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TrotI On the Trot I By MORRIE KURLANSKY 1 1Taddeo Taddeo Reins Easter Flowers Well Hazel Trot Meet Off to Good Start Pay Fees for 136 in 55 Brown Jug JugMAYWOOD MAYWOOD PARK Maywood 111 May 3 Easter Flowers and Gay Order divided honors in the first twodash event for the fast class pacers on Friday night at May wood Park The recent acquisition of John Christopher Melrose Park 111 showed a su ¬ perior effort in the first heat and her reinsman Dave Taddeo got his driving diploma for the cool way he handled the fouryearold filly BHaven winner of last years 50000 Illi ¬ nois State Fair Colt Stakes outpaced the field of seven sidewheelers around the clubhouse turn but slowed down once in the lead Russell Britenfield behind Judy Cash however did not like this tactics and pulled out with his mare from last place For more than a quarter mile BHaven and Judy Cash raced head and head with Easter Flowers in third position two lengths back backTaddeo Taddeo sitting still until the three quarter pole let Easter Flowers go with Myrtle Truax and Gay Order right be ¬ hind him Turning for home Easter Flowers collared BHaven and in mid stretch had neehead in front to win by a neck from BHaven with the fast clos ¬ ing Myrtle Truax another neck back in third place Easter Flowers time for the mile trip was 207 and she paid 1520 to win winOn On the strength of her showing in the first heat Easter Flowers went to the post as the favorite in the second dash and for half a mile it looked as if she would be able to down her rivals again BHaven immediately went to the front but Billy Rouse had Miss ShiheAMite winging from the gate and the Chicagoowned mare took command entering the back stretch pacing at a fast clip There was again a gap of two lengths between the two leaders and the second group headed by Easter Flowers with only Judy Cash trailing With a quarter mile to go it was apparent that Miss ShineAMite was all but exhausted from her pacesetting efforts and also BHaven showed signs of weak ¬ ening and appeared to be running in his hopples Coming into the homestretch it was still the Eddie Havens gelding in front with Easter Flowers close up and Gay Order looming on the outside At the six ¬ teenth pole Howard Beissinger had Gay Order at even terms with BHaven and Easter Flowers and with speed in reserve drew away to win by a length in 206 the fastest time registered at this meet ¬ ing ingTom Tom Wilburn was the only double win ¬ ner on Friday night scoring in two suc ¬ cessive races His first victory came in the fourth race a C class pace with the fouryearold gelding Cant Wait in 210 and the fifth race a CC class trot with the trotting filly Miss Kay Abbe in 211 in both cases reducing the records of his charges by one fifth of a second Clarence Curtis steered his first win ¬ ner at this meeting the Minnesotaowned trotter Francis Me who nosed out the hardluck horse Clever Tee driven by Earl Roush in the BB class trot It was the third time in four starts here that Clever Tee an honest and extremely game campaigner finished second being third in his other race raceWhen When Tom Wilburn opened the bids solicited for June Eighth he found out 1hat his fellow horsemen answered him in kind Highest bid 5105 was turned in by Max Stith Iowa owner while a pack ¬ ing company offering a five cents per pound had to be refused since Tom doesnt keep any weight records of his horses Thomas B Keatings Chicagoowned pac ¬ ing colt Grand Wisconsin with Stan Stucker at the reins annexed the Rockford Pace a 25 class pace stake in impressive style winning the event by five lengths in 209 as an oddson choice from the Jor ¬ dan Brothers Delhi Lady Dee Stover a double winner at this meeting Ed Casa granda youthful trainer for the H F Hal verson stable Beloit Wis accomplished quite a feat when he won the second race on Friday night a C class trot with the sixyearold mare Dusty Lotus an out ¬ sider in the wagering at 17 to 1 it was the first start for Dusty Lotus since last September and the second one for her trainer who made his Maywood Park debut a winning one when driving the pacer Iron Duke a few days ago Being stabled at Aurora Downs the horses hadnt even been trained at Maywood Park and had never previously raced here before beforeThe The harness meeting at Hazel Park Detroit opened with a bang last Thurs ¬ day night The opening night handle was 353300 while 298640 was wagered on Friday night Scotty Hal and Knox Han ¬ over won the feature races on Thursday and Friday respectively Drivers Robert Butt Robert Byrne and Bill Sargent were involved in a spill but none was seriously injured The Chicagoowned horses of the Paul Vixom stable trained by Harry Fitzpatrick are holding their winning form at Yonkers after having swept the recent Santa Anita meeting Jimmy Fitzpatrick after serving a ten day suspension meted out to him at Santa Anita guided already Prince Terry and Miss Mamie to victories in New York while Gene Jester was driven by Del Argo in his triumph Bannock Bay winner of several races at Maywood and Sportsmans in recent seasons when trained by Roy Riegle was a big upset winner at Yonkers last week paying 8170 3150 1150 across the board boardSustaining Sustaining payments of 100 on each of 136 eligibles to the Little Brown Jug No 10 indicate that the 1955 threeyearold classic will be worth in the neighborhood of 65000 Next payment on the 1955 Jug hopefuls will not be due until next Janu ¬ ary 1 when a 250 sustainer will be due Following that there remains only the starting fee of 500 the day before the race The Jug harness racings premier pac ¬ ing event is staged annually during the Delaware County Fair The 1954 battle is slated for renewal on Thursday September 23 Indications are that it will be worth 70000 a new high in value for any pacing race Supporting features on the Dela ¬ ware Grand Circuit program include the Jug companion Old Oaken Bucket for threeyearold trotters the Ohio Standard bred Futurities for twoyearold trotters and pacers as well as the Big Five trot and pace stakes
