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On the Trot I -By MORRIE KURLANSKY Post favorites Win Eight of Nine Burright Again Steals Spotlight Onyx Posts Third Straight Here MAYWOOD PARK, May wood. 111.. May 15. — In an almost sensational display of consistency, post favorites won eight of , the nine races here r _ Tuesday night when JMSta*. racing resumed after WBk. an interval of two Wk* nights caused by the - JJmMk eighth cancellation on "HSmm Monday. Although this j-4* gyB meeting has been % WbM plagued by abnormally sWBm bad weather since _tJmm,r , L opening night, as wit- jttm w ~H nessed by the record V jg JM number of rain-outs. V M k public choices have B scored with an amazing regularity, regardless of track and weather conditions. At the conclusion of Tuesdays program, favorites had won a total of 123 out of 292 races for a percentage of 42, which is about seven points above normal, while post favorites had finished in the money at a ratio of three out of four. Once again, Harry Burright stamped the night with his driving: feats by scoring two victories and finishing second three times out of a total of six starts. The outstanding Illinois reinsman marked Roy Corrells steadily improving pacing gelding, Tuffy Grattan, in an appreciable 2:07?f, and gave Everett Sherrys trotting mare, Miss Una. a best time of 2: 10 fc. While both Tuffy Grattan and Miss Lin a were well favored by the sizable crowd of 5,221 harness fans, Burrights other mounts only received scanty support in the wagering. Miss Whitney, a 41-to-i shot in her last winning efforts, was installed a 6-to-5 favorite in Tuesdays claiming pace. Driven by Ray Wagner for his father, E. P. Wagner of Springfield, the Brookdale mare opened up a 10-length lead on the back-stretch and maintained a four-length advantage turning for home. It was then that Burright gave another fine example of his superb reinsmanship. coming from out of the pack with Guy Haven to rouse this Wisconsin pacer to such a tremendous finish to almost beat Miss Whitney in 2 : 08, which is faster than Guy Haven ever went in his career. Incidentally. Miss Whitney, was claimed from this race by Donald Li. Moran for another raid on Wagners racing stock that has shown to surprisingly good advantage at this meeting. Prior to Miss Whitney, the Wagner stable lost Hal Spencer and Minneapolis, although the latter was claimed back at a higher price. Females of the standarbred species showed amazing superiority Tuesday over a lightning fast track for which track superintendent, Earl "Doc" McMillan, and his capable trackman, Matt Harbutt, deserve high praise. Edward Moodys black pacing filly, Roxburgh Jean, guided by Glen Kid well, who is establishing a marvelous record percentage-wise, easily stole the show when she raced to a mark of 2:04%, leading her field virtually from wire to wire after having disposed of Linetts early bid on the clubhouse turn. It was the fourth victory for the Popular Abbe daughter in 10 starts this season, and the 14th win for trainer-driver Kidwell. The ex-pilot is in third place in the driver standings, which is led by Burright, who has 23 wins out of 137 starts. But Kidwell has by far the best in-the-money percentage, maintaining a high score of .486. C. M. Saunders trotting filly, Onyx, driven by Jim Fitzpatrick, chalked up her third successive victory here, defeating the excellent three-year-old colt, Payne Hanover, who had Mel Harmening at the reins, in 2:07%. The Titan Hanover colt, although starting from the extreme outside post position, was on top after an eighth and set a rapid pace to succumb only in the final strides to the Butler filly. As mentioned before, Payne Hanover definitely will bear watching in important colt stakes to come at Sportsmans Park. Dr. H. T. Wills Chicago-owned trotting mare, Lady Brookwood, a development of the late Jake Mahoney, and now trained and driven by Ed Nehlig, finally rewarded her legion of followers with a fine, front -racing victory in a B-class trot Tuesday night. The Darnley mare was always considered to be a real good trotter, and, though she disappointed in a number of races last summer when Dr. Wills changed trainers twice in midsea-son, she is finally settling down and has become a usable race tool, without the flightiness and erratic behavior that marred hej faandStHlAfWHtlh 1 1
