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SPEEDY BRADLEYS PEGGY : Brilliant Performance of First-Time Starter. " Daughter of Black Toney Blossom Time Scores Impressively Parks Hill Purse Goes to Dinner Danc. LATONIA, Ky., June 27. After the turmoil and glamor of Derby Day, Latonia today expected to settle down to more ordinary racing before less enthusiastic devotees than last Saturdays near-record throng which witnessed the establishing of a new American track record for the mile and a half distance by Handy Mandy in winning the Latonia Derby. However, the opening of a new week of racing at the Covington track proved otherwise, "for there was an exceptionally large attendance out for the sport, which was crowded with thrills and climaxed by a brilliant performance by Col. E. R, Bradleys first-time starter Bradleys Peggy, which equaled the track record for five and a half furlongs in defeating eigth other Juveniles In the second race. Bradleys Peggy, an impressive daughter of Black Toney Blossom Time and a product of Colonel Bradleys Idle Hour Farm, raced to triumph by six lengths over J. N. Camdens Vendeuse, with the Audley Farm Stables Virginia Beauty in third place. She completed the distance in 1 :05, which equaled the track record established by T. M. Green on June 7, 1909. T. M. Green was a three-year-old and carried 93 pounds when he hung up this mark- Bradleys Peggy carried 115 pounds and was ridden by Alfred Johnson. She was the public choice and this added largely to the popularity of her victory. After following the pace of Virginia Beauty from the start to the stretch turn, the winner was sent to the front with a rush, drew Into a safe lead swiftly and ran the final eighth under restraint. With stronger opposition she probably could have bettered the track mark. Her race was easily the most Impressive shown by a western two-year-old this year and, while she is not among the eligibles for Saturdays renewal of the Cincinnati Trophy, she, nevertheless. Is destined to play a highly important, if not leading, part in her future engagements. The featured Parks Hill Purse had a popular outcome in the easy success of R.S. Clarks speedy three-year-old Dinner Dance, which was never fully extended to defeat Scimitar, Dawn of Tomorrow and the four others that opposed him over the three-quarters. Well ridden by D. Smith, the winner was permitted to make his way into a long lead without the slightest hustling, and once firmly entrenched in the lead was raced un- Contlnned on twentieth page. SPEEDY BRADLEYS PEGGY Continued from first pace der a steady restraint that sent him to his victory by four lengths. Scimitars performance was in the nature of a surprise, the three-year-old finishing with a rush to overhaul Dawn of Tomorrow and Blue Darter for second place. The latter tired so badly that Dawn of Tomorrow managed to outstay him by a nose for third place. The winners success was his first of the current year. He was timed in 1:11, a very creditable effort indeed. One of the closest finishes of the Kentucky meetings came out of the third race, in which Swordsman beat Sea Lion by a nose at the end of one mile and a sixteenth. The. winner, and Sea Lion as well, benefited by the almost uninterrupted interference of the leaders during the race. Florenda, which finished in third place, was one of the chief sufferers from the crowding that marked the race. She found fairly clear room in the stretch and made a gallant finish, but to no ... avail. Colonel Shaw gave an excellent account of himself in defeating Da Vinci, Katherine W. and four other two-year-olds in the fourth race.. The winner finished two lengths clear of Da Vinci, the latter finishing with renewed speed to dispose of Katherine W. The three leaders and the much fancied Lady Paramour figured in a spirited contest almost the full course, the latter tiring badly In the last seventy yards after having raced to within a short distance of the lead in the final eighth. Miles Prior, Gold Mint and Palm Court finished in the order mentioned in the opening purse, the trio racing in advance of the nine others the entire three-quarters. Miles Prior, which "Goldie" Johnson hustled into the lead soon after the start, was easily capable of outrunning his rivals to. the finish of the three-quarters, while Gold Mint outstayed Palm Court for second, after the latter had raced in closest pursuit of the pace for more than a half mile. Palm Court suffered slightly from the lack of racing room after making the stretch turn, but began tiring after entering the last sixteenth. Gold Stamp, a starter here, bolted to the inside immediately after the start and, In hurdling the inner rail, unseated jockey T. Maguire. Infatuation proved best in the field of the sixth race.the McDowell filly, ridden by Jack Howard, leading the full course. At the finish she was being urged to hold safe Captain Applejack, which was within a length and a half of the winner the entire final eighth. His challenge, however, fell far short of seriously menacing the winner, although he was much the best of the others, of which Kathe was third. In a bad jam at the first turn Warfield, Kathe and Margherita suffered from crowding, Warfield being forced back so sharply that he only narrowly missed falling. Eternel Magic was one of the disappointments, for she failed to display speed at any time during the running. The final race was productive of a win for Mum Ruffin and was also speedily run, the winner being forced to race the one mile and a sixteenth in 1:45, a very good effort for one of his division. Like a majority of the days winners, he raced in front throughout and finished gamely to win, as Moms Boy challenged Stubbornly almost the full length of the stretch. A belated rush put Alloy in third place only a short distance behind the leaders.
