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ROSE OF SHARON WINS « Adds Rich Kentucky Oaks to List of Triumphs. ♦ — - Lady Broadcast Outfinishes Current to Take Second Place — Churchill Meeting Ends. . — — m LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 1.— Rose of Sharon, the swift daughter of Light Brigade, owned by Johnson N. Camden, but racing under the colors of D. E. Stewart, her trainer, clinched the queens crown among the western three-year-old fillies when she raced to victory in a spectacular finish with Rogers Caldwells Lady Broadcast in the annual renewal of the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs this afternoon. R. S. Clarks Current, the favorite, finished the gruelling one mile and an eighth in third place, two lengths back of the closely aligned leaders and well in advance of the six others, of which R. C. Tatchers Lillian T. was fourth. Although Rose of Sharon, a winner of the Ashland Oaks at Lexington, conceded five pounds to her rivals and twelve pounds to the maiden Nellie Lyons, and thereby left no doubt of her superiority, it was a great race, bristling with contention at all stages. Rose of Sharon was required to run the distance in the exceptionally fast time of 1 :51. She was rated back of the early pace, set by Current and, moving up with great speed in the stretch under a good ride by Willie Crump, raced Current into defeat and then gamely stalled off Lady Broadcast. The latter also followed the leaders closely in the early stages and, showing fine speed when Jake Hupel called on her, improved her position steadily and, finishing with the most speed, probably would have headed the winner in a few more strides. Current was indulged with the pace from the start and went the quarter in :23% ; half mile in :47% ; three-quarters in 1:1314, and the mile in 1 :38%. As she led for that distance her margin was never shorter than Continued on twenty-fourth page. ROSE OF SHARON WINS Continued from first page. the length which separated her from the winner, just an eighth from the place of finish. That final eighth of a mile, however, saw the favorite tiring and unable to stall off Rose of Sharon and Lady Broadcast, and the latter overwhelmed the Clark filly in the final drive. While Current showed the way for the first seven-eighths, Nellie Custis and Port Harlem were closest in her wake, but they were found badly wanting when the real test came, and tired rapidly with the further progress of the race. By her victory. Rose of Sharon took down a purse of 0,000 and a handsome silver trophy. Second money amounted to ,000, with ,000 to third and 20 to fourth. The stake, which featured the closing of the meeting, was offered under ideal conditions and before an attendance rivaling any previous closing day patronage in the history of the track. Miss Lee, showing improved form and lucky at the start, which witnessed a number of the starters away in poor fashion after a delay of ten minutes, carried the colors of C. N. Lewis to their first victory at the meeting when she scored over Narva, Otilli and ten other poor ones in the opening race. Racing into the lead at once, the winner set a good pace and gamely outstayed Narva in the final drive. Lady Fingers, the highly regarded juvenile daughter of Bunting and Whirl, in the stable of Gallaher and Combs, scored a victory on the occasion of her debut, when she was returned the winner over a band of two-year-old maidens in the Springdale Purse. This was over a distance of five and a half furlongs and the winner, a pronounced choice, won by a length in a drive with Aspirin, with Peace Bud third. Danny Connelly sent the winner into a commanding lead after the first quarter, but was forced to urge her to the utmost to withstand the belated rush of Aspirin. Public opinion miscarried by a wide margin when Fargo, one of the outstanding favorites, failed to gain one of the placings in the third race, over one mile and an eighth. W. E. Hupp furnished the winner in his lightly suported Spot Light, which raced from behind with belated speed and won by three lengths from Blanc Seing, which gave way slightly in the final drive, after having headed the field for a mile. Sewell Combs saddled a second winner when Princess Carolyn, a juvenile daughter of Prince Pal — Ancestress, owned by Fred Mc-Conkie, and making her first start, was the winner over a small band brought together under selling conditions. Like Lady Fingers, the earlier winner from the Combs farm. Princess Carolyn was ridden by Danny Connelly and attracted overwhelming support. Connelly lost no time sending her to the front, and after disposing of Miss Peggy for a clear advantage on the turn, she courageously outstayed Theo Rochester in the stretch and won by a length and a half.
