Evening star., 1953-04-05
Bryan 6. Is Second
In FaVorite's Role;
Guerin Has Big Day
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 4.-First
Glance, a Six-year-old son of
the great Discovery, charged
from third place in the stretch
at Jamaica today and pulled
away to a two-length victory for
Owner Alfred Vaderbilt in the
$29.600 Excelsior Handicap.
A whopping crowd of 50,851-
largest at Jamaica in two years
made First Glance the second
choice to C. T. Chenery's Bryan
c., the 9-to-5 favorite.
But Jockey Eric Guerin showed
the fans they were wrong,
whacking First Glance home
from a point just inside the
sixteenth pole after Bryan G.
and David Shaer's Sun Rene had
battled head and head during
most of the mile and one six
teenth.
Bryan G., winner of the 1851
Pimlico Special, was ridden by
OWE Scurlock into second place
by a length and a quarter over
Sun Rene. but the Stewards re-
lieyed Sun Rene of third money.
Sun Rene Disqualified.
AS soon as the horses crossed
the finish line, the officials called
for a look at the movies. They
charged that Sun Rene, with
William Lester up. had crossed
over in the stretch and inter-
fered with other horses.
They took down Sun Rene's
number, moved the Saxon
Dark Count into third, worth
$4,000, and hoisted John w.
Nizlek's La Fourche into fourth
spot, where the owner collected
$3.50. The winners time was
1:44 on a fast track.
It was a big afternoon all
around for Guerin and Wander
bilt, with the contract rider for
the New York and Maryland
sportsman getting four winners.
Three were Vanderbilt horses.
Guerin won the fourth race
with When In Rome ($4.7O) and
the seventh with Indian Land
($27 800 besides the big race. He
also took the second for Maine
Chance with Lady Jacowar
($1O.9O.
S59O,S55 Bet On Race,
For Vanderbilt, who hopes his
Native Dancer will grab plenty of
big purses in the Kentucky
Derby and other three-year-old
classics, it was a $20,50O profit
when First Glance made it home
first. Bryan G. had to settle for
$4,000 second money.
A total of $590,855 was bet on
the big race, with S116,224 on
Bryan G. to win and $99,243 on
First Chances nose.
The handle for the day was
$3.669, ,685.
First Glance was making his
second New York appearance of
the season, having finished
fourth behind Squared Away,
Bryan G. and Goodwillow in the
$25, 1000 Paumonok Handicap
Wednesday. That was at 6 fur
longs, not far enough for First
Glance to show his running legs.
Squared Away and Goodwillow
stayed in the barn today.
The winner, who raced in Cali
fornia during the winter with
moderate success, paid $6.70,
$3.50 and $2.70. Bryan G. was
$3.50 and $3.50 to place, and
Dark Count, $4.10 to show.
Eight started in the race after
the Maine Chance Farms Ad-
miral's Pride was a late scratch.
The winner packed 118 pounds,
one less than Bryan G., while
Dark Count had 106 pounds.
English Bred Wins.
Edward P. Bixer's Skoal, IT.
to-1 shot bred in England,
showed his heels to eight others
Including six Kentucky Derby
eligibles-in the six-furlong st.
Adams Purse.
Skoal, a son of the irish stall
lion Hunsingore, took charge
about a quarter of mile out and
romped home under Jockey
Eugene Rodriguez, AZ lengths
ahead of j. M. Roebling's South
Point. Ogden Phipps' Bassanio
was third. All three carried 116
pounds.