia and Brookmeades Stables The Eagle. Jack the Great, a strapping son of Jack High, who was regarded well enough to have been made eligible for the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, has been beaten but once this season, and that was in stakes company. His time for the six furlongs today was 1:12% and he paid .60 as the favorite with a crowd of about 7,000. His victory completed a double for the owner-trainer combination of Edgar and Frank Bonsai, as well as for apprentice Donald Mitchell. Nerve Shows Speed Nerve, a fleet filly who finished first in all five of her starts prior to the Matapeake, only to be disqualified on one occasion, showed the most speed along the backstretch. She was much used in disposing of Scotia, then was joined along the inside by Jack the Great. These two raced lapped around the turn and into the stretch, followed by Scotia and Winship. Jack the Great clung to a narrow advantage through the home lane, as Nerve responded to Mike Sorrentinos urging, only to lose her chance by drifting out badly. The Eagle, who was a fast-closing second to Jack the Great last week, was the second 0 choice in the Matapeake but trailed throughout in a poor showing. For the second time at the meeting a y, consolation Daily Double was paid off when n holders of tickets on King Watch and ie Cheerful Liar, the latter a late withdrawal is from the second race, received 3.40. ig Cheerful Liar unseated his rider in the ig starting gate and ran off for several min-r, utes before leaping the outside fence and i, going into the backstretch stabling area, s. In his leap, Cheerful Liar brushed the il backstretch attendant. John Winkle, and t- injured him slightly. •e The winning Daily Double combination l- of King Watch, who paid 3.60. and A A [y Fishbacks Midst, a first-time starter in the second race, was worth 53.80.
