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■ n ■ . [. - #■ . On the Trot I - By MOKRIE KURLANSKT 1 Favorites Fail in 24 Class Pace Bob Ruggles Wins Third Section Trotter Dixie Tass Is Retired " MAYWOOD PARK, Maywood*, 111., May 9. — Tuesday nights featured 24 class pace proved popular with horsemen as 77 nomi- ■ nations "were received , ■ for this early-closing r event and 25 horses I were entered to race in three divisions. Lois : Scott, Roxburgh Hero and Plantation Chief ; were considered out- standing favorites in : their respective divi-: sions but none of them * reached the winners | " circle. The Iowa-owned j ? and bred colt Mark- away annexed the first division in clever style coming from far back after the 3-to-5 favorite Lois Scott and Banner Con, a highly regarded second choice raced each other into defeat with an extremely fast first quarter. As it turned out Banner Con had speed only for the first half mile to finish an exhausted eighth in the nine-horse field, while Lois Scott could not resist the stretch charge of Markaway, Double Thoughts and Kay Dona Dee but saved fourth-place money. In the second division, Edward Moodys four-year-old geldingr, Roxburgh Hero, driven by Glenn Kidwell, indulged once again in his costly habit of breaking stride soon after the start. Gary II. committed the same mistake, which left Poplar Pitt, Frisky Lad and the surprisingly good Bookmor to battle it out in the final quarter. The Brightside Farms Adios colt with Bob Parkinson at the reins was a little less tired than his two rivals to garner his second victory of the season in a comparatively slow 2:10%. The third division, regarded as the toughest, ended with a somewhat hollow victory for the Ohio speedster Bob Ruggles, driven by Joe Lighthill, as Plantation Chief made a bad break going into the turn and never fully recovered from the mishap. Salutation made a valiant bid at the half-mile mark and momentarily took the lead but when Lighthill pulled his gelding out at the five-eighths pole, the race was practically over. For Bob Ruggles it was the ninth victory out of 11 starts in his young career. Only two favorites won on Tuesdays nine-race program, one of them Joseph Mitchells three-year-old filly Dusty Grand, piloted by capable Clarence Cur- . tis,~ being especially impressive. Leading all the way in what was her second start the Dusty Hanover daughter remained undefeated and lowered her record to an appreciable 2:09%. The other favorite to make good was Henry Bloomes pacing mare Ellas Honor, who was meeting C class competition after being unplaced in five previous starts in CC class. . . . Both trotting events on Tuesday night ended with surprise victories of Sir Boris driven by John Goodnough and His Victory with Mel Harmening at the reins, respectively. Joe Lighthill, one of the leading drivers at this meeting, shipped his public stable to Wolverine Raceway, Detroit, this morning. . . . Dewey Urban, well-known Ohio owner-trainer, arrived here over the week end with five trotters and pacers. . . . Bob Parkinson started Brightside Farms pacing ace, Hundred Proof, on Monday night in a division of Rosecroft Raceways inaugural pace and finished third to Jay H. and Abbe Boy, the winner timed in 2:05%. . . . Harry Miller, well-known in the Chicago area for his outstanding victories with the trotting mare Lady Dunn, steered Kenny J. to a 2:04% triumph in the first division of the Rosecroft event. Kenny J. is well remembered here as he was a good winner both at Maywood and Sportsmans Park when handled by trainer Gene Riegle. The Rosecroft premiere was hampered by rain and the track had to be scraped and sanded. Floyd Milton decided to retire his trot-ing mare Dixie Tass, a one-time track record holder at Sportsmans Park and a winner of four races at this meeting, from active competition when she showed signs of distress in Tuesdays B class trot. Well aware of the outstanding performances of such top trotters as Katie Key, Lady Dunn and Torch Key, Milton will breed Dixie Tass to Long Key, a ranking sire of trotting speed in Illinois. . . . Members of the Brooklyn Dodgers world champion team enjoyed a night at Maywood Park and following the advice of T. J. Thibedeaux, the New Orleans expert just rrttim01! f — ■» *»■ to the Kentucky Derby, cashed in on a few winners. Guy McLaughlin arrived here with his two good pacers, Hi-Los Starwa and Mike Hal. . . . The Hayes Fair Acres horses bedded down here includes the two-minute nacer Frisco Creed, a 0,000 acquisition at Hollywood Park last fall. ... Henry Bloome was suspended for five days for going between horses without room causing crowding in the third race, May 8. . . . Brack Paris was suspended for three days for crossing over in front of the field and causing interference in the second race, May 7.
