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- Concentrate Makes Good I After Trio of Setbacks Takes Ascot Park Event by Nose For First Accounting of Season By J. R. BATTY Staff Correspondent ASCOT PARK, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, » May 10. — S. and D. Stables Concentrate, : who finished first on three occasions this s| I j year and each time was deprived of the e | purse by disqualification, finally came to 3 I , the wire in front and collected the top por- " | I tion of a purse when capturing the fourth race here today. Made favorites by an estimated " 1 throng of 4,000 because of a remarkably " | i consistent record, although a a . non-winner from 10 starts this year, Con- | ! centrate raced through the stretch head 1 and head with Cleap-Up King and got the ncd over the latter at the wire. Third in the dash of six and a half furlongs was 3 Clrir de Lune. Concentrate, an eight - year - old gelded i son of Attention — Grail, was timed the e journey over a good strip in 1:22 Vs. He paid .40 and was ridden by Alfred Tryon. u Concentrate was twice disqualified by the e local stewards and once at Sunshine Park s in Florida. Buckeye Star, a stout choice in the first t race, accounted for this sprint test in easy fashion under the handling of Thomas s Haley. The second race was won by an i outsider, Milan, who took a nose decision i from Frisky Jimmy at the end of one and i one - sixteenth miles. Buckeye Star and i I Milan returned a Daily Double pay-off of f ?8.80. I A varied program is offered Wednesday. f. One of the featured races is a sprint of f four and a half furlongs, which emphasizes s sheer speed, while another equal interest- - | ing race will be decided at seven furlongs s and the concluding contest on the docket t is an endurance test of one and nine-sixteenths - miles. In the shortest of the three races, i, "eight speedsters are named overnight to 0 vie for a prize of ,800. This is an allowance - race and has been posted as sixth on i the program. Following it comes the seven-furlong - dash, which offers a purse of ,-800 - and has eight entrants listed. Seven i ; seasoned routers will match strides in the e : last race for a purse of ,500. Dr. Pentick and Poised Valley will probably - be among the heavier supported members - of the field in the sixth race. Facing ? these two are Something, Lord Deanside, , Collins Road, Schackelette, Spudder and i , The Snapper. Poised Valley and The Snapper both won i j their latest starts while Dr. Pentick finished - second at the same distance requested - tomorrow. The group in the seventh race is made e -up of Lucky Jonnie, Dashing Count, Mor-Snoozey, - Fearnaught, Dryok, Star Marque, !» Red Warrior and Hardhack. he was employed.
