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Trio of Harness Stars At Yonkers Raceway Good Time, Pronto Don, Dudley Hanover Arrive From California YORKERS, N. Y., ilay 14.— Harness racings two winningest horses are here at Yonkers, their sights set on the all-time money-winning record now held by the retired Proximity. The trotter Pronto Don .and the pacer Good Time were flown in from the West Coast. Each, has a pair of 0,000 engagements here. But a third equine passenger on the same plane may indirectly have something to say about the outcome of the dollar chase shaping up. The pacer Dudley Hanover could prove to be a dominant factor as Good Time 17,690 and Pronto Don 92,622 tackle the. task of passing Proximity, the latter credited with 52,000 on TJ. S. Trotting Association record books. Both Pronto Don and Dudley Hanover are owned by the Hayes Fair Acres Stable, Du Quoin, 111. Good Time is the property of Bill Cane, Yonkers Raceway president. On the surface it would appear that Good Time, by virtue of his present superior standing in the dollar column, would make* the grade first. But the fly in the ointment is Dudley Hanover. While Pronto Don was winning all four of his West Coast starts— including the 0,000 Golden West Trot— in effortless fashion, Good Time was being beaten by Dudley Hanover in his two California outings. The cane pacer finished fourth in his first start and then was second to Dudley in the 1,000 Golden. West Pace. Thus, every time Dudley Hanover goes to the post there will be additional incentive to win. Not only will he be boosting his own earnings, which now exceed 15,000, but he will be assuring that the winners end of the purse doesnt fall to Good Time. All of which stands to make it simpler for Pronto Don to wrest the money crown from Proximity. Pronto Don, Harness Horse of the Year in 1951, has won 14 in a row over a two-year period. And, although he hasnt yet faced Stars Pride, the horse that beat him three times last season, the caliber of his trotting opposition cannot begin to compare with that confronting Good Time on the pacing side of the ledger. At Yonkers, Pronto Don is slated to start in the Mt. Vernon May 16 and the New Rochelle May 23 . Good Time and Dudley Hanover match strides in the Stamford May 17 and the Bronx May 24. Each event is worth 0,000.
