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, — Gainsboro Girl on Top Throughout Rock Cottage Next At Garden State Favored Resilient Fifth to Finish as Shawmut Stable Mare Hits Wire in Clear By WILLIAM C. PHILLIPS Staff Correspondent GARDEN STATE PARK. Camden, N. J., May 10. — Shawmut Stables Gainsboro Girl, who amazed the turf with her first show of real class winning the 1954 running of the Black Helen Handicap, this afternoon pinned her ears back with determination and held on after setting all of her own pace to win this afternoons Burlington Purse by a length and a quarter. Thorncliff Farms Rock Cottage closed with a burst of speed through the stretch and was second to the five-year-old daughter of Bernborough with a three-quarter length advantage over C. Lawrences Opera Light. George S. Howells Punkin Vine, who stumbled at the start, was another three and one-half lengths behind in fourth place. Gainsboro Girl ran the mile and a sixteenth of the Burlington in a sparkling l:424/5. which was just four-fifths of a second off of Friendly Franks track record, and she was coming off of a romping six lengths victory in her last start at Gulf-stream Park. The crowd of 18,307 preferred the chances of Killian Farms Resilient, who they made a heavy favorite, and allowed Gainsboro Girl to pay 1.80. The track was naturally fast, but overhead conditions were murky and temperatures were on the chilly side. Runs Freely, Setting Pace Henry Ramistella rode Gainsboro Girl, who is owned by Richard Jenks of Providence, R. I., and he allowed her to roll along freely, setting the pace. Roger LeBlanc steadied Opera Light in the clear behind her when unable to take the lead breaking from an outside stall, and Sammy Boulmetis took Rock Cottage back in the early stages and reserved his horse well back of the pace until entering the far turn. Opera Light appeared menacing when LeBlanc roused him with a left - handed whack or two with the whip on the stretch turn and he swung to the inside to almost reach the flanks of Gainsboro Girl. The latter responded to this challenge and slightly increased her lead after entering the final furlong, and Rock Cottage, rallying around horses from the head of the stretch, was up just in time to pass Opera Light in the last 20 yards. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Markus Tax Cut won the supporting six-furlong Newcastle Purse Continued on Page Forty-Seven ! * i s K ., s /, r - I I 1 Gainsboro Girl Takes Garden State Feature Finishes Length and One-Half Before Speedy Rock Cottage Continued from Page Three with a surprisingly game response in the stretch drive that carried him from behind d to a three-quarters of a length margin over ;r T. I. Harkins Some Question. Just a nose ;e behind Mrs. Royal Firman, Jr.s Early ly Warning finished thud, a head in front of f the faltering favorite, Montpeliers Tiber- ian. Tax Cut, who was ridden by apprentice :e Donald Brumfield and was timed in a quick k .l:Jl. ais, a. mijd *urpri and he .paid id .2o. • .;, ,;•,,„ i The winning three-year-old son of Air ir re r. 40 W 00 X y 0 d ;r ;e ly of f :e k id ir Hero reversed his usual style of running, but the tactics were probably uninten-20 tional. The colt has particularly been noted for his high early speed in his last three starts at Gulfstream Park, but he weakened and finished a third and a pair of seconds. Brumfield attempted to have him with the first flight comprised of L. Cheslers Gay Marvin, Tiberian and Early Warning in the early stages, but Tax Cut bore out while racing between rivals and the young reins-man pulled him back and clear of rivals for better than a sixteenth of a mile. Brumfield held Tax Cut in reserve until he had straightened into the stretch, and then came his surprising last surge that caught the leaders in the last 40 yards. Some Question also gave Walter Blum more than a measure of difficulty as he badly attempted to lug in through the stretch, but Blum competently kept him clear of in-ie terfering with his rivals, although the sophomores manners may have cost him the victory. • Jockey Kenny Church took a hard spill during the third race and was forced to cancel, his remaining mounts, but he escaped without injury. The veteran rider from the Midwest was riding Puckety Farms Modest Marge who was racing well back in, the field when .she crossed paths with «M- J lic14010hw,#beis entagpri ,Ace At the head of the stretch and fell.
