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TEAMAKER The veteran F Ambrose Clark performer won the Hampton Bays BaysPurse Purse at Belmont Park yesterday for his twentyeighth success in 108 engagements engagementsduring during nine years of campaigning Porterhouse Wins National Stallion Charges to Finish Before Best Years YearsHighly Highly Favored Catspaw Is Third After Bad Actions at Gate and Appearing to Sulk SulkBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y June 10 Llangollen Farms Porterhouse captured the richest running of the Na ¬ tional Stallion Stakes since 1932 today charging to the finish of the five furlongs on the Widener straightaway a neck before James Cox Bradys Best Years C V Whit ¬ neys Catspaw the oddson choice was a half length farther back after doing his best to unseat Eddie Arcaro in the post parade and appearing to sulk during the running Maine Chance Farms Jet Action was a length out of the money moneyPorterhouse Porterhouse paid 1290 and netted Mrs Mary Elizabeth Person mistress of Llan ¬ gollen Farm 20120 of the gross purse of 30700 Mrs Person made her way to the winners circle despite a broken leg which is neatly encased in a cast to receive a trophy from Mrs F Ambrose Clark Por ¬ terhouse is a homebred son of the young South American stallion Endeavour IE and his first stakes winner out of Red Stamp by Bimelech Porterhouse was scoring his second victory in three starts all at this meeting and required 57 for the five furlongs with Bill Boland hurrying him along alongDrops Drops Back Quickly QuicklyCatspaw Catspaw who required the services of two ponies and two assistant starters with Jake Schluter leading him on a shank as he reared continually to get him to the post was first out of the gate in the stake but quickly dropped back Quick launch surged into an early lead closely followed by Porterhouse while Jet Action was run ¬ ning strongly in third place on the outside Nearing the stands Porterhouse took a slight lead over Quick Lunch while Best Years moved up rapidly on the inside fol ¬ lowed by Catspaw Arcaro was whipping both left and righthanded and shoving be ¬ tween strokes on the favorite and not get ¬ ting too much response while Jet Action didnt seen to be responding willingly to Ovie Scurlocks urging urgingPorterhouse Porterhouse seemed about to leave his rivals when Best Years turned on a power ¬ ful hiirsfc nf cnpprl in tbp final fnrlnntr nnrl cut his margin with every stride but fell short by a short neck Catspaw was liter ¬ ally hurled into third place before Jet Action who was only a nose before Full Flight who was followed by Quick Lunch Batfish and Bertie BertieF F Ambrose Clarks valiant old TeaMaker made his one hundred and eighth start in the Hampton Bays Purse that preceded the National Stallion scoring his twentyeighth victory and pushed his earnings to 202 005 The tenyearold son of Only One outfinished Stannount Stables Primate who was returning to action after having suffered an ankle injury in the Jersey Stakes a year and 10 days ago reaching the end of the six furlongs almost a length in the van Primate was another four and a half lengths before William Zieglers out ¬ sider Bit o Fate who led T P Morgans Plus Fours by a half length Apprentice Charley OBrien rode TeaMaker who paid 440 as he scored his second straight and was teletimed in a sparkling 110 110The The hard condition of the hurdle course was made evident today when Willie Jones Eastcell racing for 3500 stepped and jumped about a mile and threequarters in 313 which was a fifth better than TitienILs old record which was broken by Extra Points yesterday Pat Smithwick who scored by half a dozen lengths over Walter Wickes Jrs Springdale and paid 760 760Mrs Mrs Jules Schwartz wife of the Little Sweeper saw her royal blue and gold silks score in the fourth event carried by Fair Brother who reached the end of the mile and a furlong a length and a half before Irving Lesonskys favored Juesbu Fair Brother returned 1830
