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Jockey Hartack Astride ! Four Winners at Camden j | Raises Total to 17 for Meeting In Taking Lead Over Boulmetis GARDEN STATE PARK, Camden, N. J., May 13. — William Hartack gained the ad- I vantage over Sam Boulmetis here this afternoon after racking up four victories through the seventh race to one scored by his rival. Hartack gained his third triumph at the direct expense of Boulmetis, driving Christopher T. Chenerys Bel Esprit to the | end of the six furlongs in the sixth race a length and a half clear of William M. Wickhams Weal or Woe, the favorite who was ridden by Boulmetis. John S. Kroeses . Royal Viola was third, another length and J a half behind and a nose in front of Cary C. Boshamers Yama. The rival reinsmen I began todays program with Boulmetis having 14 winners and Hartack 13, with the ] mid-afternoon tally changed to 17 for Hartack and 15 for Boulmetis. | Comparatively young Willie came right back in the seventh race in the same Chen- , ery silks and outdistanced the field astride Talora to register by eight lengths in a six , furlongs timed in 1:09%. Talora Was a surprise and paid 1.20. The favorite, « Woodland Farms To Cash, stumbled to her nose at the break and unseated her » rider, jockey Glen Lass well. Bel Esprit had the advantage of finding i an opening next to the rail on the turn and Hartack quickly sent the four-year-old ,; Bossuet gelding into a clear lead. He had to apply the whip generously in the final I stages as Weal or Woe, who was racing outside horses and consequently losing i ground, began a game, but futile stretch rally. Bel Esprit paid 8.60 and ran the J six furlongs in 1:11. It was a warm and cloudy afternoon , J for a crowd of 16,725, but the track was fast . Favorites fared a little better than I ! j | I usual and it was the public choices who captured both halves of a 6.40 Daily Double. The second half of the Double provided Hartack with his first victory of the day when he scored a narrow decision with Killian Farms Dark Royal. Mrs. T. Christophers Avis provided him with a romping triumph in the third race for juveniles, while Boulmetis earned his lone score in a hard drive with G. G. Patons Calm Warrior in the fifth race.
