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II On the Trot By MORRIE KURLANSKY KURLANSKYHarold Harold Wilson Stable Checks In Athlone Ruler Raced Well in West Dee Stover Leading Maywood Driver DriverMAYWOOD MAYWOOD PARK Maywood 111 May l A welcome arrival was the Harold Wil ¬ son stable comprising three pacers and two trotters The star of the Kansas outfit is 14yearold Athlone Ruler who showed excellent form during the recent Santa Anita meeting being twice second to Free ¬ man Hanover and Andrew Patch respec ¬ tively both races being timed in better than 202 During the Hollywood Park meeting last fall Athlone Ruler established his mark of 201 winning altogether three races and finishing in the money in seven starts A very promising pacer trained by Wilson is Tailor Made a six yearold gelding who broke his maiden at Maywood Park last year won at Hollywood Park and in three starts this year at Santa Anita was never worse than second being disqualified from first place in one for breaking at the wire The other members of the stable are Rilma Tass fouryearold pacing filly second in her lone start at Santa Anita a few weeks ago the good mare Silver Crispin converted to the trot during the winter training at Del Mar and the trotting gelding K Star a double win ¬ ner at Maywood Park last season seasonAfter After 10 racing nights in the books Dee Stover is the leading driver at May wood Park with eight victories out of 27 starts with Jake Mahoney sue wins out of 14 starts in second place Four drivers are tied in the third spot with five wins each namely Howard Beissinger Harry Burright Gene Riegle and Dick Williams A crew of cameramen was out here the other a m to take shots of morning workouts the starting method with Roy Riegle Gene Riegle Elmer Hutchcraft and Roy McGregor supplying the starters for a nonbetting contest Moses oftentimesretired trotting champion but now paying his tribute to old age landed on the stewards list after his first start here the other night The 11yearold gelding made a break in the first turn and finished last in a B class event eventThe The fans who installed the fouryearold trotting filly Still Better a 3to5 choice on Thursday night in a CC trot did not use good judgement in doing so They should have been warned by the very fact that Still Better was classified in CC al ¬ though she had earned over 25000 last season The Illinoisowned trotter how ¬ ever won the bulk of this sum in one race the trotting division of the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes at Springfield beating a mediocre field in slow time If Still Better had shown betterthanaverage ability more commensurate with her money win ¬ nings last year Pete Langley undoubt ¬ edly would have classified her at least in class A Still Better was never prominent in Thursday nights race and finished fifth while the 14yearold mare Nancy Benboe trotted to a surprise victory at 33 to 1 in the slow time of 213 213The The Californiabred Adam Tass owned by Earl J Allen Lebanon Ind skillfully handled by Jake Mamoney chalked up another triumph in Thursdays Maywood Park feature the River Grove Pace for 20 class pacers It was the second vic ¬ tory of the fouryearold Arletan colt in as many tries and he must be regarded as pne of the best of his age and gait active at Maywood Park Jake Mahoney drove an excellent race keeping the colt off the early pace but still in a contend ¬ ing position making his move around the final turn and roaring down the home ¬ stretch close to the outer rail to nip the surprisingly good Mighty Bob an erratic performer at the wire The shortpriced favorite Senator Tell was in a speed jam at the first turn and did not recover fast enough to threaten the leaders leadersThere There were three more repeat winners on Thursday nights program Oldtimer C F Rumley has his 11yearold pacer G W A in splendid shape and all but ignored in the wagering the Calumet Cru ¬ sader offspring got home in 210 at odds of 14tol The Mighiganowned trotter Teresina Hanover also was given only scant attention by the players but Gene Riegle disproved the high opinion the pub ¬ lic had of Donald Gayles chances and was three lengths to the good at the wire with the speedy filly Madam Cash a luke ¬ warm choice in the nightcap rated off the pace for the first half could not be denied when ownerdriver Henry Bloome saw fit to make his bid on the backstretch and although he had to go around the upper turn threewide the Cold Cash mare arrived at the payoff station with a length advantage advantageRacing Racing secretary C J Langley an ¬ nounced that a new purse schedule will be effective immediately stressing the policy of better purses for better horses The newly increased scale is as follows 24 class or slower 700 2223 class 750 C class 700 CC class 850 B class 1000 BB class 1 dash 1250 BB class 2 dashes 2500 A A A class 1 dash 1400 AAA class Z dashes 2800
