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On Your Own Victorious I In Betsy Ross Stakes Boland Rides King Ranch Filly To Two- Length Win Oyer Jenjay By FRED GALIANI GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 12. King Ranchs On Your Own, a full sister to the Triple Crown winner, Assault, raced her way into stakes-winning class over 15 rivals in the third running of the Betsy Ross Stakes here this afternoon. The chestnut daughter of Bold Venture Igual, by Equipoise, was in the first flight of the large field and escaped trouble, taking the lead in mid-stretch and running to a two-length score. Second came L. J. Tutts Jenjay, the Ashland Stakes winner, who finished with a rush when she eventually found racing room. A similar distance back in third place was Foxcatcher Farms Parlo, who was the Continued on Page Forty-Three On Your Own Victorious In Betsy Ross Stakes Boland Rides King Ranch Filly . To Two- Length Win Oyer Jenjay Continued from Page One early leader until displaced by On Your Own. East Acres Farms Gastara came from far back with a rush to finish fourth. Willie Boland scrubbed the winner home over the six furlongs in 1:12 over a good track and those in the bumper crowd of 20,564 who backed the King Ranch horse received 5.80. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kleberg of King Ranch -were on the receiving end of the Betsy Ross trophy from Sterling Young, general manager of the Jockeys Guild, and the race was worth 7,510. net to the Texas establishment. Maine Chance Farms Incidentally, the favorite, had to take up midway of the turn when the winner came on the outside of her, and evenutally finished twelfth. On Your Own, sparingly raced as a juvenile when she won two of five starts, joined her illustrious ancestor in the stakes xoster in her third, try of 1954. Winner of an allowance sprint in her seasonal debut, she was far back in the Prioress Stakes, the victim of a rough trip. Today, it was the reverse and she had clear sailing to triumph. While Assault has had full brothers following him, none have achieved much. Mazinga has shown little while Air Lift came to an untimely end early in his career. The field scrambled from the two gates, with Happy Mood going to her knees right at the break. Parlo eventually emerged from the field of flying silks on the back-stretch to go into the lead, with Sweet Cleo, Romaneen, Sinister, Incidentally and On Your Own the most prominent of the pursuers. Parlo continued to lead around the turn as On Your Own, on the outside, moved up into second position, while Romaneen was close up on the rail. Incidentally was bothered on the turn and had to take up. - kAheead40fithetiech,lOn tYqurw tookcommand1as Parlo" weakened. Jenjay, j who had been running fifth on. the turn, but behind horses, finally found an opening and moved up to chase the winner, but On Your Own, at that time, was safely home and Boland continued to urge her vigorously. In addition to Incidentally, others who suffered in the race were Trisong, pinched off after a sixteenth of a mile and again on the turn, and Crisset, who was in close quarters on the turn. Powder Flask, a War Relic colt who was bought in by Auburn Farm for ,000 at last summers Saratoga sale, this afternoon gave Jersey patrons the impression that he has the "makings" of a runner. Competing as a 7-to-10 choice against five other youngsters in the fourth race, Powder Flask handled his task with authority under the smart handling of Jimmy Lynch and won by three lengths in 1:01 over the dead surface. He was awarded the winners purse in the Bowie Kindergarten Stakes after the disqualification of Will See, arid revenged his only defeat in five starts by beating W. H. Canes Bill Veit.The latter won over Powder Flask when the Auburn colt made his debut, but today Jhe.hiisheand .. -... Second.
