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6,900 Grey Lag Brings Out Eight Third Brother Has Top Impost of 120 Chenery Homebred Clashes With Oh Johnny, Kingmaker And First Served at Jamaica By BOB IIORWOOD . JAMAICA. L. I.. N. Y., May 10.— C. T. Chenery s Third Brother, who gives the impression that he ranics between his elders. Hill Prince and Prince Hill, rather . than behind both of them, heads a field of eight in Saturdays 14th running of the Grey Lag Handicap at a mile and one furlong here at Jamaica. The son of Prince -quillo comes from two bad races at this course after racing brilliantly at Bowie earlier this year, but trainer J. H. "Casey" Hayes expects considerable improvement since he has worked on the deep training track at Belmont Park instead of the lightning fast main track. Third Brothers topweight is a moderate 120 pounds, two less than he carried when he finished fifth in the Excelsior here, beaten five lengths and with three of tomorrows field in front of him. If all eight start in the Grey Lag, which seems probable, the stakes will gross 6.-900 and reward the winner with a gross prize of 9,400. of which 00 represents the eligibility fees. The opposition to Third Brother, in order of the weights, is composed of Mrs. Wallace Gilroys Oh Johnny. Il9; Happy Hill Farms Kingmaker. 116: Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs First Served, Mis. C. Ulrick Bays Greek Spy and J. J. Crowleys First Served, 114 each; R. O. J. Streubers Pylades, 111. and King Ranchs Beam Rider, 109 pounds. Four Last Raced in Excelsior Beam Rider, Pylades, Paper Tiger and Third Brother all come out of the same race, the Excelsior at a mile and one sixteenth here on April 27. Beam Rider and Pylades. who finished second and third a neck apart, each drop a pound from that encounter, while Paper Tiger, who was a length and one-half farther back in fourth place, drops two, and Third Brother, who finished seventh, also drops two pounds. However, Beam Rider and Paper Tiger both lose the services of the jockeys who seem to fit them best, both Ted Atkinson and Conn McCreary having engagements out of town. No boy has yet been named for Beam Rider, though Bennie Green is reported under consideration, while Paper Tiger is also without a pilot at this writing. "Peejay" Bailey might wind up on the son of Stymie. First Served, who will be ridden by Eddie Arcaro, and Kingmaker, who will have the capable services of Bobby Ussery, a decidedly "hot" rider at this time, finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the Laurel Handicap at a mile and one-sixteenth on April 27. First Served, who is expected to vie for the lead with Pylades. led Kingmaker several lengths in that race, while in his previous outing led throughout an overnight event to beat Continued on Page Fifty-Seven — ■ V. Eight-Horse Field Goes " In 6,900 Grey Lag ! Third Brother Carries 120 in r Jamaica Nine-Furlong Feature Z Continued from Page Sixty Paper Tiger by a half length with Third Brother a length and one-half farther back. The Discovery gelding is penalized three pounds in relation to Third Brother and meets Paper Tiger on the same terms. Oh Johnny, who is probably the class of the Grey Lag field, surprised the majority by beating a clever field of sprinters in his first outing here. Last year, the son of Johns Joy won the Travers and two other stakes and got part of the money in 10 others, all at a distance of ground. Hedley Woodhouse, who knows him well, will again be im the saddle. Greek Spy, who a little more than a year ago was narrowly beaten by Oh Johnny in the Fountain of Youth Handicap at Gulfstream Park, flashed a return to form in his last start, beating a reasonably capable field at a mile and one -sixteenth. This colt, who has had more than his share of misfortune, will again be ridden by Eric Guerin. Raul Sterling will be on Pylades, who seems to have the full confidence of trainer B. F. Christmas. He led to within the eighth pole in the Excelsior and could go all the way tomorrow, despite the extra sixteenth. Yonug Sterling is possibly the best pilot of front runners now in the East. Four of the last five runnings of the Grey Lag resulted in a three-way photo finish and this renewal gives the impression, on paper, of being just as tight a fit. In fact, it is as difficult to select the favorite in the evenly matched at the weights field, as to forecast the winner. Last year, such stars as Nashua, Find and Fisherman finished under the proverbial blanket, while in the previous running 1952 Tom Fool beat Battlefield a nose with Alerted only a neck farther back. The previous year, Cochise, Find and County Delight were separated by the same margins, while in 1950 Lotowhite won by a nose, with the first five at the finish being within a length. Saturdays throng should have its share of thrills.
