Hartack Chalks Up Four More Winners at Camden: Duplicates His Saturday Feat; Astride Mr. Paradise, I Geegee, Daily Racing Form, 1954-05-05

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JOCKEY WILLIAM HARTACK Con ¬ tinues to ride sensationally at Garden State Park Hartack Chalks Up Four More Winners at Carnden CarndenDuplicates Duplicates His Saturday Feat Astride Mr Paradise 1 Geegee GeegeeBy By FRED GALIANI GALIANIStaff Staff Correspondent CorrespondentGARDEN GARDEN STATE PARK Camden N J May 4 Willie Hartack racked up his fourth straight triumph of the afternoon on Mrs Ada L Rices Mr Paradise Li the seventh race putting up a corking per ¬ formance to get the favorite home by a neck Pressing him the length of the stretch were W E Browns Bank Coal and Willian Farms Resilient who had Mr Paradise sandwiched Their bids failed and Dark Coal finished a neck before Resilient ResilientGeorge George Glassner on Resilient claimed foul against Joe Culmone on Bank Coal The stewards examined the pictures of the race and judged Glassners claim of inter ¬ ference on the far turn was valid The positions were reversed Resilient moving into second before Bank Coal CoalHartack Hartack was given a nice hand when he returned to the winners circle and for good reason as the majority in attendance wagered on Mr Paradise who returned 5 after covering the mile and a sixteenth in 145 over a track termed good for this race raceMr Mr Paradise followed Top Brass around the turn but was sent to the fore as they Continued on Page FortyFour Hartack Chalks Up Four More Winners at CamdenDuplicates Camden X Duplicates His Saturday Feat Astride Mr Paradise I Geegee GeegeeContinued Continued from Page One Onestraightened straightened away down the backstretch He gradually increased his margin on the long run down the far side but rounding the turn and heading for home his lead was cut Resilient ranged up alongside of Mr Paradise coming through on the rail while Bank Coal threw his challenge from the outside The three of them were hooked up in a bitter battle and Mr Paradises chances seemed slim indeed indeedBut But Hartack showed the fans the ability that made him one of the nations leading riders last year and urging the favorite desperately through the stretch kept him at his task and the two challengers were never able to get closer than a neck neckHartaock Hartaock rode his third successive win ¬ ner on Brookfield Farms favored I Geegee in the Wildwood Purse The gelded son of Brookfield On the Double finished three lengths in front of Joe Gavegnanos Night Baker in the mile and 70 yards event eventHartack Hartack hit the favorite through the stretch to keep him off the fence and I Geegee switched his tail in protest each time Stoutly backed by the majority iri crowd of 18983 I Geegee paid 460 and covered the distance in 142 142Hartack Hartack was following up his sensational debut appearance on Saturday when he rode four winners He started his skein on Saddle Bags in the fourth followed it with Lady Sailor in the sixth and capped it with his performance on I Geegee


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