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High High Gun Gun Captures Captures Belmont; Belmont; Lea Lea Lane Lane Equals Equals Track Track Mark Mark Romps to Victory In Miss America Charlton Clays Homebred Is 14 Lengths Ahead of Serry With Five Furlongs in :59 By J. J. MURPHY LINCOLN FIELDS, Crete, 111., June 12.- Lea Lane, Charlton Clays fine two-year-old daughter of Nasrullah Lea Lark, by Bull Lea, equaled a 16-year-old five-furlong track record when she ran five furlongs in :59 here this afternoon in accounting for the seventh running of the Miss America Stakes. With jockey Ken Church in the. saddle, Lea Lane won by 14 lengths and was breezing at the end. The mark was first made by American Byrd in 1938. American Byrd carried 110 pounds. Lea Lane handled 119 this afternoon. She was a heavily backed favorite and paid .80. Her fractions were the eighth in :11, the quarter in :22, the three eighths in :33, the half mile in :46and. Lea Lane, Who was bred by owner Clay, was out of the gate quickly, and Serry moved within a half length of her after they had gone a short distance. Lea Lane proved she was only toying with that one, however, as she widened as soon as ready, and racing her opposition dizzy, was six lengths to the good after they entered the stretch. It is likely she could have won by 20 lengths had she been hard hustled. Jt was the second start and second victory for the filly, who took her maiden tally here by eight lengths. Clay Witnesses Victory The Miss America Stakes was worth 1,-900 to the winner, and owner Clay was present to greet his young star as she returned to the winners circle. Due to the excessive heat the attendance was rather light for a Saturday, being 12,993. Eight two-year-olds opposed Lea Lane, and Serry finished second, with Sweet Josie taking third place. The track was fast. The five-year-old Heutel, star of the Sportsmans Park meeting where he won a couple of handicaps, turned in a smashing effort in the secondary feature, named the Lincoln Prep." The. son of Some Chance ran seven furlongs in 1:24 to trim Screemin Jack, while the improved Living Doll was a close up third. Vagabond King, the favorite, was fourth, and Olympic and Abbe . Sting, two highly regarded distance run- J Continued on Page Frfty-Tw6 ; 4 High Gun Out games Fisherman To Account For 86th Belmont Favored Correlation Weary Fifth as King Ranch Colt Charges to 9,000 Score Continued from Page One one of the few to compete in the long history of the Belmont, finished seventh without ever coming into contention. John Barry Ryans Buttevant bolted to the outside .fence after rounding the clubhouse turn and was eventually recaptured on the training track. High Gun earned 9,000 of the gross purse of this richest Belmont Stakes, which was 25,100. Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., master of King Ranch, was presented with the August Belmont Cup by Harold E. Tal-bott, Secretary of the Air Force. The winner, who has always had the confidence of trainer Max Hirsch, who was saddling his fourth Belmont Stakes winner, was one of the few contestants not bred by his owner. K. M. and W. P. Little and C. C. Boshamer bred the colt, who was purchased for 2,100 at the Keeheland sales of 1952. Jorge Contreras hustled Pinetum into command at the start of the Belmont and he was followed by Buttevant, Porterhouse and Correlation rounding the clubhouse turn. At this stage, Fisherman was in seventh place with High Gun right behind him. Buttevant bolted abruptly before reaching the turn into the backstretch, leaving Pinetum a length and a half before Porterhouse. A few lengths back came Permian and Correlation, racing as-a team, while Fisherman began to move up. Nearing the far turn, Pinetum wilted abruptly, while. Correlation moved past Porterhouse to take a brief lead. Headley Woodhoiise let Fisherman run at this point and the little son of Phalanx quickly surged into command. High Gun began a slower move at the same point, while Limelight was gaining ground along the rail. Fisherman Widens Lead Fisherman widened his lead on Correlation rounding the wide curve to the stretch, while Porterhouse also moved strongly on the outside. Permian began to falter, while High Gun came into contention on the extreme outside, with Limelight also moving up on the inside, but with clear sailing. Straightened away for the long run home, Fisherman rapidly widened his lead, just as he had in the Peter Pan, and seemed home free as Correlation and Porterhouse faltered badly and Limelights enough. However, High Gun loomed up on enough. However, High Gun, loomed up on the extreme outside with a powerful bid and it became evident at the eighth pole that Fisherman might not be able to hold a lead of more than two lengths. Guerin and Woodhouse sat down to ride their hardest in the final sixteenth, and High Gun gained steadily and remorse-: lessly, drawing level with his courageous little rival two jumps before the finish and drawing away at the very end. Limelight finished well to be third, while Palm Tree ran over beaten horses in the stretch. Correlation was a weary fifth and after the race Eddie Arcaro said that the favorite had tried to lug in all the way. Of the, others, Permian ran a surprisingly good race to be sixth after being in contention all the way, while Riverina finished fairly well and War ofRoses made a feeble bid at the half-mile pole, then flattened out. High Gun, incidentally, turned in the final quarter in approximately :26. Fishermans final quarter was :27. In his last workout, High Gun had run the quarter of the mile and a half in :27 and a little change. The early pace was good and sustained, if not brilliant, the first in :25, three panels in :36, half in :49, five furlongs in 1:01, six furlongs in 1:14, mile in 1:38 and the mile-and a quarter in 2; 03. The last eighth was run in :13. After the race, Guerin, who was evidently told not to whip High Gun said: "I was confident and content to sit back and wait until the three and a half furlong pole, but Fisherman got so far in front that I had a hard-time to keep from tearing into my horse at the sixteenth pole. But we made no mistakes and the horse ran a big race." Woodhouse said, "He outbroke himself at the start and lost a bit, but otherwise had no excuses. He is a game little horse." Atkinson said that Palm Tree ran a very spotty race, while Bill Boland had no excuse for Porterhouse, who came out of the race in good shape.
