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Johns Choice Registers In Bendix Washer Purse PurseGains Gains Second Suffolk Score After Overtaking Black Bay BayBy By FRED GALIANI GALIANIStaff Staff Correspondent CorrespondentSUFFOLK SUFFOLK DOWNS East Boston Mass May 6 Johns Choice with Francis Clay ¬ ton up yoked the pacesetting Black Bay midway of the turn and then despite bear ¬ ing out drew clear to a twolength victory in the best race here today O Vincente E Navarros Black Bay continued on gamely and clung to second place by a head over Mrs T Peznola R Lentinis Finder Keeper who came from far back to be third The winner was another for the Oakhurst Farm which has been having a good season at this meeting The race was entitled the Bendix Washer Purse and the chalk players got cleaned as the favored Blazing Silver wound up out of the money moneyJohns Johns Choice covered the mile and one sixteenth over the fast track in 145 and paid 720 to his backers A crowd of 10236 came out for the races on a dreary day with rain falling spasmodically throughout the afternoon During a couple of races the apron was completely deserted as the patrons backed under the grandstand grandstandThe The Oakhurst Farm horse was winning his second race of the year and had been second in his other start The fouryear old Condiment colt is posting a good record thus far this year All of this years races were at this meeting meetingThe The field for the Bendix broke in align ¬ ment and as they rushed past the stands they were in exact post position order Black Bay on the rail soon assumed the lead and as they went around the turn he drew clear pf Johns Choice with Quillet Blazing Silver Rodger Joe and Finder Keeper following in that order Black Bay continued in the van in the run down the backstretch under a snug hold but Clay ¬ ton was doing the same thing astride Johns Choice and was waiting to strike Strike he did rounding the turn and by the time they had swung around it Johns Choice had collared Black Bay and was putting him away
