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1 Donor Turns In Sparkling Effort To Account For Yankee Handicap JOCKEY TED ATKINSON Was astride four long-priced winners on Saturdays Belmont Park card, including Tailspin, winner of the Peter Pan Handicap. Toys With Royal Lover and . Atomic Power in Stretch Before Big Suffolk Crowd SUFFOLK DOWNS, East Boston, Mass., May 24. Deering Howes Donor, one of the leaders in the juvenile division last season, , propelled himself into a contending position for sophomore honors when he turned in a sparkling effort to account for the : 5,000 Yankee Handicap here this afternoon before a colorful and enthusiastic gathering of 33,196. Surging on the outside with a sharp move as the field made the final bend, the gelded son of Challedon-Orissa, by Purchase, simply toyed with his foes after assuming command, and at the finish he was a length and a half ahead of the Marlet Stables Royal Lover, a maiden, while the Rarco Stables Atomic Power, seemingly bogged by his top impost of 123 : pounds, hung on to take the show from : William Helis End of Strife. There were eight starters in the Yankee and all but one was an invader from either New York, New Jersey or Maryland. The only confirmed New Englander in the , group was the Green Hill Stables Bull Tar, and he failed to cut any figure in the run- ning. Job Dean Jessop came on from the Empire State to handle Donor, and although his mount was many, many pounds the best at the weights, his smooth operation in the saddle aided materially. Donor was full of run from the beginning, but Jessop wisely allowed the early pacemakers to spend themselves before aiming for the lead. The gelding raced the mile and three-sixteenths in 1:58, which was well off of Shut Outs track record of 1:55. The latter established his mark in the Yankee Handicap of 1942. The 5,000 that went to the winner increased Donors total earnings to 5,265 in two seasons of campaigning. May Giye Faultless Competition Donors plans for the future could not be ascertained after his exceedingly clever effort, but last season he whipped most of the leading youngsters and if he remains in his present form there is still a chance that he may give Faultless and others considerable competition. Never Impressive in appearance, Donor was easily the "ugly duckling" of the field as they paraded postward. He was second choice in the wagering, with Loyal Legion, winner of the Potomac Stakes at Havre de Grace, being the pronounced favorite. The latter, however, failed to measure up to this confidence and flattened out in the late stages under Doug Dodsons frantic urging. After the race, John Shepard m., president of the Yankee Network, presented Mrs. Deering Howe with a handsome trophy, while the horse earned a red, white and blue floral wreath. The start of the Yankee was good, but Jobstown was shuffled back slightly after taking several strides, although not enough to seriously impede his progress. Several of the contestants were placed under extreme pressure to reach the first turn in a contending position and when they made the arc, Loyal Legion slipped through on the rail with a bold spurt and Royal Lover, from the outside, took over. Once clear of the others, both Dodson, on the favorite, and W. L. Taylor, on Royal Lover, steadier their mounts. Those in back of them were fairly well bunched, with Continued on Page Forty Dark Jungle Triumphs In Steger With Ease Outruns Fayored Mighty Story By Five Lengths at Hawthorne Continued from Page One which was slow for the earlier part of the program, improved to fast before the better offerings on the card were contested. Theodore E. Muellers popular Shady Brook Farm silks were carried successfully by Papaloi in the Pittsburgher Purse, one of the chief supporting attractions. Given a rousing ride by diminutive Dale Pruitt, Papaloi drove to the finish of the six and one-half furlongs test, a head before R. W. Shaws fleet Shaws Pride, who was second by two and one-half lengths over Mrs. Phil Leons fast-finishing Sky Wolf. Woolford Farms well regarded Legislator had a rather rough trip and ran fourth, while J. H. Miles favored Rush Act could do no better than sixth in the field of nine start- ers. Rush Act, however, had some excuse, because he was in very close quarters for the greater part of the Pittsburgher distance. Papaloi stepped the six and one-half furlongs over the fast but dead track in 1:20 and, lightly regarded in the speculation, returned his scattered supporters odds of 14 to 1. Gregory and Boyens, Chicago patrons, furnished the winner in the six and one-half furlongs Mountain Ridge Purse, their Radio Joe driving to a nose verdict over Thunder Hoof, pacemaker for the major portion of the sprint. Two lengths back of the lapped leaders, After Eight whipped the five other starters for the minor portion of the purse. Radio Joe, ridden by Ralph Zufelt, paid slightly better than 4 to 1, after stepping the distance over the good.strip in 1:22. Mrs. F. Cohens Last Bill took a front-running graduation victory in the second race, a five-furlong dash for two-year-olds. Splendidly handled by the veteran Willie Garner, Last Bill lasted to earn top honors over Bert-Ram by a scant nose. Bill Twig raced evenly to be third in the field of seven starters. Last Bill was good for 3.40, straight, and, coupled in the Daily Double with Radio Joe, returned 2.80 in the special pool. Woolford Farms Leavenworth, ridden by Billy Floyd, was an easy winner of the Flattery Purse, finishing the one mile and one-sixteenth trip four and one-half lengths in advance of Late Thread, second by two and one-half lengths over the favored Bert. The latter made the pace to the stretch, but was no match for Leavenworth, and then faltered during the final furlong, losing second honors by a wide margin. Only six middle-distance performers met in the Flattery, and Leavenworth, coupled with Sublime in the Woolford Farm entry, paid 2and to 1. Running time was 1:47.
