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board. News Again returned
$3.50 and $40. and a show
ticket on Tritium was worth SO.
Montpelier's entry of Saratoga
and Tiberian, and Gene Con-
stantin, jr.'s Our Prince, the
first to finish in the third race
are eligible for the $15,000-added
Spalding Lowe jenkins Novem-
ber 2, the day before the Wash
ington, D. c., International. The
Spalding is for 2-year-olds at a
mile and one-sixteenth.
Montpelier is owned by Mrs.
Marion DUPONT Scott, and Frank
A. Bonsal trained Saratoga, the
winner, and Tiberian, who was
third.
One well-known Washington
disc jockey, shooting for the
moon, collected a 1857 daily
double when Sailor Lad and
Kay's Children, 80. won the
first two races. Sailor Lad, ridden
by Oliver Cutshaw. paid a fat
$48.80 to win, while Kay's Chill
dren returned $12.40.
Nelson Isn't Worried.
Nelson said he wasn't worried
about the outcome al. ar1v STA 90
Of the race.
I rode this horse before" the
rider said, land wasn't ever wor-
ried. started up on the outside
but there was just as much room
along the inside, so I went there.
The further he goes the more he
wants to rum
Indeed Stan didn't look any
the worse for wear when he came
into the winners circle where
Lady Makins, wife of the British
Ambassador. presented a trophy
to Trainer Harold Simmons, rep
resenting Reuben and Trainer
Harry Trotsek. Lady Makins was
escorted by George A. Garrett,
former United States Ambassa- =
dor to Ireland and a racing en-
thusiast with his own stable of
horses.
Mrs. j. r.. H. Thouron's Royal
Governor jumped out in front at
the start of the race, with C. v.
Whitney's Cold Command next.
followed by Tritium and County
Clare. Dave German, who rode
Sunglow last year, had the
mount on Cold Command, who
finished last.
Tritium Goes to Front.
Jockey Ronnte Nash took
Tritium in front on the club
mouse turn and kept the 4-year-
old son of Cosmic Bomb there
until they were half way through
the stretch when Stan took COM
mand. Shuk had County Clare
In second place going to the last
turn, and at that point it seemed
that Brookemeade would take the
first two places. But Shuk
couldn't keep the colt going and
finished fifth.
Nelson took Stan at an easy
pace throughout the earlier
stages of the race, but he gave
the horse a couple of whacks
going around the last turn, and
Stan responded with a bound.
For a time it seemed that Nelson
might be blocked in the stretch.
but he came through the opening
between the Brookmeade pair
like a guided missile, just after
passing the eighth pole, and that
was it. Nelson gave Stan a hand
ride to the wire with the oncom-
ing News Again too far back to
seriously threaten.
Third Win in 8 Starts.
It was STAINS third victory in
eight starts this year, bringing
his earnings to $183, ,l25. He won
the Meadowland Handicap at
Washington Park by five lengths
in his last start, and before that
took the Arlington Park Handi-.
cap, both at a mile and three
SixteenthS. by neck. But in his
last race he was drawing awav
when the field hit the wire.
Brown Booter, ridden by Ben
ME Green, ran steady race,
getting of fifth and moving up
to second behind Tritium on the
backstretch, but the Our Boots
colt lost ground on the turn and
although he regained some OF it
in the stretch couldn't catch the
first three.
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