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1 ♦- t i: - ■■- - ;;;LL •,-::.■ /i-;:- vr ;-:;H!| yiiP- * $ t1l»" jus is ifl Hk. i ♦- t Jess Linthicum Has Speed in Reserve Leads Throughout Over Slow Monmouth Strip, Defeating Bakersfield by Four Lengths MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 24. — C. M. Cohens Jess Linthicum displayed his anticipated ability to handle an "off" course here today by leading from flagfall to finish in the six-furlong fourth race, affording jockey Sammy Boulmetis an easy victory of four lengths. Raritan Stables Bakersfield, who had defeated Jess Linthicum and his stablemate Jack the Great over a fast track only last week, was not as agile over the slow strip and was second, although he again bested Walter A. Edgars Jack the Great, who was another length and a half back in the third slot. Only three others competed and they were not prominent. The Frank A. Bonsai-trained entry was prohibitively favored and paid .20, with the winning Jess Linthicum registering in 1:11%. The track was officially labeled slow, although quite a bit of water remained and the soil was very loose, making I for fairly fast times in most of the events. - Track Dries Out Rapidly The weather was clear and became increasingly warmer during the afternoon, much to the relief of the cold, weary 10,075 5 i patrons, and the track was drying out , rapidly during the later races. The favorite s bettors did not fare so well in the early Y contests, and met with a stunning upset in ] the third race, for two-year-olds, in which Mrs. Milton Erlangers Ninety Degrees s profited greatly by a combination of the e track conditions, a change of equipment, ;, and a change of riders. Glen Lasswell , brought the Boy Angler colt home by nine e lengths to pay 0.60. Samuel Greenfields High Trend had no o more difficulty than Jess Linthicum in winning - the Barnegat Purse, a mile and a sixteenth " event sharing the featured billing. r * The eight-year-old Jack High gelding never was headed and jockey Fernando Fernandez - held him under a snug rein at the finish - with a three and a half lengths lead over Mr. Ruth Oppenheims Penson. M. R. " Schneiders Gay Count came from last in the small field of six and took third money another three-quarters of a length behind. j " High Trend returned .20 as the favorite after making the journey in 1:46 3-5. ~~ I - F. A. BONSAL— Saddled Jess Linthicum for his winning performance yesterday at Monmouth Park.
