Raise You Shows Way at Delaware: Leads Throughout Running Of Polly Drummond to Beat Imacomin by Almost Length, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-03

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Raise You Shows Way at Delaware DelawareLeads Leads Throughout Running Of Polly Drummond to Beat Imacomin by Almost Length LengthDELAWARE DELAWARE PARK Stanton Del June 2 Cotright Wetherills twoyearold chest ¬ nut filly Raise You a recent graduate from the maiden ranks provided a mild upset in Delawares eleventh Polly Drummond Stakes here today todayShowing Showing her gifted heels to seven rivals from start to finish of the fivefurlong dash the welltrained daughter of Case Ace Lady Glory led Brookfield Farms Imacomin threequarters of a length at the wire with the latter two additional lengths clear of Rokeby Stables Night Sound a rank outsider Raise You now boasting a record of two victories in three starts paid 1250 and was clocked the five furlongs in 101 over a good track trackFirst First of Delaware Parks juvenile filly fixtures the Polly Drummond served as the magnet for an enthusiastic midweek throng of approximately 10000 The re ¬ sult however proved something less than satisfactory to those who sent Woodvale Farms formidable brown youngster Ted ¬ dys Lady postward a stanch 6to5 choice Teddys Lady failed to display any sem ¬ blance of the speed or form she radiated in her recent graduation effort and was a straggling fifth The daughter of Teddy Weed On Tap could not launch a rally despite hard urging by Conn McCreary McCrearyWhy Why the Rush Eased Up UpAnother Another sour note in the proceedings was the stewards decision to permit Crispin Oglebays Why the Rush to start after the black filly had unseated her rider prior to the start and had run off some six fur ¬ longs More than 10000 had been wa ¬ gered on the Oglebay youngster and there was small wonder both jockey Larney Hansman and Why the Rush were the tar ¬ get of a rising crescendo of boos when the filly finally reached the finish line after having been eased up leaving the back stretch during the running runningRaise Raise You clearly deserved her Polly Drummond victory because she had the speed to assume command at the start and held on with bulldog tenaciousness when ImaComin the lone stakes winner in the group made a bold run at her in the final finalContinued Continued on Paae Three Raise You Leads Throughout Polly Drummond at Delaware DelawareContinued Continued from Page One Onesixteenth sixteenth Recent winner of Garden State Parks Rancocas Stakes ImaComin was close to the pace from the start and was gradually wearing the winner down al ¬ though she finished almost in the center of the track under veteran Mike Basile BasileRaise Raise Yous victory was worth 10650 to owner Wetherill a wellknown turf enthu ¬ siast of Abington and in addition topped off a riding double for Johnny Breen who had scored in the second event astride Wild Drift DriftH H Hessey Millers steadygoing bay geld ¬ ing Hearth Mouse recaptured winning form to score a clear cut victory over Cedar Farms favored George Case in the Mont chanin Handicap which was the secondary feature on the program


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