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: : Solor Clipper Whips Favored Noble Try in Gansett Surprise ! English-Bred Colt Hustled By Apprentice-J. E. Smith To Run Down Foe in Stretch NARRAGANSETT PARK, Pawtucket R. I., June 20. John E. Smith hustlec Solar Clipper, a 24-to-l outsider, througl the stretch to run down Mclver and Isaa Pricketts favored Noble Try and bring the red and blue cblors of Mrs. Quincy Adams Shaw McKean home in front by a length, in the featured Zenith Radio Purse. Henrs Kimballs gallant old gelding Algasir was third, a pair of lengths behind Noble Try A crowd of 10,479 looked on iri clear but humid weather "and established Noble Try a 9-to-5 choice. They held Solar Clipper, a four-year-old Solar Slipper colt, in little Repute but to their surprise and dismay he roared through the sloppy going to pass Noble Try for his second win of the season, returning 0.a0. He was clocked in a surprisingly brisk 1:11 under the feather of 107 pounds. Darrell Madden, the veteran who is leading rider at this meeting, increased his margin over runner-up Marshall Wilder by piloting three winners this afternoon. Madden tallied with Dry Martini in the first race, Mona Lou in the fourth and Oil Burner in the fifth. Recent ,000 Claim Solar Clipper, a recent claim for ,000, ran indifferently in his last outing but prior to that had two good races over Suffolk Downs turf course. Bred in England by Joe McGrath, he seems to prefer the grass or as a suitable substitute, the soft going that prevailed today. Arthur S. was quickest to begin with Solar Clipper and Larrieweil in attendance down the backstretch. Noble Try came up quickly along the rail under George Gibbs guidance to show in front at the half-mile marker, responsible for a quarter in :23. Larrieweil was right at his throatlatch, Arthur S. another head back and Solar Clipper in a contending position. Rounding the far turn Noble Try still held the lead as Arthur S. raced into second place. Smith was still rating Solar Clipper and didnt make his big move until then straightened into the stretch. As Noble Try drove for the wire past the eighth pole, Solar Clipper was flying on the outside and breasted the leader with less than a sixteenth remaining. He moved ahead for the tally as Noble Try finished evenly and Algasir closed quickly to edge Arthur S. for third money. Dover Stables Fiddlers Girl, lightly regarded in the wagering, saved ground all the way and was a comfortable victor in Continued on Page Forty-Seven Solar Clipper Nips Fayored Noble Try at Narragansett Continued from Page Three the sixth event. With the veteran Vernon Bush in the saddle, the five-year-old First . Fiddle mare rushed through the final furlong to score by four and a half lengths, with W. J. "Jim" Beatties favored Terr S. the runner-up and L. Fortiers Olympic Queen another three-quarters of a length back for the minor award. Fiddlers Girl returned 6000 for her second win of the season under 111 pounds and was clocked in l:1215 for the six furlongs. She showed poorly in her last effort here about two weeks ago, but had been a fairly consistent sort all spring.
