Evening star., 1953-11-22
Joe Jones Captures
Other One al Bowie
As 17,415 Watch
BY Lewis +. Atchison
Sior Stoff Correspondenf

SSUAS ENhShtSOu
Stor Stuff Correspondent
BOWIE, Md, Nov. 21.-Forced
to divide an unwieldy field of 18
horses into two divisions for the
second running of the $4,000
added Fort McHenry Handicap.
Bowie officials today gave 17,415
fans a couple of upset winners
and two Of the best races yet run
at this rebuilt course.
They also provided a new track
record for seven furlongs when
Mrs. Chester A. Lyons Penocc
stepped the distance in 1885,
knocking two-fifthS of a second
off Eskimo'S previous mark set
in 1929. Penocc won by three
fourths of a length over the Bud
dab Stables Sunny Dale, with S.
r. Fry's Our Emblem a neck be-
hind in third place.
The first half, run as the sixth
race, went to Mrs. Ethel D.
Jacobs Joe Jones. an invader
from New York, trained by her
husband and piloted by Jockey
Dave German. Three-year- -old
Joe was only a fifth of a second
off the seven-furlong mark,
which in the absence of a chute
at that distance until last year,
was regarded as sort of a syn
thetic record. Joe was clocked
in 1924 fiat.
Both races were truly run over
q fast track.
70-tO-1 Shot Second.
Joe Jones finished three quar-
ters of a length ahead of Phan-
tom Farms Nullify. a 70-to-1
shot, who was neck in front of
Mrs. G.. H. Fishback's Columcille.
the early-pace setter. Frank
Baldi's Dinner Winner was an
other neck back with E. p Tay-
lor's Navy Page, the 3-to-2 fav-
orite, nearly two lengths farther
back in fifth place.
Joe Jones paid $500, $500
and $5.40 Nullify, who didn't
show much in the early stages,
moved to the outside entering
the stretch and really opened up
to get second money. He paid
$49.20 and $2160.
German, who gave up riding
a couple of years ago because
of weight and then made
comeback, got Joe Jones out in
front going down the back
stretch. The veteran rider, whose
father won a stakes race riding
on PLATE at Bowie years ago,
had to call on all his skill to
hold off Nullify and Columcille,
but his horse had a little some
thing at the end.
1t was Joe Jones fifth victory
in 90 starts this year and the
$11.1625 so he earned today boost
ed his take for the year to $685.
$3.50.
4NASh JAAhh OI CuOGCs
Penocc'S price was almost the
same as that Of Joe Jones. The
5-year-old gelded son of Oc-
cupy-Pennant Lass, paid $3.50,
$3.50 and $3.50, and he earned
every penny of his purse. Nick
Shuk was in the irons and the
popular rider got down to busi-
ness Immediately.
Penocc, breaking from the
outside. streaked ahead of his
eight rivals down the back
stretch, opening up four-length
lead. 1t looked like Shuk was
trying to steal the race. If lar
ceny was in Nicks mind he had
an able accomplice, for Penocc
didn't stop. Nick kept his horse
away from the rail, allowing
himself plenty of racing room.
Sunny Dale gave Penocc's sup
porters a couple of anxious mo-
. ments with a blistering stretch
run. Shuk seemed almost too
casual in the last few strides as
Glen LassWell came charging at
him. But Penocc had sufficient
lead to hold off his rivals.
1t was Penocc's fifth victory in
81 starts this season. He won
$19.675 last year for his Penn
sylvania owner, but today's earn
ings put him far ahead of that
figure with $28,O29.50 for 1858.
Running the feature in two
divisions meant paying out an
extra $4,000 by Bowie, but the
fans responded we'll at the pari-
mutuel windows, sending $1,549,-
443 into the machines. 1t was
Bowies best day in attendance
and betting since the new own
ers took over and rebuilt the
track.
Bowie'S best day last year was
December 13, when 14,329 fans
wagered $1,367,065. The record
mutuel handle is $1,635,815, bet
on December l. 1851.
Betting on the co-featureS was
brisk. The crowd sent in $225,-
103 on the sixth race. of which
S47,956 went down the drain on
Navy Page.
In the seventh the fans wag-
cred 1921 ,969. This amount was
distributed more evenly, but the
crowd made Sam Serpico's The
Spaniel 5-to-2 favorite, putting
$31 ,490 on his nose. c. Mahlon
Kline'S Kaster, prominently men
toned as the pre-race favorite,
attracted $28,883 and ended up
as 3-to-1 second choice. He fin
iShed fourth.