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LOUISVILLE EACING DRAWS SATURDAYS CROWD A GREAT ONE DESPITE UNFAVORABLE TRACK CONDITIONS Polly Prim Wins the Clark Handicap from The Minks and Pinkola Al Muller Is Beaten by Darknight Louisville Ky May 0 For the first time since the beginning of this meeting favorable weather pre ¬ vailed and it caused a large attendance The track however was frightfully Iwd and it required the sturdiest type of thoroughbred to run in the going successfully Under favorable conditions todays card would have been a splendid offering containing as it did the Clark Handicap in which 102 horses were originally nominated The bad going however precluded any possibility of a big field and little disappointment was manifest when only three start ¬ ers fought it out for the 1070 that went to the winner J R Wainwrights good filly Polly Prim ran a splendid race and landed the prize after a terrific struggle In the last furlong to outstay The Minks while Pinkola far back took the small por ¬ tion of the purse Polly Prim was greatly favored by good racing luck inasmuch that Pinkola and The Minks in the early running indulged in a bumping match With her clear sailing Powers was enabled to keep Polly Prim in the lead for threequarters under steadying restraint and when The Minks chal ¬ lenged in the stretch run she had enough to with ¬ stand his rush Pinkola labored in the going and showed a tendency to sulk His performance today was not his true form formThe The condensed history of the Clark Handicap since 1000 is as follows Year Winner A Wt Jockey Val Tim 1000 Lieutenant Glbsonl27 Boland 3350 154 154J001 J001 His Eminence 127 Winkfield y350 1 55 1002leatb 7 115 Slack 1000147 1003 Loves Labor 100 Scully 2150 148 1004 Colonial Girl 5 100 Lyne 2170148 1005 Batts 4 104 Nicol 2070 153 J J10W 10W Hyperion II 3 103W Mclntyre 2100 140 1207 The Minks 4 110 Nicol 1820 150 1008 Polly Prim 5 1171V Powers 1G70 153 J Changed JChanged to handicap for threeyearolds and over and distance reduced to 1 115 miles milesThe The third race for sprinters at threequarters brought together a good band of shortdistance racers and resulted in the defeat of the heavily supported Al Muller by Darknight Al Muller might have been best today but the inexperienced Ed miston rushed him into exhauston in the first half and he was unable to withstand the winners chal ¬ lenge at the end Colonel Bob by showing an im ¬ proved performance over his last previous effort landed in third place placeThe The closing race went to Margaret Randolph pay ¬ ing a long price in the straight nmtnels Ed Kane which finished second ran the best race but under Incompetent riding he was forced to sustain de ¬ feat The poor showing of Synchronized caused un ¬ favorable comment but it was unwarranted as he la a poor sort of racer racerTony Tony W showed himself to be a fair sort of colt especially on a muddy track by the easy manner in which he disposed of his opponents in the fifth race Light Blue which lln isjied third might have given him a closer argu ¬ ment but for the fact that he was subjected to much early interference Judge Lneders a flashy looking youngster owned by Fred Cook and for which he paid a stiff price made his debut in tho race and showed speed but was tiring near the nd He runningThat will show improvement and reverse this running That Advancing is a good filly was again demon ¬ strated in the opening race when she made a show of the other starters and won with ridiculous ease from Lillian Ray and Inela InelaBoserrlau Boserrlau proved a surprise when he led for the entire trip in the second race and won witli plenty to spare from Floridaglen
