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_ . ■Vkl On the Trot I L Br MOBBB M.V ftLANSKY 1 BHaven Handicapped First in Pace Draws Outside Post in Open Event Gayleway Rewards at 1 to 5 Odds MAYWOOD PARK. Maywood. 111.. May 13. — Devotees of the fast pacing horse will get then fill on Saturdays outstanding _ . program program at at Maywood Maywood program program at at Maywood Maywood Park. In the absence of champion side-wheeler Freeman Hanover, who participates in Hazel Parks feature race the same night, an octet of distinguished laterally-gaited performers will vie for a ,750 purse in an open pace, which is carded as the seventh enth event. event. Racing Racing enth event. event. Racing Racing secretary C. J. Langley fashioned the race in handicap style, e.g., the best horse in his opinion gets the outside post position and from there on to the rail. BHaven, twice second to Freeman Hanover in his last two starts, was honored with the outside berth and Gay Order will be required to come out of the No. 7 slot. It might come as a surprise to many followers of the local sulky sport that Quiet Guy has been assigned the favorable No. 3 post position, ranging slightly under Battle Prince. Billy Wasson and Linett. The 14 class pacing stake scheduled for Saturday night received 14 entries and was split in two divisions. While Peter Vangundy and John Sitzmann, generally regarded as the best four-year-olds on the grounds, will race in different divisions, both Illinois-bred pacers will get plenty of opposition in their respective heats. Peter Vangundy meets Dutch Dandy, the Castleton Farm two-minute star, and Directs Boy. the fastest pacing: gelding over mile track last season. Russell Britenfields charge, on the other hand, has to turn back such stout foes as Easter Bunny, St. Pats Honor and Connie H. Clyde O. Tishers California invader Gayleway probably will never have an 1 easier opportunity to win a race than the ■ one presented to him Wednesday night Fresh from an impressive double victory last Saturday over the trotting elite currently assembled at this track the five-year-old geldings eligibility for the midweek early closing event was kept up by his owner-trainer and the horse duly entered. • As we explained on an earlier occasion, Gayleway embarked on his racing career only last year and while winning ; five out of his 12 races he didnt reap huge ; money-earnings as he started mostly in slow class events with aonropriately low purses. Thus, at the end of the 1954 season Gayleway s bankroll was but ,897. which according to the United States Trotting Associations money-class system made ; him eligible for any races calling for 22 j class trotters. As things turned out durine the winter training season at Del Mar, Calif., Gayleway having reached physical maturity blossomed out into a trotter of the first water possessing all the attributes of a good standardbred, smooth gait, faultless racing manners and, most of all, speed. He also has another quality indispensable for success on the race track, game-ness. His record for the young 1955 season is a singular list of outstanding achievement. Making his seasonal bow at Santa Anita, .Gayleway won the first time out to indicate his inherent class. Ironically, the sturdy gelding in this race was a member of the mntuel field and rewarded the few backers of the group with win odds of 50-to-l. From then on Gayleway rapidly trotted his way into the free-for-all camp to head East with an unbroken victory skein of fiv straight and lowering his record to a very good In his first outing here Gayleway met 1 with interference and made a break on the backstretch the second time around 1 but regained all but half a length of the ; lost ground to finish second to Prolomite. A week later Gayleway won by 14 I lengths in a 22 class early closing event. His next engagement was in last Saturdays ■ combined AA-A trot and again Gayleway . proved much the best while setting the , meetings trotting record at 2:05/3 in the » first heat. For Wednesday* race, which surprisingly enough attracted the entries of nine other trotters besides Gayleway, the fleet Califomlan opened up as a I -to-10 favorite on the odds hoard and for a while the management might have feared something of a triple minus pool, hut by post thne Gayleways odds had gone up to I to 1 while the rush at the place and show windows wasnt quite as hectic as expected from the early wagering. Sir Boris, second choice at 50 to 1, . grabbed the lead right at the start whlV e Tlsher dropped his rharge in third position i on the rail. It was not until the final turn i that Gayleway made his move. Once taken i to the outside he easily overtook the three e 1, . e i i i e horses in front of him to win just breezing a by two lengths from Sir Boris in 2:08. It ■t was the ninth victory of the season for ,r Gayleway. whose earnings for the year approach . the 0,000 mark, still quite a respectable . sum for a harness horse. Mel Harmening. in winning the second d race on Wednesday with the pacing filly v Cokey, maintained his lead in the driver ,r standing being credited with 10 wins since e opening night, while Gene Riegle and d Clarence Curtis, successful with Jerome l. ». Creed and Minor Crystal, respectively, re- main in close puntult of the leader. Hollis is Itegur. leading driver at, Magnolia Park k this spring, steered his first winner here in n Guy Comet, the eight-year-old pacing geld- - Ing chalking up Ids fifth victory out of ►f eight start* this season.
