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Dr Joe Kay Surprises in Plainfield Mundprf Is Aboard Sportsmans Triple TripleGeorge George Gerber Colorbearer Defeats Favored Akboy as Happy Lad Finishes Third ThirdSPORTSMANS SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero IllfMay 3 Dr Joe Kay a fouryearold owned by George Gerber furnished a mild surprise here this afternoon when he defeated the shortpriced favorite Akboy in a hard fought finish in the featured Plainfield an allowance race for three and four yearolds Dr Joe Kay making his second start of the session gained an advantage when he saved ground entering the stretch while Akboy was swinging to the middle of the track and he was up to take the honors by a head under the riding of Jimmy Truman who was registering his first score of the meeting Akboy with Willie Collier leading rider here aboard beat Happy Lad by two lengths for sec ¬ ond place Dr Joe Kay paid 1560 and ran six and onehalf furlongs on a track that was fast for the first time since the meet ¬ ing began in 120 120Akboy Akboy despite his defeat ran a good race He was bumped at the start but overcamejthat difficulty to move up to challenge Slash for the leadership on the first turn Slash and Akboy raced down the backstretch well in advance of the others and the favorite was drawing out when he went to the middle of the track on the final bend With Slash dropping out jof it Dr Joe Kay who had been third in the first part became the one to beat and al ¬ though Akboy was in the fan until about the last 50 yards Dr Joe Kay had the most left at the finish finishThe The attendance on this sunny but cool and windy afternoon was the lightest of the meeting being 8024 8024Job Job Jessop Victim of Spill SpillVeterans Veterans jockey Job Dean Jessop who was badly injured when a horse fell with him during the running of a race here last fall again came to grief when his mount Msgr Dugan went down nearing the stretch turn in the fith race The grey fouryearold seemed to be in close quar ¬ ters before the accident Jessop was taken to a Chicago hospital for examination examinationPicafriend Picafriend who recently came out of winter quarters was winner of the event and paid 7420 The filly ridden by Tony Skoronski and trained by Ralph Salvino slipped through on the inside on the stretch turn to take a length lead and out finished the favored Mammas Baby who had been off porly The distance was six furlongs furlongsNebraska Nebraska jockey Robert Mundorf stole the show in the early events when he rode the winners of each end of the Daily Dou ble and also accounted for the fourth race In scoring his triple Mundorf moved into Contention for the riding honors at the meeting The boy from the Cornhusker State was on Kind Challa who got up near the end to take the opener and came back with Royal Witch in the second Each racer was well played and the Daily Double paid 3600 3600Ruche Ruche in the fourth race was Mundorf s third winner of the afternoon The seven yearold gray after having displayed speed from the start lasted to hold Mektoub un ¬ der urging Nagol a twoyearold owned by Dan Logan and ridden by Howard Craig won his second purse of the meeting when he took the third The son of Free for All Narki overcame the disadvantage of a poor start to race around his field and win going away He paid 2440 Helsa the favorite finished last in the half njile dash
