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1 I ] 1 1 i s I i | | | | 1 I i ■ ; • 1 1 FOUR STRAIGHT WINS ♦ Unbeaten Rock Man Continues On His Triumphant Way. ♦ Easily Accounts for Incentive Stakes, Featnre of Saturdays Pimlico Program. PIMLICO, Md., May 9.Rock Man, the unbeaten son of Trap Rock — Lydia A., which races in the colors of the Sagamore Stable, owned by Mrs. Raymond T. Baker of Washington and Newport, scored his fourth consecutive victory at Pimlico today in the Incentive Stakes, the feature of the afternoons program. His triumph provided a slight thrill. On his previous races, the stake was believed to be at his mercy and he was accordingly backed into prohibitive favoritism, 3 to 20 being quoted against him as he journeyed postward. He accomplished his task in short order. Albert Johnson took him into the lead with the rise of the barrier and the colt merely 1 galloped in advance of his four opponents for the remainder of the four and a half 1 furlongs, winning hard held by four lengths. What excitement there was in the event was provided by Foretell. Lanark and Quaker Lass. The three of them raced head and head until they reached the top of the stretch. Here Quaker Lass dropped out of it while Lanark went on. Barnes meanwhile hugged the rail with Foretell and the ground he saved with his mount enabled him to trim Lanark for second place. The latter finished fast after Lang succeeded in straightening him out. Silken Mane, the only other starter, was never a factor. STEEPLECHASE TO RELENTLESS. Relentless was an easy winner in the Hampden Steeplechase, for which she was a well-backed favorite. Cheyne rode a confi- | , dent race on this mare. In the early run- | , ning he took her under restraint and waited I until after going more than half the way I before he permitted her to really run and, | when released from restraint. Relentless drew away into a commanding lead and at the end won with plenty in reserve by a : half dozen lengths. Lizard, one of the Wide-ner jumpers, was second and Owen Tudor j third. The latter tired badly in the last quarter. Kennedy rode a desperate race on ! ■ him, going to a drive after taking the tenth jump in an effort to get to the leader. Re-lentless always held him safe and the re-1 J suit was that Owen Tudor was staggering : at the end and had nothing left to stall off Lizards challenge. Frank Furst ran like a promising jumper. He jumped well and showed a lot of speed, but at the last jump j he collapsed and fell from exhaustion. | Hot Pepper, which ran coupled with Miss I J Blaze as the Francis entry, was an easy win- j I ner in the second race. He was ridden by j i Shanks, went into a commanding lead soon ■fter the start and for the remainder of the way held command of the situation. At the j end he won eased up by three lengths and a : half from the poorly ridden Lewis. The latter, I a corking good looker, is certain to win whenever he gets in the right spot. In todays race he began well but Morris immediately messed it up and Lewis dropped back. ! He went further than any of the others and in the stretch run easily disposed of Cozy to get second place by a length. I The fourth was another two-yeir-old race, ! the third of the afternoon. It furnished a : ! surprise when the Eternal filly Whatll I Do won. She was ridden Ly McTague and in i I the early running raced Best Shot off her | feet. Entering the home stretch Whatll 1 1 Do bore out some, but when her rider got lit r straightened she bounded away and at the finish ltd Best Shot by a couple of lengths. It was a hot battle for s.-cond place between the next three and the finish Continued on twentieth page. FOUR STRAIGHT WINS Continued from first par* was so close that it was impossible to tell which was second until the official placing was displayed. The two choices, Flapper Girl and Butter Cup, were unplaced. The latter was never a factor, while Flapper Girl raced prominently until straightened out in the home stretch, when she began to quit. Carlton had to be best to win the fifth race. In the early stages, when Schaefer attempted to get througn next the inside rail, Appellate blocked him. Carlton was finally taken back and, making the turn into the home stretch, went to the outside of the leader. When clear he moved up stoutly and, wearing Appellate down, outgamed him in the final drive to win going away at the end by half a length. Six lengths back of the leaders came Mintstick, which wore down the tiring Sea Sand to beat him out a nose in the last few strides. Rigtit Royal ran out directly after the start and was taken up. Poor Sport was worked out a mile in preparation for a longer route next week. Altlssimo was a good winner in the sixth race. Barnes waited with him in the early Stages and was content to rate in behind Just. He never made a move until entering | the horn.- stretch, when he began Raining on I the leader and, taking the lead in the last sixteenth, won going away. Just was a! couple of lengths in front of Dancing Fool. I A dozen lengths further back came lathan | and then th • favorite, Good Night, a length I away. Johnson did everything p ssible that a rider could do to get Good Night to run, but there was no run in the horse this afternoon. On his showing it looked as if he was out for an airing and it might be well to throw this race out, as it was not a true effort
