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he took the lead and pulled away to win by a commanding eight lengths, giving the crowd of close to 10,000 an exciting finish.
“Speedy’s got to stop scaring us like that,” Private Gary’s owner, Dr. Joseph M. Rogers, said after the race. “I had no idea he (Private Gary) would come on like that.”
Juliet Graham set the early pace for the 4-mile race on Randy Waterman’s Vulgan’s Heir followed by Charlie Conaway on Toasted Lightly and Private Gary.
Classic Line took the lead just after the end of the first lap and led to the last fence with Private Gary following behind by as much as 12 lengths at times.
It was Private Gary’s second start, and second win, of the season. He won the Howard County Cup two weeks before the Oatlands meet.
Private Gary last raced, and won, the Eustis Cup in 1983. Three weeks later he won the Virginia Gold Cup. In 1984 Dr. Rogers’ Constantine won the Eustis Cup and then went on to win the Gold Cup. Maybe Private Gary will make it three years in a row for Dr. Rogers at Great Meadow on May 4?
After two second places this season and being disqualified from a first place for missing a flag, Robert L. Banner Jr. felt very relieved to win the Times-Mirror owner-rider timber race at Oatlands.
In the Middleburg Hunt point-topoint two weeks ago Mr. Banner was first under the wire on his Gala Golightly but was disqualified for missing a fence. There was a question about whether he and other riders had missed a flag at Oatlands, but the stewards decided no foul had been committed and let the results stand unaltered.
“It always scares me when I go round Mr. Banner admitted with a laugh later. “I made a number of in(Continued
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