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MARY COBB VICTRESS I Surprises by Annexing Twelfth E Running of Hinata Stakes. Derby Candidate Sydney Beaten in Secondary Offering After Sparkling Performance. HEXING TON, Ky., April 30. The twelfth running of the Hinata Stakes, for two-year- j, old fillies, which featured todays program c of eight races here, resulted in a surprise J when Mary Cobb, Hupp and Judys maiden t daughter of High Noon and Auntie May, rid- I den by Kenneth Russell, was the winner. I Betty Derr, H. P. Gardners half sister of t Clyde "Van Dusen, which entered the four and one-half furlongs contest undefeated, fin- r ished second, a neck back and only a nose in 1 advance of the Paradise Stock Farms Rare I Charm. It was a thrilling finish for the ?3,520 I that went to the winner and the contest well I repaid patrons for their patience during a delay of fourteen minutes before the field of eight got away to a start which found the Greentree Stables erratic Reverberate left. - Favored by a slight advantage in the weights and a spirited duel between Betty Derr, the favorite, and S. B. Jones Martha Jones for the early lead, the winner worked 1 her way up gradually and finding suffi- 1 cient room between the leaders in the drive, 1 stole through to earn her initial and important victory in the final few strides. 1 After entering the stretch Betty Derr fal- J tered when she .quickly disposed of Martha 1 Jones and opened up a clear advantage, but 1 the early effort told in the final eighth, 1 and, while she succeeded in lasting for sec- ond place, it was by the narrowest of 1 margins. J " FAST KUJS" RACE. Mary Cobb ran the distance in :54, which s is one and one-fifth seconds slower than the track record. There was a large midweek crowd on hand for the afternoon and while the Hinata 1 Stakes came in for much attention, wide ! interest centered in the Dix River Purse, a mile race, engaging Sydney and Gold Step, 1 a pair of three-year-olds, and the older Chan- j cellor and Stars and Bars. The latter, ! star of the western division of the Green-tree Stable, proved the winner, but Sydney put him to task and he raced the distance in 1:38, the fastest time of. the meeting, to lead the Camden Derby eligible by about two lengths at the end. Eight lengths back Chancellor took third by a head over Gold Step. After finishing the mile of ,the race, Sydney was galloped out an additional quarter well in hand and was timed in 2 :10, the mile and an eighth in 1:54. Belle of Bourbon, which, like Betty Derr and Helen Virginia, entered the race undefeated, saved fourth money some four lengths back, but well in the van of the distressed Martha Jones, Helen Virginia and the two others. Helen Virginia failed to offer a serious challenge, while Cherry May, her stable-mate, "was the chief contributor to the long delay when she unseated C. Meyer and galloped across the infield to her stable. It was some eight minutes before she could be captured and returned to the starting post and, needless to say, the runaway greatly affected her chances. OUTSIDER IN" FRONT. Phil Reuter saddled another winner when Medley, an outsider, proved best among the dozen starters in the introductory race. He got up to win by a length from Kitty Cat, while Bar Sinister outfinished Margate for third place. During the first half mile II. Crees kept the victor in fairly close pursuit of Kitty Cat and Pallady, as the latter pair alternated in pacemaking. Driving him outside of them in the stretch, he was drawing away at the end of the futurity distance. It was the victors first winning race in many months and he came out of it showing some soreness. High Fruit, a chestnut son of High Noon and Fruit Cake, signalled his entrance into racing when he defeated Sweet Joe in the . second race, a claiming affair for maidens ; of his age and sex. C. Earl Pat was the one to finish third in the field of twelve , and was closely attended by West Virginia and Magic Flute. The winner, ridden by Eddie Legere in the colors of W. W. Williamson, . set lis own pace and holding on gamely just managed to remain in the lead to the . end of the four and one-half furlongs. A bit of ill-luck befell , Sweet Joe when he was crowded back slightly shortly after the start, and while Deprema saved much ground for him in the final three-eighths, Continued on thirteenth page. MARY COBB VICTRESS Continued from first page. he fell just a trifle short in his courageous effort to catch the AVinner. Joan K. proved a Avinning faorite and added a purse to the Avinning of Knebel-kamp and Morris when she decisively defeated Broomoney, Madame Emelie and three of the cheaper sort in the third race over the futurity course. After the turn, the Avinner rapidly disposed of Bobby Duncan, Avhich had raced with her for a quarter, and she held the lead safe all during the final three-eighths. Saving much ground in the stretch, Broomoney improved his position and, reaching second place, held Madam Emelie safe in the final stages, where Bobby Duncan, tiring badly, gave way. The first accident of the meeting marked the race when apprentice F. Haines, Avho had the mount on Rose ONeil, Avas unseated after she had gone a quarter. He suffered minor bruises. Failure to get away in good fashion probably . cost Mindoro honors in the race for plater three-year-olds at one and one-sixteenth miles, in which Haramzada, the winner, led the former by a half length at the close. Mindoro came through with a fine effort and, after nearing the lead in the final sixteenth, tired suddenly during the closing fifty yards. Tela finished a half length back of the unlucky J. N. Camden starter to be third, while James M. headed the others that included the strongly backed Rolling Sea.
