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GALA DOWNS OPENING i • Large and Enthusiastic Crowd at Louisvilles Noted Track. - Oscuia for s Success in Clark Handicap Achieved Easily Though Rid- ; den Out to Beat The Nut. / i J LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29.— W. R. Coes Osculator, short priced favorite and lone representative of the East, was returned vic-toous in the fifty-ninth running of the ,000 added Clark Handicap, topping the opening program of the Churchill Downs spring meeting here today. Osculator made his own .pac, but was ridden out to gain his popular victpry by two lengths over The Nut, veteran from Mason and Hangers Warm Sta-JjJ/t. Third, six lengths back of The Nut, came A. A. Baronis Waylayer, and Fair Rochester, making the best showing of the three Kentucky Derby candidates among the twelve starters, was fourth to complete the mile and one-sixteenth. The Inaugural was staged under fine weather and track conditions and a large and enthusiastic crowd cheered as Osculator captured the prize over the flashy field. One of a number of long delays at the post which caused interest to drag preceded the Clark, but when the barrier rose the contestants were away in good style. Prior to the start Interpreter galloped off about five-sixteenths. The race had a net value of ,840 to the winner. Time for the race was 1:45% and. the winner was ridden by S. Coucci. JM Isaiah, James W. Parrishs swift k High Time and Mary Belle, triumM the Brown Hotel Purse, exclusively year-olds, and engaging in adcffl winner several Kentucky D| The Parrish speedster outstaB in a hard fought finished sjfl lengths before Strideaway.H minor award. Spicson wajA others as Shepherd Boy.H and Red Whisk H ers. The entry LaffcM ing BoyH fancied jjM to Consider the far turnB running. H After reaB ■fcradvajH GALA DOWNS OPENING Continued from first page. particularly on the turn he was just a trifle too good for Traitor, which came through with a dangerous and resolute charge. The New Hope Purse, or second race for maiden two-year-old colts and geldings, also had a surprising result when L. M. Sever-sons Cash Surrender, son of Spic and Span — Sis Garry, garnered the honors. He yielded better than 46 to 1 and was ridden by R. Fischer. Rushed to the front in the first two of the four and one-half furlongs, the winner maintained a good brand of speed to the end, winning by three lengths from the well-backed Angon Bridge and Third Alarm. The latter two were a nose apart at the end, Angon Bridge having the small advantage. The third race for older platers also resulted in an interesting and driving finsh and Peggy Lehmann, racing for R. L. Baker, was the winner. She defeated Village Vamp by a head margin and North Mill was third. Dr. Freeland, favorite, and five others participated. Fine racing luck on the turn, where C. McCrossen rushed her up alo - the rail, was the chief factor in the winners triumph. Getting through on the inside of Gaillardia," North Mill and Mighty Atom, the winner was in front entering the stretch and, while Vilk.?e Vamp furnished a real scare, the winner outlasted her, both tiring in the late stages. On the outside from the start and bearing farther out on the turn, Dr. Free-land could not overcome the loss of ground. The fourth race, or Prospect Purse, for two-year-olds, was won by the Dixianas Full Tilt, the unsexed son of General Thatcher, performing in convincing fashion to win easily over Likewise, a highly regarded son of Wise Counsellor, in W. E. Smiths stable. Penncote and nine others, including Jack Howards Speedy Skippy, which had a decided call in the betting. Through no fault of his own, Speedy Skippy had very little chance and, jostled back in the first five-sixteenths, was too far out of it to have even a remote chance when clear in the last quarter mile. Full Tilt was master of his opponents from the first sixteenth and, drawing away into a long lead, maintained his advantage easily. He ran the four and one-half furlongs in :53%, within a second of the track record held by Miss Joy.
