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Sir Fay Scores Seasons Fifth Victory at Suffolk Jenkins Has Mount Length and Half Before El Pacho at Wire By AVERY BROWN Staff Correspondent SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 24.— Circle K Farms Sir Fay scored his fifth victory of the 1954 season as he bested five rivals in the top offering on todays Suffolk Downs program. The five-year-old son of Boswell received a well-timed ride from the veteran Evan Jenkins and moved a length and one-half clear of R. E. Harpers El Pacho as they crossed the finish line in the six-furlong test. The Harper representative gained the runner-up spot by a head from the onrushing In Class, from the barn of B. J. Saviskas. Old Sol returned to Suffolk Downs this afternoon burning off a heavy bank of fog which prevailed during the morning hours. The intensity of the heat rays plus steady work of the maintenance crew had the track in good shape by the time of the feature. Sir Fays time for the six panels was, 1:13, flat, over an oval termed slow. Installed, a popular favorite, the brown gelding paid .60 and became the third choice of the early events on the program to succeed. Bar-Sue Stables Little Whim made good use of her feathery 106-pound impost in the feature. After breaking in front of the field, apprentice Bernard Mayo allowed the Revoked mare to open a three-length advantage over Century Stables Count Fleet, colt, Lord Jeffery. El Pacho was next in line and saving ground *.long the inside ; as Jenkins was taking Sir Fay back about five lengths off the pace. Lord Jeffery was roused leaving the three-furlong pole and, in the eighth of a mile to the stretch turn, had cut the leaders margin to slightly better than a length. El Pacho also moved along the inside and, as the trio straightened for the run to the wire, Lord Jeffery managed to get his head in front with El Pacho taking over the challengers role. Jenkins then went to work on Sir Fay and the response was gratifying to the majority of the 11,082 crowd who had installed him as the choice. Reaching the sixteenth-pole, Sir Fay had gained command and left no doubt as to his score. Little Whim had nothing left at the end as El Pacho drove hard to stave off the late challenge of In Class.
