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t a Cigar Maid Annexes Fashion Stakes Skips Down Straight Course 4 To Three Lengths Accounting 1 Chrisinda Trails Schiffer t Miss in Belmont Event as Crownlet Finishes Unplaced BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y., i ] May 15. — Jack W. Schiffers Cigar Maid, a : maiden daughter of Pavot — Never Again ; II, skipped down four and a half furlongs r of the Widener straightaway this windless t I afternoon to win the fifty-third running 3 , of the Fashion Stakes by a convincing ■ , three lengths from Mrs. J. W. Lee, Jr.s : , Chrisinda, who led Hal Price Headleys | j Papoose, another maiden, by a neck. My-; i i helyn Stables Gallies Pride, the favorite, J , was a half length out of the money, while j i Duval Headleys Crownlet, winner of the j 1 Lafayette and Debutante stakes in her last 1 two starts in Kentucky, finished ninth. Cigar Maid was ridden by Bennie Green J and , paid 0.50. The half-sister to Oil [ Capitol, who was acquired for 2,000 at ; i last summers Saratoga sales from the ] estate of Kenneth N. Gilpin, had finished ; ! a , rather unlucky third in her two previous starts at Jamaica, the most recent being ] in the Rosedale in which she was beaten 1 , a neck for all the money by Blue Case ■ and Papoose after being repeatedly blocked. She earned 1,375 today and her total , earnings now show a profit of 75 over her purchase price. Goddess broke in front at the start of t the Fashion, but appeared to pull herself , up soon after leaving the gate, while Lin- c den Lane was unprepared. At the end of a quarter, Chrisinda, Cigar Maid, Crownlet i and Papoose formed a compact group several lengths before No Score, Isograde, , Gallies Pride and Blessusgals,, while God- / £ dess had dropped back to a distant last. V Opens Up Daylight Lead I Cigar Maid took command when Green a asked her to run and quickly opened a ■ daylight lead over Chrisinda, which she v widened steadily as the boy kept shoving. i Linden Lane moved up with a brisk rush a as they crossed the main track, while Gallies Pride was gradually gaining and pj r Crownlet had already decided she had tr e enough. In the final furlong, Cigar Maid drew tl the away with authority, while Chrisinda held ol of n on gamely to save the place from Papoose, tl the v who made a determined challenge on the j-inside. is i, Gallies Pride was still gaining at t the end, but far from fast enough, while t Linden Lane faltered and finished fifth, b a a length off the board. b After the race, Basil James said that q j Papoose had gone to her knees at the „, s start and lurched into Blessusgals. Bobby T. t Baird, who rode Crownlet, said the filly a appeared to dislike the deep track, though fi s she had won at Keeneland, which is at tr the i least as deep as Belmont Park. None of the Sr Q other beaten riders had any excuses, while U] OP r Green merely radiated joy without words, xi The Brookmeade Stables Dart By, who has st h been i" racing in Florida, Louisiana, Mary- ifj 10 land t and New Jersey without success, returned to New York to win the Aletern s0 v Handicap, secondary feature today. The h «j six-year-old Whirlaway gelding led all the m in ™ way in this mile and a furlong and reached co , ti the end of the journey four and a half le lengths before Gustave Rings Jam Session, fji ™ with Eddie Arcaro shoving on him all the a a way. Jam Session, who bore out badly ii in the stretch, took the place by a neck he fi from A. Edward Masters* Titien II., who m U forced the pace, then hung in the final f0 d: drive. Cherry-Oca Stables First Nighter re was three and a half lengths out of the to to money, while Clarence Buxtons Ted M. Sa completed the small field. Dart By paid g 2.20 and was timed a creditable 1:49 % just " j. a fifth slower than the track mark Bl tl that Marriage established in 1942. cii t.h W. A. KELLEY— Conditioned Cigar Maid for her score in the Fashion Stakes at the Belmont Park course. •
