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Jet Action Coasts Home in Charade Maine Chance Colt Eligible to Withers WithersLeads Leads On Flight by Almost Three Lengths Over Sloppy Racing Strip at Belmont BelmontBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y May 4 For the second successive day the Belmont feature may have turned up a capable candidate for Saturdays Withers Mile Following yesterdays impressive score by Palm Tree Maine Chance Farms Jet Action coasted to an easy score in the Charade Purse With Dave Gorman sitting still through the final furlong the chest ¬ nut son of Jet Pilot from the mighty Busher triumphed by almost three lengths over Mrs Richard Maloney Jrs On Flight who led Greentree Stables favored Dream of Glory another length J M Roeblings Mpntagnais finished another three lengths out of the money Jet moneyJet Action who started only twice last year and had been on the sidelines since finishing fourth in the National Stallion Stakes won by Porterhouse was well supported by the crowd of 17735 that turned out in gray chilly weather paying 1080 He stepped the seven furlongs in a creditable 124 over a sloppy track that was beginning to tighten easing a bit after getting thes initial six furlongs in 111 It was a big race for the lightbodied and lightcolored colt com ¬ parable to Palm Trees brilliant score at a mile and a furlong yesterday Both colts are eligible to the Withers WithersJet Jet Action Breaks Slowly SlowlyJet Jet Action broke a bit slowly in the Cha ¬ rade but quickly rushed up between horses to hook up in a pace duel with Sugar Dad while Dream of Glory was a length farther back in the run down the far side followed by Heed Me Taxpayer and On Flight It was obvious in the early stages of the Cha ¬ rade that Gorman had a lapful of horse and had Sugar Dad measured Rounding the far turn Jet Action shot into com ¬ mand Sugar Dad faltered badly after pass ¬ ing the threefurlong pole and Dream of Glory and On Flight moved up to chal ¬ lenge with the latter saving ground on the rail railGorman Gorman steered Jet Action a bit wide curving for home apparently seeking a dry path and the colt quickly took a daylight lead while On Flight saved ground to move into second place Gorman had only to urge Jet Action mildly through the final eighth to add to his margin as On Flight held Dream of Glory safe without threat ¬ ening the winner winnerMrs Mrs J C Silvermans Comets Glow was ordered scratched from the feature by Dr J G Catlett while at the gate The James ¬ town legsFirst colt was lame in his hind legs First of the offspring of Noor to win on a Long Island track scored impressively in the fifth race a dash for maiden fillies at four and a half furlongs on the Widener course The youngster was Starland Sta ¬ bles Noors Dream a brown miss out of Dreamland by Chicle who finished strong ¬ ly to triumph by a head over Belair Studs Continued on Page FortyFour Jet Action Withers Eligible Coasts Home in Charade CharadeContinued Continued from Page Fne Fnepacemaking pacemaking Natasha Eugene Constantin Jrs Clear Cut finished four lengths back and a head before George D Wideners Bouget who tired badly Jim Nichols rode Noors Dream who paid 4430 and vas teletimed in 52 on the slow straight course Incidentally Noor was by Nasrul lah while that horse is also the sire of Natasha who is out of the fine stakes mare Vagrancy VagrancyThe The Mercator Hurdle Purse did little to win new friends for that specialty Mrs Michael G Walshs Rythminhim the heavy favorite sulked from the start ab ¬ solutely refusing to make an effort Three others fell Phosphor tumbling in the back stretch and Pirro falling over him while Step Dance went down at the last hedge hedgeSanford Sanford Stud Farms Oneida won the about a mile and a half event by three and a half lengths fromMrs Ogden Phipps Nejo who finished well after being taken back repeatedly in the last half mile Mrs Arthur W McGraths Camee was another length and a half in arrears and 25 lengths before Rokeby Stables Four to Go Jason Eaby rode Oneida who paid 2040 despite coming from a good race at this meeting He was timed in 250 on the soft track
