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Board Urges Parties Get Together Fort Salonga Wins Juvenile Stakes Tribe and Dark Star Steckier Colt Makes It Five Straight Tallies at Belmont Comout Destroyed After Fall FallBy By BOB HORWOOD HORWOODStaff Staff Correspondent BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 7 S P Stecklers Fort Salonga drew out at the finish of the Juvenile Stakes today to score his fifth straight victory reaching the end of the five furlongs almost two lengths before Vera S Braggs Tribe who made a run at him at the eighth pole that was convincing for a stride or so Cain Hoy Stables Dark Star was a little more than a length away and a length and a half before Joe W Browns Mr Midnight Sam Boulmetis same up from Garden State Park to ride the winning son of Mahmoud Fortify by Case Ace who paid 540 The time was a creditable 58 on a fast track but against a stiff quartering wind windC C B Bohns Comout fell early in the Juvenile The Shut Out colt was humanely destroyed on the spot while jockey Nichols Combest suffered lacerations of the mouth and was taken to Physicians Hospital Jackson Heights for observation Comout was destroyed by Dr J G Catlett before the race was actually finished the vet ¬ erinarian being on the spot almost as soon as the colt fell He suffered a shattered right shoulder shoulderForm Form Players Fare Well WellA A crowd of 21975 turned out in bright chilly windy weather The form players among them fared well as wellplayed horses scored through the Juvenile in which Fort Salonga was favored over Dark Star Brookmeade Stables County Clare who might have been the choice was scratched this morning when he began to cough coughFort Fort Salonga added 13075 to his earn ¬ ings giving him a total of 31700 He was unable to win in four starts at Hialeah though second twice and third once but hit his stride at Laurel where he won three races followed that with a victory in the William Penn Stakes at Garden State Park Bred by the late Samuel D Riddle Fort Salonga brought only 7100 at the Saratoga sales last August AugustFort Fort Salonga went to the front at the theContinued Continued on Page Three Fort Salonga Wins Juvenile As Fifth Accounting in Row RowContinued Continued from Page One Onestart start of the Juvenile closely pressed by Laeternal while Tribe was racing strongly down on the inside raiL Dark Star and Mr Midnight were also prominent from the start while Comout was racing well up when he suddenly fell appearing to bother Royal Bay Gem Nearing the finish Lae ¬ ternal began to tire and Tribe made a strong run at Fort Salonga who was grad ¬ ually drifting toward the stands while Dark Star and Mr Midnight were racing as a team not far behind Tribe drew al ¬ most level with the winner at the eighth pole but Boulmetis had only to rouse Fort Salonga to draw clear and score rather handily Dark Star who raced in spots finished well wellMrs Mrs Walter M Jeffords One Count who is eligible to the Preakness and Belmont Stakes may have earned a chance to start in those classics when he galloped off with the Pasteurized Purse that preceded the Juvenile romping to the end of the mile and a sixteenth eight lengths before C Mahlon Klines Brechin who nosed out T P Morgans Grover B C H Johannsen Jrs Heap Big Chief was a length farther back Dave Gorman rode One Count who paid 820 and was timed a respectable 144 The son of Count Fleet circled the leaders above the stretch turn then drew away as he pleased Grover B tired after setting the pace and succumbed to Brechin in the final stride
