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WINDY CUTS TRIAL PURSE HEADLEY COLT SECOND — Paraphrase and Port Harlem Share in Money Prizes. ♦ Naishapur, Ervast, The Choctaw, Boris, Double Heart and Prince Pat Unplaced. ♦ LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 14.— The Trial Purse, over one mile and serving as the preliminary for this seasons Kentucky Derby, which will be run next Saturday, held considerable interest for the big throng at Churchill Downs this afternoon. It brought out eleven prospective candidates for the big race and resulted in a victory for Windy City by a slight margin over Paraphrase, with Port Harlem in third place and Naishapur and Lord Braedalbane following. The proverbial blanket could have covered the quintet. Windy City might have been termed lucky to win and it was due mainly through his ability to save ground in the stretch racing and his success of getting through a small opening. He got up in the final strides to down Paraphrase, which acted in the role of pacemaker for a greater part of the trip, and fought it out with Port Harlem, even after the filly had taken the lead an eighth from the finish. At one stage it appeared that she would be the victress, but she began swerving out a trifle in the final strides and it caused her undoing. The start found the entire band in close alignment, with Naishapur showing slightly in advance, but immediately dropping completely out of it and racing far back. The speedy Ervast raced into the lead, but was quickly displaced by Paraphrase. The latter was well in hand and had as his nearest follower Suitor, The Choctaw, Ervast, Port Harlem and Double Heart. There was no material change in the running until the lower turn was reached, where Windy City began moving up and Ervast, The Choctaw. Double Heart and Suitor began dropping back. At the stretch turn Port Harlem drew even with Paraphrase and, after a spirited tussle, the filly had command and seemed well on her way to victory. SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCE. Paraphrase continued courageously and the pair again were on even terms in the last seventy yards. It was at this stage that Windy City, coming steadily under terrifio urging, managed to slip up to pass the leading pair. Coming like a streak immediately in the wake of the trio was Naishapur, though beaten, he emerged the hero of the race. He was almost a sixteenth in the rear of the leader when racing on the back stretch and not until half a mile had been traversed did he really settle down to racing. He closed an immense gap in the stretch in sensational fashion. His performance indicated that the mile and a quarter next Saturday will be more to his liking. Windy City likewise will favor the longer distance judging by the steadiness of his pace in the later stages of todays race. Paraphrase is not expected to be a starter Saturday and it is not likely that Port Harlem will go to the post. Ervast showed sprinting ability, but he did not indicate staying powers, and the mile and a quarter is probably beyond him. It was the first time that he had been started on a muddy track and he might show to much better advantage on a fast course. The opening race attracted eight three-year-olds from the better class plater division and found H. P. Headleys Hot Shot the victor after having led throughout the six and one-half furlongs. Frank Horan and My Hobby followed noses apart. Frank lloran was an outstanding favorite in the race and had no mishaps. The race was run in a terrific downpour. A miniature cloudburst developing suddenly when the horses reached the barrier. The rain and accompan ing darkness made it difficult to distinguish the colors with accuracy. The winner was clear throughout, with Frank Horan, his closest follower, and My Hobby, coming from far back in the last halt, m Continued on sixteenth page. WINDY CITYS TRIAL PURSE Continued from first page. almost passed Frank Horan for second place. The locally owned Aline Bensinger, wh- h races for the San Merg Stable of Mrs. A. I* Bensinger, furnished a surprise when she easily accounted for the second race for maiden juvenile fillies. J. Judy brought her to the finish well in hand and six lengtlia in advance of Morgana, the winner taking the lead from the latter on the stretch turn and outrunning her opponents decisively for the remainder of the four and one-half furlongs. Morgana outstayed Pansy Walker and Vieux Carre in a close finish for second, with third place going to Pansy Walker. J. B. Respess furnished his first winner of the Kentucky season when Allegiance, an outsider, ridden by apprentice W. Gooler, accounted for the third race. This was over one mile and a sixteenth and brought out a field of eight cheaper grade older fillies and mares. Gooler raced the winner from behind the early pace and her victory was easily attained over Tamina, which lost the lead to the winner after holding it from the first lo final eighth. Thunder Girl, which, with Indianapolis, got away poorly, raced her way into third place, while Indianapolis finished far back. Although but six of the better grade juveniles started in the New Haven Purse, the fourth race, it provided one of the most interesting contests of the meeting and culminated in a spectacular finish which witnessed Wild Waters, the favorite, and Supryse in very close pursuit of Uncle Matt, the winner. But for a brief period in the stretch when Wild Waters took the lead, the winner headed the others, but he was always forced to his utmost by both Wild Waters and Supryse and they kept him at his best all though the stretch drive, during which he and Wild Waters raced wide as a result of his bearing out on the stretch turn. While they raced near the center of the track, Supryse was saving every possible inch and this contributed to her prominence in the stretch racing. * — _ —
