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- i 5 I . . I . [ I , . | i j , : ! [ J ■ £ ! c T ■ 5 * * c £ E J ] c I s i J ,£ [OAKS TO PRINCESS TINA — • _ — Daughter of Spanish Prince II. i Scores Runaway Victory. ♦ Defeats Nixie and Bateau in Easy Fashion n at Pimlico— Hilltop Track Attracting Larue Crowds. PIMLICO, Md., May 4.— Princess Tina, the small but game daughter of Spanish Prince !e II., which races for the Audley Farm Stable, Bj was winner of the Pimlico Oaks this after-, Z noon when she defeated the Wheatley y Stables Nixie by a length. Bateau, an odds-r ■_ on favorite, from the Walter If. Jeffords s stable, was third, beaten two lengths and a a half for second place. There were only five starters, and Bateau , attracted much support. In her only start this spring, in a race at Havre de Grace. , Bateau defeated the speedy Night Life. She j was never able to get to the front this after-I ._ noon and in the final eighth dropped out of contention. Princess Tina scored a runaway victory. Beginning fast, she raced into a : two-lengths lead on the first turn. Fields s took her in hand and rated her under re-. straint until the last sixteenth, where he e shook her up a bit to stall off Nixies chal-. - lenge. Bateau was on the outside of the leaders throughout and covered more ground i than either of the first two. This was the e only excuse that could be offered for her r defeat. The winner ran the first mile in ■ 1 :U9 flat and finished the mile and a sixteenth in 1 :4C"i. Pimlico is drawing large crowds this s spring. The attendance this afternoon was s a record one for Friday. Outside of the e Oaks, the program was an ordinary one, with small fields going to the post in a majority of the races. High Score beat the barrier in the fourth i race and this was responsible for his winning. - He had a lengths advantage before e they had taken a dozen strides. Fields sent t Stupendous up with a rush and passed the e leader. High Score came again on the far r turn and again showed in front. In the e drive through the home stretch High Score e held Stupendous safe and at the end won by f half a length. It was a two-horse race all 1 the way, the remainder of the field was s beaten off. Ten lengths back came Tempus s Fugit, which beat Mint Smash by a head. Breckinridge Longs Tinita made a runaway - affair of the claiming handicap, which i was .run as the sixth race. Ridden by P. . Goodwin, Tinita outran the others from the e rise of the barrier and was never in serious 3 trouble. Fore Lark made several desperate ? attempts to get to the pacemaker, but Tinita always had something in reserve. At the end the latter had a four lengths advantage. Deronda was third, beaten three lengths and j a half for second place. The field ran in order all the way. The P. Faulconer entry finished one-two in the running of the first race, when Little E. outstayed Agnes Wynn by a length. This 5 was a half mile dash for two-year-olds, for r which Nella R. was a well played favorite. Bad racing luck cut an important figure in » the result. Nella R. had the inside position l at the post and when the start came she I broke rather slowly and Eittle, finding himself in close quarters, was forced to pull up. The winner, Little E.. began from the i outside with a rush, going into a commanding ■ lead on the far turn. The backers of Don Q., an odds-on favorite I in the second race, got a tough break when t the Sagamore Stable colt was as good as left at the post. Don Q. was turned sideways I when the barrier was released but Walls got him straightened out and went after the i others. He moved up fast on the back stretch I and, after racing Sun de Meur into submission, • took the lead entering the home stretch only to tire in the final eighth. Walter M. Jeffords furnished the winner in Point Breeze, a son of Man o War. Some of his recent trials having been good, J. Bejshak had the mount when the start came. Remedy began with the leaders but was soon out in front. Long Toint joined him and the pair alternated in setting the pace. Entering the home stretch Remedy shook off opposition and in the stretch run I drew away to an easy lead. He led Long Point by a length and a half at the finish and Rock Thorn was third, beaten five lengths for second place.
