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Greek Greek Game Game Wins Wins in in Seasonal Seasonal Bow; Bow; Laqides Laqides Records Records First First U.S. U.S. Victory Victory Overtakes Distaff Rivals at Belmont French Miss Downs Tiring Next Day to Win by Three And Half; Boland Astride By BOB IIORWOOD BELMONT PARK, Elmont, L. I., N. Y„ June 20. — Taking command with authority when the pacemakers ran out of wind in the final furlong, Lazy F. Ranchs French filly, Lagides, scored her first victory in the United States on the 10th attempt when she took todays featured button Place Purse by three and a half lengths over Christopher T. Chenerys Next Day. Next Day just lasted to save second honors by a nose over Morty Freedmans Gay Life, who came from last place with a belated rush. 0- Mahlon Klines Last Slam finished fourth. The only three-year-old in the small field of five fillies and mares, second choice to Next Day with the crowd of 15,282, Lagides returned .50 after Bill Boland urged her over the mile and a furlong in a moderate 1:51%. Stakes Victress Abroad Lazy F. Ranch is the nom de course of Mrs. L. R. Farish and Mrs. E. H. Gerry, of Houston, Texas. Lagides, a brown daughter of Lacaduv — Galeace, by Galene, was imported by trainer Oleg Dubassoff soon after she won the important Prix de Conde at a mile and a quarter at Longchamp in October of her juvenile year, 1955. Next Day, as expected, took command at the start of the feature, but when Mike Sorrentino sent Last Slam out to run with her. Atkinson eased the favorite back until she was a couple of lengths behind the younger filly. Lagides, profiting by the comparative sldw pace, was only about two lengths farther back rounding the far turn, while Atkinson was beginning to have to rouse Next Day, and not getting too much response. At this_point Lovely Wave and Gay Life were far back. Last Slam continued to lead by more than a length turning into the stretch, but . Continued on Page Forty-Nine Lag ides Captures First U. S. Purse Downs Tiring Next Day by Three and Half Lengths in Belmont Distaff Headliner Continued from Page One Lagides surged up on the outside and obviously dominated the two leaders, though she had passed thejTurlong marker a stride or two before actually taking, command. At the same time, Last Slam suddenly wilted, but Next Day was also tiring badly and could not have held Gay Life for another jump as that filly completed a long run that started at the three-furlong pole. At the end, Boland was still keeping Lagides about her "business and her score was hardly a duplication of her French form, though better than her previous starts here. Broussard Wraps Up Double Jockey Ray Broussard monopolized the Daily Double, winning the first two races . on Mrs. Vernon G. Cardys Alpine White and M. Mac Schwebefs Loukenmac. The combination paid 5.20. Alpine White, a son of Sir Winston Churchills Colonist n., ran over the pacemaking Half Nelson in the seven-furlong opener to triumph by two lengths in a modest 1:26%. It was another two lengths back to Big Bad W.t who led Robando by a length. Alpine White returned 5.00 straight. Loukenmac charged up between horses in the final sixteenth of the second race, a six-furlong dash, reaching the wire a length before H«te War, who was the same margin before Tuckaroe. The favored Royal Spy finished a head out of the money after leading into the stretch. Loukenmac paid .80 str« bt and was teletimed in 1:12%. Eddie Nelov, who took over the training j of Charley Cohens Charfran Stable this week, had the measure of greeting the first colt he sfWied for his patron in the winners c? r»]e: but also hod to wait out a foul claim. Te horse was Slider, who won the • sixth race by almost a length over Clearwater Ff"VT"s favored War Eagle, who led William A. Smiths Trace by another length ?"d a half at the end of six-furlongs in 1:72. Immediately after the race, Michael "Hariri, who rode the favorite claimed Bbbv TJssery and Slider had bother v?*n in the "stretch. The raatrol films ir—*-1 it rli*r. however, that the of-fentfnr, if pny? was Trace, who came out at the fir"1 carrying slider with him. Slider paid 2.20 to his scattered admirers.
