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Eternal Boy 1 1 Lengths Winner in Ascot Sprint Quits Maiden Ranks After Three Consecutive Seconds at Meeting By W. A. CRUSE-ASCOT PARK, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio May 8.— Mr. and Mrs. Peter Maxwells Eternal Boy took down the laurels in the Bluebells Purse, the feature attraction here this afternoon. After three consecutive seconds is an many starts, at this meeting, the sophomore Eternal Lark colt convincingly won this affair by having 11 lengths on his closest rival, J. H. Kings Bud Buden and jockey Harry Stauffer. The majority of the crowd of 4,607 fancied his chances to graduate from the maiden ranks and as the co-favorite he returned .00. The largest Daily Double of the 28-day , old meeting was registered here this afternoon, as well as the biggest single win mu-tuel. In the first race, the first half of the Daily Double, the Char-Mar Farms Blue Brand was returned the winner under Continued on Page Forty-Three Eternal Boy 1 1 Lengths Winner in Ascot Sprint Quits Maiden Ranks After Three Consecutive Seconds at Meeting Continued from Page One the handling of the young apprentice rider, James Clemens. For those in the crowd who wagered the nominal to win, a 27.20 mutuel was posted. In the second race, H. Nutters Kenwood laurels, and this duo was also four and arid jockey Owen Headley took down the one-naif lengths the best of their closest rival. A single win ticket was worth 1.80 as the completion of a ,067.60 Daily Double. The sequence was a six-three and there were 21 tickets sold on the combination. Atta K. Mideas was graduated from the maiden ranks in the. third. Jockey Thomas Fortune had the five-year-old Aloraye gelding away on top, and he withstood a belated bid of E. Luthers Some Leggs to be best by three-quarters of a length. T. Rafterys Lucky Porter unseated his rider in the post parade of the third race, and did so right under the finish line. The four-year-old Hialea gelding did not allow a single rail fence "to stop his retreat to the barn, but forged right through it. Not too well regarded in the wagering, apprentice William Crawford again mounted with the help of "Andy" Anderson the track photographer, and then turned in a rather dull effort. A. R. Testas Fleet Cross turned-in his first victory of the year in the fourth race. Larry Gammon was his pilot and after coming througlr on the inside at the end of the lane to wrest command from Coruscate, he had four and one-half lengths the best at the end. Jockey Owen Headley had a double on the afternoons card when he piloted A. Glihas Special Blend to an easy four and one-half lengths victory in the fifth event.
