Evening star., 1951-10-14
Maine Chance FiIIy
Beats Faberose by
Nose at IS Odds
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other stakes win in the Schuyler
vile at Saratoga. Mrs. Graham's
little girl has been raced lightly
and now has four wins in seven
starts, finishing out of the money
only once.
There was considerably more
than glory in the Selma win for
Mrs. Graham, the Elizabeth Arden
of the cosmetic business. She re-
ceived a large chunk of Silverware
and $38, $50 in 'long green" And
she was on hand to get her purse
from Breckenridge Long, a Laurel
director. The purse, fattest Of the
Laurel season. swelled Rose Jets
earnings to $98,185.
Won BY Many Good Ones.
Thus Rose Jet added her name
to long list of distinguished VIM.
ners of the Selma. The race, one
of the top prizes in racing, has
been won by the likes of Bateau
Q920, Nellie Flag 1880. Bush
er u944. Bed O'RoSes Q949)
and Aunt Jimmy last year. among
others. A number of them, in
cluding the two previous winners,
went on to be filly champions, and
one. Nellie Flag. was the post-t time
.1avorite in the 1885 Kentucky
Derby.
Rose Jets time. a fiat lat for
the mile and sixteenth, was far
from sensational, but the track
was bit dead after Thursdays
rain. The time was the slowestI
since Bee Ann Mac won in the
mud in 1916.
Nearly a Million Bet.
Striking AFL mutuel clerks were
still out in force picketing the en-
frances to Laurel, but it didn't
seem to cut much into the attend
ance. The fans bet a total of
$980,503 for the day.
Guerln. who won the Selma IN
1949 on Bed o'Roses, broke Rose
Jet on top and she clung tena-
ciouSly to the lead all the way to-
the stretch where Fabeose took
oven between calls. Rose Jets
biggest margin was a half length
at the three-quarter mark. But
Faberose and a couple of long
shots, Lady In Blue and Hummy
were grouped right with the
Graham entry most of the way
around.
Knot Hole also was we'll up
most OF the way and seemed a real
threat at the top of the stretch.
But the Greentree filly went a.
bit wide into the home lane and
was able to pass only the tiring
Lady In Blue and Hummy from
then on. Knot Hole was a we'll
beaten third, finishing Az lengths
behind Faberose. The stretch
fight was strictly between Rose
SeL ana faDefOSe. |
Both Guerin and Jackie West
rope, who rode Faberose, put up
near-perfect rides. Faberose Just
seemed to run out of gas at the
finish. For Westrope, who back inI
the l930s was one of the most
popular and successful riders at
Maryland tracks. it was the first
visit to Laurel in years. He, |!
Guerin, Ted Atkinson. aboard
Knot Hole. and others, came
down from New York to ride inIl
the Selma.
NOTES.-The 1874 combination
OF Roundelay and Balmoral re-
turned Sl29.40 in the daily double
Favorite players, who have
Jared poorly at Laurel, had moth
ing to cheer about until F. E.
James Changeling, something of
a star in Maryland's spring racing, :
won the fourth race at a $6.4O
payoff :. Chalk players took an
other beating in the fifth when
the eVen-money choice, w. j.
Walden's Circus Clown, was ae
well-beaten second to Jess Lin 4.
thicum. named after the Balti-
more sportSwriter.
A pressbox visitor was Sonny
Workman. who won the Selma ;
with Jabot in 1888 The first
five horses to finish in the eighth i
race were numbered 4, S, 6, Z and Il
3 The winner, Mrs. w. w.
Waters Sassy Chick, opened up a
long early lead but Jockey L. CT
Cook took no chances and
whipped her all down the home