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Golden Gloves Turns Back Joey Boy Race Almost Even Entire Stretch Run Wall Has Belair Homebred Head to Good in Thriller; 32,366 at Garden State Park By FRED GALIANI Staff Correspondent GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 15. — Neck and neck down the entire length of the stretch came Belair Studs Golden Gloves and Joe Gavegnanos Joey Boy and at the finish it was the Belair horse scoring by the drop of a head. Golden Gloves stopped the watch at 1:41% for the mile and 70 yards. Three lengths back in third place came J. J. Amiels Count Turf, winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1951, while D. J. Schneiders Elixir was fourth. Golden Gloves was ridden by the veteran Nick Wall, who drove the bay colt to a heart stopping finish and his backers in the crowd of 32,366 received 6.80. The Valley Forge was worth 8,200 net for Golden Gloves, a homebred son of Iso-later — Valse d Or and it was the first victory in eight starts for William Woodwards colt. Golden Gloves is a rugged customer, figuring prominently in many stakes, but always finding victory eluding him. On the pace all the way he was clear of opposition and stuck valiantly to his guns this afternoon. Receives Trophy From Brady Jim East, who saddled the horse for Belair, received the Valley Forge trophy for Woodward from James Cox Brady after the race. The winner was in with 112 pounds, one more than Joey Boy, while Bryan G., Elixir and Indian Lad, were the three co-starting topweights with 118 pounds. High Scud, the favorite in the field of 14, finished fifth, had room on the rail and moved into third place in the stretch but then fell back. The race was cleanly run considering 14 horses hit the turn not long after the start, Assignment being the only one to suffer any interference. Charley OBrien was pinched off and had to take back, eventually .dropping back to last. Joey Boy. Golden Gloves and Jampol went as a threesome around the turn and down the backstretch, where midway of the run Jampol dropped out of it. Joey Boy and Golden Gloves went at it head and head and drew away by four lengths from the rest of the field. Indian Land, who had been forwardly placed, dropped out of it now and High Scud moved up into third place. Count Turf, who had been far back, started to move on the outside, but none of them was going to go strongly enough to catch the deadlocked pair. Batcheller Takes to Whip Joey Boy on the inside was getting the whip on the left side from Batcheller, while Wall was applying his bat with equal regularity on Golden Glovess right side. There wasnt anything to choose between them as they dashed to the wire, heads bobbing wit hever ystride and as they flashed under the Belair Stud colorbearer clipped the camera beam first. Count Turf closed on the outside to take third money by a neck over Elixir, who ran a steady-going race, being fourth almost throughout the event. Darby Dan Farms Atalanta showed some of the form that made her the top mare in Florida when she dashed up in the last sixteenth of a mile to beat Scott Millers Bobs Betty by a neck in the- Army Purse that preceded the feature. Winner of five out of seven starts in the South, including the Black Helen Handicap, Atalanta covered the six furlongs in 1:11%, and paid .20 as second choice in the betting. Another neck back in third place was J. C. Bradys Landlocked, who duel with Blue Rhymer until midway of the turn, where she finally put the McKnight horse away, but then was unable to resist the late rushes of Atalanta and Bobs Betty. Apprentice Lewis Williams was on the daughter of Count Fleet — Omayya. The Daily Double pool totaled 49,732, the highest in the history of the track, surpassing the previous mark of 48,410 set at last falls meeting.
