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Omnibus Handicap to Closed Door Jaclyn Colt Hugs Rail Throughout Drives Home in Advance of Joey Boy, Golden Gloves in Monmouths Route Feature By FRED GALIANI MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 17.— Hugging the rail all the way, Jaclyn Stables Closed Door triumphed in the Omnibus Handicap here this after- , noon, driving to the finish a half length c before Joe Gavegnanos Joey Boy, while Belair Studs Golden Gloves, the favorite, i finished two and a half lengths back in third place. i Jockey Jimmy Stout rode the winning - son of Shut Out, who paid 3.20 after ] covering the mile and an eighth in 1:56%, -j over the fast but deep track. The record £ for the distance is 1:50, set by Three Rings j in 1949. For_±he fourth consecutive day the attendance set a new record, this time 1 by 300 people. The turnstile gate for the ] afternoon was 12,373, while last year on : the corresponding day it was 12,073. i Big Day for Levys v The Omnibus victory was worth 1,500 net to Mr. and Mrs. Leon Levy, owners of the Jaclyn Stable, who also received the trophy for the race from Miss Kate Prentice Todd, granddaughter of Reeve Schley, vice-chairman of the board of directors of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club. The race preceding the feature was won by Robert Levys Hueso, son of Dr. Levy, and the father and son combination from Atlantic City cost the Monmouth Park track money. Huesb was an odds-on choice in his race, causing a minus pool of over 00, and the show pool in the feature cost the track . Only six horses started in the Omnibus - 1 with Golden Gloves the topweight at 115 pounds. Closed Door carried 107 in the race j and was off alertly behind Joey Boy and Golden Gloves. While the first two battled for. the lead, Stout, who had won the only previous stake of the meeting on Cinda opening day, bided his time with Closed [ Door. Passing the quarter pole, Closed Door, from his inside position, slipped through to take the lead, and Joey Boy, who had drifted slightly wide, was unable to make up for the lost ground. The favored Golden Gloves was out in the middle e of the track and was in the same position, l» unable to move in on the leaders. a a Bank Coal, who trailed for the early e part of the race was fourth, while Again t s n., the South American, who was an in-a ■ a vitee for the Washington D. C. International, ■ finished fifth after making a threat-s ■ ening bid on the turn, but then tired.
