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1 - Plainf ield Noses Out Pharas Beauty Gets Up in Final Stride to Triumph Breckons Sends J. M. Lee Filly Around Field to Nip Rival Right on Wire at Monmouth By FRED GALIANI Staff Correspondent* MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport. N. J., June 19. — The Yedk jump proved to be the best one for J. M. Lees Plainfield, who ranged up on the outside in the featured Walt Stewart Purse here today and clipped the 50 to 1 shot E. F. OConnells Pharas Beauty by a nose. Another length back of the closely locked duo came Puckety Farms Faga-La. Plainfield, named after the town in northern New Jersey, was good for 3.00 straight, while Pharas Beauty, who was nipped right on the wire, paid 5.60 to place, and 5.80 to show. Jimmy Breckons put up a corking race on Plainfield, bringing him around the pack and nailing the pacesetter right on the line. Plainfield ran the six furlongs in 1:13% through a diminishing ram. For Plainfield this was his third victory " in five starts and it was also his second win in three outings this year. J. M. Lees three-year-old Errard-Whistig filly had raced only once last year, but at least got a part of the money that time, finishing fourth. This year she started out at Gulf-stream a winner, was beaten only a neck in her next start and then romped in her ~ previous to this. The favored entry of Sin-:_ ing Beauty, from Mrs. S. M. Pistorios Stable, and High Ground Stables Siren Song, e finished fifth and ninth, respectively, while ;t C. V. Whitneys Level Sands was seventh k in the field of 11 horses. " Attendance Shows Gain Monmouth Parks sensational meeting e ,s continued on with last years figure of 8,990 again being surpassed, this time 9,754 fans filing through the turnstiles. The day started off in perfect summer fashion, al-f though storm clouds hovered overhead during the early part. These were dispersed I before the first race, but then, just like a II long shot rain came up from nowhere and showered the track from the fourth until ;| the feature. After that the sun came out again and the fans swarmed back onto the concrete lawn. For the long shot players the race must r" have been a heart breaker. Pharas Beauty. ie a 4.20 to chance, took the lead away l- from Blue Case soon after the start and A. held sway throughout the journey, except 1 for the part where it counts most — the finish. Singing Beauty did the most part of ly the chasing, with Plainfield far on the out-7, 27, side until they hit the stretch. There to to Breckons asked his mount to give, and she the ie did, soon passing Singing Beauty. Pharas Beauty was on top by a length at the f~ eighth pole and appeared to have the race. I- while not exactly won, at least safe for I I her backers. While Plainfield was gaining act ct with every stride it looked like distance might run out on her, but just in the the ie barest amount of ground possible, the J. M. Lee came and nudged her nose to the front jy [$ to win. ,n Faga-La, between horses most of the of 0f way, closed fast through the stretch to be at third, while Ginger D. finished fourth.
