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HH§§~h :MJi!fri, * E. R. BRADLEY WINS HIS FOURTH KENTUCKY DERBY -• * 6 Brokers Tip Triumphs in Fifty-Ninth Renewal After Sensational Finish » Defeats Head Play by a Nose, With Charley O. Third and Ladysman Fourth — Claim of Foul Against Winners Rider Not Allowed . — — * CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 6.— The white and green colors of Col. Edward R. Bradley, so extensively interwoven in Kentucky Derby history, were carried to their fourth triumph in that greatest of American turf fixtures when Brokers Tip, a maiden son of Black Toney and Forteresse, nosed out Mrs. Silas B. Mahons Head Play in the fifty-ninth running of that classic before approximately 45,000 people here this afternoon. Making it a clean sweep for the West, Charley O., carrying the silks of the late Robert M. East-ma n, accounted for third honors and W. R. Coes Ladysman, favorite and pride of the East was fourth. Charley O. was four lengths back of the two leaders and a length and one half before Ladysman, which nosed out Pom-p o n i u s, also a Coe starter. Thirteen, the same number that participated in the 1926 running, won by Colonel Bradleys Bub- C0L. E. R. BRADLEY bling Over, attempted the heartbreaking mile and one-quarter. The results of months of preparation were tested on a good track and the winner, ridden by Donald Meade and trained by H. J. Thompson, traversed the route in 2:06%. Meade and Herbert Fisher, who had the mount on Head Play, induldged in some roughing near the finish and, while Fisher lodged a claim of foul, the stewards dismissed it after conferring briefly. Back of Pomponius, followed Spicson, Kerry Patch, Mr. Khayyam, Inlander, Strideaway, Dark Winter, Isaiah and Good Advice, finishing as named. The victory was one that added much to an already large volume covering the long association of Colonel Bradleys silks with the coveted race. It brought to the master of Idle Hour the distinction of being the first to furnish two winners in successive runnings, the second to win it with a maiden and his fourth victory. It was worth 8,925, Continued on twenty-second page. I i E. R. BRADLEY WINS HIS FOURTH KENTUCKY DERBY Continued from first page. In addition to Bubbling Over, the other Bradley winners were Burgoo King, last year, and Behave Yourself in 1921. Including Behave Yourself s year this was the thirteenth running in the span of the remarkable Bradley success. While the rough tactics of both Meade and Fisher somewhat marred the breathtaking finish, probably the most thrilling in all the history of the race, which was established in 1875, their eagerness to win rather than to deliberately foul or impede their rival induced the mild breach of the rules. Although Meade drove the Bradley colt through between Head Play and the rail as they charged to the wire, the victors effort was a sparkling one and probably deserving of victory by a larger margin. Away slowly, he was far back and in a tangle for a half mile during which Good Advice and Isaiah staged a suicidal duel for the lead, Good Advice "carrying" the field as a measure of assistance to his stable companion, Mr. Khayyam. Head Play covered the first four furlongs in third place, followed closely by Dark Winter and Ladysman. Nearing the end of three-quarters, the eventual winner began to move up, Meade finding room on the inside. Here Head Play went to the front as Kerry Patch and Charley O. moved around Ladysman. After seven-eighths Good Advice and Isaiah tired badly, and Mr. Khayyam, under severe pressure, was struggling in the ruck. Swinging into the home stretch, Head Play slightly increased his lead but came on only a short distance before Fisher placed him to punishment, required by the dangerously close presence of Charley O., Kerry Patch and the winner. Before mid-stretch was reached, Meade swung Brokers Tip to the rail, and he was with the leaders entering the last eighth. From that point to the end the two leaders and riders put on as furious and rough a stretch duel as the race has known. Charley O. and Kerry Patch both tired badly after a mile and one-eighth, and the Coe pair widely outstayed the others. The favorite had no excuse. He was in an excellent position soon after the start, was kept on the outside, and was clearly outmatched by the western trio. Spartan Lad, carrying the Dixiana silks and the favorite, got up in the last few strides in the opening dash of four and a half furlongs for maiden two-year-olds to defeat Iaffoon and Yeisers Border Patrol by a head, with C. C. Van Meters Cotton Club another half length off. Border Patrol opened up a long lead soon after the start but Spartan Lad gained on him steadily during the final three furlongs under steady urging from K. Horvath. Cotton Club was shuffled back soon after the start and was carried wide on the turn, yet responded gamely to the whip. The time in the slow going was :56 seconds. Another close finish resulted in the second event, a three-quarters dash for "ordinary platers, with P. H. Kricks Gettin Even scoring his second victory of the meeting. Ridden by R. Fischer, he worked his way up gradually and slipped through on the inside in the stretch to defeat Mrs. H. Gaines Vol-wood by a head with the Serenata Farms Running Water third, another neck back, and in close quarters at the end. The well-backed Cayuga was fifth. Much roughness occurred in the third race, which attracted a dozen maiden juveniles racing over four and a half-furlongs. The winner, W. E. Smiths Angon Bridge, suffered from bumping just after turning into the stretch and then, crossing over sharply in front of Huerfano at the eighth post, knocked that youngster out of contention. At the end, jockey W. Kern was doing his best on Angon Bridge to gain the decision by a neck from the fast finishing Chasar, owned by Dixiana. Miss Flip was third, another two lengths away. Grand Rock was rushed into an early lead with Huerfano in close pursuit, but they began tiring in the stretch, where Angon Bridge came up on the outside after being bumped twice by Atmosphere, and then bore in to the rail, bothering Huerfano and holding Chasar safe, the latter having had clear sailing. Traitor, one of the favorites in the field of eight, carried the silks of E. J. Reed to a clean-cut victory in the fourth race, which brought out eight platers. His margin at the end of the three-quarters was a length and a half over Noahs Pride, which was four lengths ahead of Oziti. Traitor began from the outside and worked his way up steadily to wrest the lead from Noahs Pride on the turn. Thereafter he saved ground and finished fast. Noahs Pride held on well after losing the lead and Oziti outgamed the others. The track had improved so much that the race was run in 1:13%. Dixianas brilliant filly Mata Hari raced within four-fifths of a second of the track record for four and a half furlongs despite the dull track in the fifth event, in which she scored easily by four lengths over W. E. Smiths Likewise. Penncote, owned by Young Brothers, was third, another two lengths back and well ahead of Speedy Skippy. The daughter of Peter Hastings and War Woman covered the distance in :53% and had up 107 pounds. Mata Hari prevailed as an odds-on choice because of her easy triumph in her first start several days ago, and her hollow victory was well received by the large crowd. Her Hero was claimed out of the fourth race at Churchill Downs Thursday for ,000 by George Meyers. It was the first claim of the meeting and Her Hero ran in the Dixiana interests. *
