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Simms Registers Nose Upsqt at Suffolk Downs Nips Little Step in Late Stages . Of Tomasello as 34,350 Look On By AVERY BROWN , Staff Correspondent SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 30. Simms, a hard-hitting son of Princequillo owned by T. W. Smith of Paw-tucket, Rhode Island, outgamed Little Step in a rough final sixteenth of a mile in the nine-furlong Tomasello Memorial Hadicap at Suffolk Downs this afternoon. The margin of a nose between the dueling pair might have been much larger had the Smith stallion been able to continue on a straight course and as it turned out he managed to get his nostrils to the front at the right moment. Cherry-Oca Stables Tio Ciro was third, three lengths farther back and a like distance before a floundering Abstract, who was the choice in -the 12-horse field. The largest crowd of the current New England season, numbering 34,350 were on hand and poured enough money into the mutuels to assure the. Eastern Racing Association its largest handle since Memorial Day back- in 1948. Two-hundred and thirty-two thousand and seventy-two dollars was wagered in the feature, the majority of which installed Abstract as a 2 to 1 choice. Those fortunate in backing Simms received a tidy 5.40. Simms raced here four days ago, easily scoring in an overnight allowance test at a mile and one-sixteenth, carrying 110 pounds, five more than he was assigned an todays stake. The star of the Smith string just missed in the aFneuil Hall Handicap won by Dateline earlier in the meeting. Marshall Wilder, who appears to show better form since he was graduated from the apprentice ranks, was the winning rider and deserves much credit for the winning performance. Little Step with Darrell Madden in the saddle assumed the lead at once but Wilder moved into the runner-up slot before they had traveled a quarter mile. Down the backstretch the leader increased his margin to four lengths but Wilder refused to get excited and kept his charge under a snup hold and still clear of any crowding which could happen as the field reached the far turn. Rounding the bend into the stretch, Madden kept after Little Step, who was beginning to shorten stride. Once Simms. reached the side of Little Step, the Fighting Step gelding swerved under Maddens whip, but Simms kept challenging and the two finished out in the middle of the track, deadlocked until the final stride. Tio Ciros. move on the final turn carried the Argentines-bred to within a length and a half of the dueling leaders, but during the final sixteenth of a mile, the challenge waned.
