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Ascot Gold CUD Brinas Out Twelve TwoMile Feature Closing Attraction AttractionI I Tisbury Strives for Eighth In Row in 1 3000 Feature Blacktype Girder Threats By RONALD KRANCEK Staff Correspondent CorrespondentASCOT ASCOT PARK Cuyahoga Falls Ohio June 5 The most successful meeting ever staged at Ascot Park comes to a close to ¬ morrow afternoon with the thirteenth run ¬ ning of the Ascot Gold Cup over the two miles distance A fine supporting program has been arranged by racing secretary Raleigh Leigh and a record throng of over 15000 is expected expectedThe The Gold Cup which was conceived by managing director Henry Green started out as a modest affair with only a 400 purse going to the winning owner It has increased in value each season and to ¬ morrows renewal will carry a 13000 purse purseThis This years Gold Cup field will number 12 and promises to be the most interesting renewal for many years The field will lineup in the following order Frabbato and McCulloughs Bold Arrow 108 A B C Stables Bullet Gee 119 F M Ashbys Ball JHawk 113 Lily Ann Stables Blacktype 119 Potato Chip Fams Tisbury 119 H L McDonalds Even Better 119 J H Miles Fugitive 119 S Stengers Rapid Robert 113 Grandview Stables Clean Broom 116 J R Collins Spy Ring 114 Janie Lynn Stables Girder 119 and V Gaitskill Jrs Londonderry 108 108Burr Burr Will Ride RideTisbury Tisbury who was claimed at Gulfstream Park on April 4 by trainer Lyle Phillips may go postward as a lukewarm favorite in this years Cup The chestnut son of Half Crown Stop Loss who was bred by the Christiana Stables has a long winning streak of seven that he will carry postward The colt will be ridden by Charley Burr who in 1951 was the leading rider in the United States Tisburys most recent victories have been tallied at Pimlico in a route series known as the Old Hilltop He won that series without too much trouble defeating good ones like QuarterMaster Truxton and Beale Street Tisbury is bred for distance and several of his Gulfstream races re reContinucd Continucd on Page ThirtyNine Crack Field of Twelve Seeking Ascot Gold Cup CupTisbury Tisbury Tries for Eighth in Row In 13000 TwoMile Feature FeatureContinued Continued from Page Three Threesuited suited in lopsided victories On April 4 the day he was claimed at one and onehalf miles over a fast track he defeated Chureo by 16 lengths then on April 20 at that same track he led Swadelle home by 10 lengths at a mile and threequarters It was in that race that Tisbury broke the old record by two seconds in hiswinningjaunt hiswinningjauntBlacktype Blacktype to be ridden by Sidney Cole will have many followers in attendance This invader from New YorE has one race over the local track and is now thoroughly acquainted with the turns In last Satur ¬ days Victory Plate he was still in front when on the backstretch the gelding sulked and dropped back off the pace In the final threesixteenths of a mile Blacktype re ¬ gained his stride and was closing strongly on Bullet Gee Blacktype is by Market Wise and had several excellent races at Belmont Park before being shipped to Ohio On May 13 at the Elmont course he de ¬ feated Cellini by nine lengths leading throughout the mile and onehalf onehalfGirder Girder who will be ridden by Marshall Wilder is very well suited in the Gold Cup and may ship ship back to Suffolk Downs with the Cup in his possssison His best races are all over a distance of ground and he has scored victories at both Belmont Park and Suffolk Downs this summer In nine starts the Sir Jim James gelding has been in the money six times timesFugitive Fugitive arrived here from Detroit yes ¬ terday and was breezed on the track this morning The sevenyearold son of Bah ram who was bred by Walter P Chrysler Jr has won three races in seven starts in 1953 His first winnig race of the year was tallied at Gulfstream Park and then after moving into Maryland he won at both Bowie and Pimlico He has been out once at the MRA track and was second beaten three lengths by Golden Trend Jockey Charles Burns is flying in from the Motor City to ride Fugitive FugitiveAnother Another putlander from Michigan is Spy Ring who also has been a winner three times The daughter of Alsab scored her victories in Florida and she has the stamina to go the two miles of the Gold Cup Jockey Richard Lawless will have a leg up on the mare mareFrom From Garden State comes Clean Broom a winner of his last two races at that track His last race on May 28 at a mile and threesixteenths was particularly good when he defeated Top Command by a nose and was only a second off the track record recordThe The other starters in the Cup have all been here since the meeting opened and Bullet Gee would appear to have the best chances of scoring Last Saturday under a fine ride by Louis Rivera he beat the highly regarded Blacktype by a length and threequarters Bullet Gee came from off the pace circling his field on the far turn and then under a hard drive withstood the closing challenge of Country Editor EditorBall Ball Hawk a gelded son of Shut Out had a good closing lick in that race and won many friends Even Better has sev ¬ eral victories here this spring but prefers an off strip Rapid Robert Londonderry and Bold Arrow appear to be out of their class in this race
