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Manteau Manteau Victor Victor in in Domino; Domino; Portersville Portersville Annexes Annexes Carter Carter JOCKEY KENNETH CHURCH Was astride four winners on yesterdays Balmoral program, including Manteau in the featured Domino Stakes. 31,837 See Church Ride Fourth Winner Citation Colt Drives Past Jet Colonel at Balmoral to Tally by More Than Length By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., May 30. Manteau, a stretch-running son of Citation Stole, put forth an excellent closing exhibition here this afternoon to take the 3,050 Domino Stakes at six furlongs before a holiday crowd of 31,837. Given a well-judged ride by jockey Ken Church, who was steering his fourth winner of the day, Manteau, the favorite, came from behind Jet Colonel, the second choice, in the last furlong to win by a length and one-quarter under pressure. The colt carried the silks of Louis Lee Hag-gin II., who was present for the victory, and he is trained by Howard Hoffman. Freeman Keyes Reverie Knoll Farms Jet Colonel, with Alan Burton, the Aus tralian jockey aboard, beat Ralph Lowes Hatibound by a length and one-half for second place. Hatibound was racing coupled with Aberion. Third Straight at Meeting The winner earned a gross purse of 4,-050 and a net of 3,825 in winning his third straight race at this meeting, paying .40. His time for the Domino distance was 1:10. A field of 12 started in the Domino and Hatibound took command soon after the start, with Jet Colonel in second place After leaving the backstretch the field spread out pretty well, and coming to the stretch bend, Hatibound was three lengths m front of Jet Colonel and the gap separating the latter from Jet Sub, the third horse, was two lengths. Jet Sub was three lengths in advance of the others. It was still quite a spread as they came to the Continued on Page Fifty-Six . o , Manteau Victorious in Domino; 31,837 See Balmoral Program j j , j I Citation Cole Drives Past Jet Colonel in Last Eighth To Give Church Fourth Win Continued from Page One eighth pole, with Hatibound still leading and Jet Colonel cutting his margin. At this stage Manteau was fifth and moving rapidly, while Jet Colonel had replaced Hatibound as the leader. In the last 50 yards it was Manteau under hard riding, but Church took command and although Jet Colonel, the races highweight with 126 pounds, gave his all, he was not equal to the task. A Memorial Day that started out ideally as far as weather was concerned, became rather hazy in the latter afternoon and a chill wind sprung up. It was expected that the pari-mutuel handle for the day would go over the ,000,000 mark. The track was fast. Ken Church, up on Manteau, said: "Hes got one big stretch wallop and he really unleashed it today. I was a little undecided on the far turn whether to take him in or go on the outside. I chose the outside and asked him for his best at the three-eighths pole, and believe me, I knew hed win it at the three -sixteenhs pole he was finishing that strong." Alan C. Burton, up on Jet Colonel: "He ran very kindly for me today. He probably needed this race." Third Victory Astride Solution Jockey Ken Church kept pace with jockey BUrr when he rode his third winner of the day in the seventh. Church was up on the three -year-old Solution and tha t gelding, who scored by 10 lengths in his only other race here, won by six today. Second to him was Dip Chick, an outsider, while Euphony, the favorite, finished last in the field of 10. The distance was seven furlongs and Solution, the second choice, paid .20. In the fifth race, a six-furlong dash for three-year-old, Clifford Lusskys filly, Trading, a daughter of Rippey, was the winner, with Trumpington finishing second in the six-furlong dash. Third place in the seven-horse field went to Feature Double. The winners time on a fast racing strip was 1:12 and she was ridden by Earl Knapp. She paid 1.20. Jolly Joker, who disappointed here recently, was installed as the favorite, but could not do better -than finish a well-beaten last after having been fairly close up in the early running. Doris Hart and Fortune N. made the pace, but when they weakened in the stretch, Trading took command on the outside. However, Trading was doing her best at the finish to hold Trumpington, an outsider, who was gaining. The race marked the second triumph for Trading in nine starts this year. She was bred by her owner. Jockeys Charlie Burr and Ken Church divided the riding honors in the first four races, each piloting a couple of winners. Burr had his pair first. He scored with Lejo in the first and Fleet Argo in the second to complete a Daily Double that paid 0.20. Both Lejo and Fleet Argo were the favorites in 12-horse fields. Jockey Burr rode his third winner of the afternoon when he had the outsider, Manassas, up to win the sixth race going away. The race was run on the turf and King Bruce U., the second choice, set the pace and finished second. Dark Toga, the favorite, was third in the 12-horse field. Manassas, owned by John Zitnik, paid 4.80. Church had his initial winner on Ethel-Rita, a two-year-old who took the third. It was a five-furlong dash and the daughter of Revoked was winning for the second time in three starts at this meeting. She took command in the stretch, but was doing her best coming to the end to hold In the Country, who was the public choice.
