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Smithson Scores Saddle Double at Ascot Park Victories Come Consecutively Aboard Jr. Ireland, Blue Shoes By W. A. CRUSE ASCOT PARK, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. May 14. — Jockey Guy Smithson. who was highly successful in this part of the country as an apprentice rider last year, celebrated a double saddle victory on this afternoons card. In the sixth race, he paddled through the rain and sloppy going with Mr. and Mrs. C. Deans Jr. Ireland and, while taking the overland route for the better part of the seven furlongs, was a length and one-half the best of J. W. Whites Blue India. He negotiated the distance in l:31as. and returned his supporters a .40 straight mu-tuel. In the seventh race, he had R. W. Mahans BJue Shoes up in time to be a half length the best of A. J. Kirbys Saucy Me. This combination negotiated the six Continued on Page Forty-Four i [ [ | [ Smithson Scores Saddle Double at Ascot Park Victories Come Consecutively Aboard Jr. Ireland, Blue Shoes Continued on Page Fifty-Two and one-half furlongs in the rain and slop 1 in 1:24 1 5, and returned . Jockey Thomas Fortune celebrated his j first win at this meeting. The Clevelander was astride J. Urban s Granite Flyn for the score and an impressive one it was, with 1 four lengths separating him and his closest rival, M. C. Pierces Boss Bennie, the odds-on ■ favorite. Fortune, in his 35 mounts, had [ five seconds and two thirds to date.
