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* 0 c o t l! t in ii s f | f a t r I t I r I £ 1 I i t ] i i t "* t r. t WISDOMS BRILLIANT SPEED * Gallops Three -Quarters at Louisville in 1:11%. « Outstayed Fast-Finishing Energy hy a Neck in Main Race — Yirado Best in Fourth Race. * LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 29.— For the second consecutive afternoon the gray and red colored silks of R S. Clark of New York were triumphant in the feature offering at Churchill Downs course. His fleet colt Wisdom accounted for first honors in the Argonne Hotel Purse. Sprinting the three-quarters 1 :11%, the fastest time of the Kentucky season, Wisdom won in a drive by a neck from Mrs. George B. Coxs Energy, while Marconi and Barbara, the only other startres, followed a good distance back but closely aligned, as Marconi gained third place. Wisdom ruled the outstanding choice of the day and one of the strongest of the meeting and his popular victory under Earl Pool improved an already fine showing by the public choices. Under his top weight of 114 pounds. Wisdom began promptly and set a pace that had much to do with his extremely fast time. He obtained a clear advantage quickly and after running the first quarter in :23%, he finished the half mile in :46%, which brought him to the stretch two lengths in advance of Energy. As the winner continued his fast pace in the final quarter, Energy unleashed even more speed, with the result that he gradually reduced the winners margin and was racing with decidely the most speed as he followed a neck back of Wisdom at the end. In the final sixteenth the winner, under extreme pressure, displayed notable gameness in successfully withstanding the fast-finishing Energy. Neither Marconi nor Barbara offered any- Continued on twenty-fourth page. WISDOMS BRILLIANT SPEED Continued from first page. thing like a serious challenge at any time, but had a spirited duel of their own for third place, which ultimately went to Marconi by a head. Clear skies and a fast track made conditions of the best, although the weather was unseasonably hot, forcing patrons to keep to shaded parts of the big plant. There was a feature in the riding of the youthful Kenneth Russell, who rode the winners of three consecutive races, two of them in the colors of M. Goldblatt. They were Pollywog and Virado and the youngster rounded out his triple success with Coloratura. A small field of candidates for Saturdays renewal of the Kentucky Oaks started over one mile in the Lilies of the Valley Purse and the running resulted in a victory for Rose of Sharon, the choice. Vesta finished in second place, two lengths back and just a nose in front of Ben Machree. Nellie Cus-tis, which headed the others for almost seven-eighths, and Frances Milward completed the field. C. E. Allen rated the winner back of the fast early pace set by Nellie Custis and forced by Vesta, and when ready in the stretch she responded well and was not long in assuming the lead. In the final seventy yards she held her advantage without much effort and completed the mile in 1:37%, which marked a sparkling performance and firmly established her as one of the leading contenders for Saturdays race. The program opened with a maiden two-year-old race over five-eighths and it attracted the limit of thirteen starters from among the less capable, but had the expected result when Desha Breckinridges Nim the Nymph, ridden by Willie Crump, proved an easy winner. Getting away in motion, she led throughout and was being eased up as she led Sky High by four lengths at the finish. Third honors fell to Red Knobs in a close finish with Dixie Star. Both Sky High and Red Knobs worked their way from a good distance back and were going fast in the final stages, where they overhauled Dixie Star and Super Toy. Harned Bros. colors flashed to victory with the running of the second race, in which Coloratura, ridden by apprentice K. Russell, led from the first eighth and won easily from Mollie Myhill. Padona and four others at the end of one mile and a sixteenth. While setting her own pace, the winner was never seriously challenged, but there was a sharp duel for second honors which witnessed Mollie Myhill getting up in the final few strides to snatch the runner-up position from Padona. The latter enjoyed a long stay in second place only to tire right at the end. K. Russell rode his second winner and contributed an extremely well-judged ride when he hustled Pollywog home a victor in a close finish with Fire Under, Stars and Stripes and Post Horn in the third race. This was over the long course of one and one-quarter miles and Russell brought the winner from behind and got him up for the lead only a short distance from the finish. Fire Under, which set most of the pace and regained the lead from Stars and Stripes just before the winner flashed up on the outside" in the final drive, followed a half length back of Pollywog and a neck in advance of Stars and Stripes. Post Horn, which was defeated by a length for third place, suffered extensively from a poor ride and had little chance during the run through the stretch, where he was ia close quarters.
