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Countess Jane Adds Fashion to List Downs HomeMade By Narrow Margin MarginHetzel Hetzel Miss Veers In Near Finish When Appearing to Have Race at Her Mercy MercyBy By BOB HORWOOD HORWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y April 30 Leroy Hetzels Countess Jane winner of a division of the Rosedale Stakes at Jamaica captured the Fashion Stakes here at Belmont Park today charging to the end of four and a half furlongs on the Widener straightaway a scant nose before Alfred G Vanderbilts HomeMade Hal Price Headleys Aerolite winner of a divi ¬ sion of Keenelands Lafayette Stakes was a tiring third another nose away and a half length before Mrs Wallace Gilroys Emardee who had won the other half of the Rosedale Countess Jane appeared from the stands to be winning rather easily when she veered to her left near the finish finishTed Ted Atkinson rode Countess Jane who paid 900 was timed in 52 and added 11025 to her earnings The winner is a shapely daughter of Count Speed swift brother to Count Fleet from Doggerel by Bull Dog She was bred by Dr and Mrs F Porter Miller in California and was the only Count Speed sold at Saratoga last August bringing 6100 Countess Jane finished second to Ari Gold a Floridabred in her debut at Gulfstream Park won her next start at Jamaica beating Sweet God ¬ dess winner of todays first race ui cap ¬ tured the Rosedale Her earnings now total 22787 22787A A crowd of 20154 turned out in crisp sunny weather to view the afternoons pro ¬ gram Favorite players fared poorlr through the feature featureEmardee Emardee Sets Pace PaceCountess Countess Jane racing on the inside was close to the pace set by Emardee from the start of the Fashion while Flirtatious and Early Light were prominent on the outside Aerolite made a brisk move weaving her way through horses at the halfway mark to take a brief lead while HomeMade also began to close very fast Passing the club ¬ house Countess Jane swept into command and appeared about to draw off to a clever score when she began to drift down toward the inside rail while HomeMade and Aerolite surged down the middle At the finish Countess Jane had saved only a few inches of her margin over the fast finishing Vanderbilt miss who had won her only previous start at Santa Anita while Aerolite held on gamely though tir ¬ ing Emardee who was displaced from the lead at the furlong pole also fought on willingly willinglyIt It was daylight farther back to Danger ous Sun Flirtatious and Early Light who finished in a compact group Early Light was the disappointment of the Fashion having toyed with her rivals in her only other start at Jamaica However none of the 11 fillies in the race were disgraced with the possible exception of Lot OHoney who was making her debut Only about six sixlengths lengths separated the winner from the 10th horse at the finish Two shortpriced favorites both bear ing the number 4 saddlecloth and Ted At kinson failed their followers in the fourth fourthand and fifth races which were a split mile event faltered Maine Chance Farms Jet Jewel fal tered badly in the fourth and was beaten stormed down the outside to score by day light while Frederic Bontecous Bois DArc finished a close third Great Captain paid 720 and was timed in 139 Ovie Scurlock completed a double on the War Admiral colt Mrs Esther duPont Weirs Snow Man was the unfortunate choice in the fifth raced close to the pace on the rail to the stretch then faltered badly Mrs Widener Wichfelds Djem ridden by Donald Tobin went on to win by two and a half lengths over Woodvale Farms pacemaking All Boots who bore out badly against the win ner in the final furlong Woolford Farms Active Duty finished well to take third money from the favorite Djem paid 1130 and required 1 41 for the mile
