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GIFT OF ROSES SCORES Overcomes Early Interference to Win Churchill Downs Headlines Four of Five Starters Confidently Backed With Plucky Play Out ¬ sider Interesting Card LOUISVILLE Ky April 30 Gift of Roses the good daughter of Sand Mole and Loveliness which races for J P Ebelhardt of Covington Ky was victorious in the prin ¬ cipal race of the afternoon as Derby week opened at Churchill Downs today The Ebel ¬ hardt mare met four other wellknown per ¬ formers over six furlongs in the sprint handicap and though forced to overcome in ¬ terference early in the race won by a length with Mrs John Marschs Princess Camelia second leading Shandon Farms Evergold N W Churchs Plucky Play and Leros fur ¬ nished by J C Ellis EllisAlthough Although Evergold closed favorite there was confident support for four of the five Plucky Play being the outsider Gift of Roses at 210 to 100 was the second choice final odds against the Shandon Farm geld ¬ ing being 9 to 5 5Staged Staged under fine conditions the days feature was witnessed by a big and enthu ¬ siastic crowd With Charles Corbett in the saddle and her impost amounting to 107 pounds Gift of Roses sped over the dis ¬ tance in 112 112DELAY DELAY OF FOUR MINUTES MINUTESWith With the start which was delayed four minutes by Princess Camelia Plucky Play and Evergold Plucky Play along with Leros and Gift of Roses began in advance of the two others Before going a furlong Princess Camelia which started from the outside position forced the winner and Leros to ease over and had gained a clear advantage before Gift of Roses could be returned to good stride stridePrincess Princess Camelia held her lead to the stretch where the winner slowly wore her down as Evergold which lost a great deal of ground on both the far and stretch turns also finished in resolute fashion Plucky Play gave a good account of himself while Leros never recovered from the early inter ¬ ference ferenceR R L Stivers Little Connelly neglected in the betting because of her known preference for soft going accounted for the second race a race of seven furlongs Beginning well the Stivers filly took command early and turning for home was four lengths in front She tired hovrever in the last furlong and was driving to beat Squall by a nose Santerno finished third a length behind Squall and a length and onehalf in front of Upsets Lassie Sir Anthony the favorite tired badly after racing prominently for five furlongs furlongsIMPRESSIVE IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCETop Top Dog in the first crop of American foaled get of Bull Dog full brother to Sir Gallaliad III showed an impressive per ¬ formance in winning the opening race Un ¬ der colors for the first time and opposing a big band all maiden colts and geldings the winner owned by E D Shaffer and rid ¬ den by A Pascuma raced from several lengths back of the pace to win by a trifle more than a length over Stay a son of Fair Wind at the end of the four and onehalf furlongs Stay took what appeared a safe lead after heading Elwawa in the final fur ¬ long but the winners rush was too much for him Leelarious ridden by D Meade who brought him over too sharply in the early stages for which he was suspended for five days finished third two and onehalf lengths away from Stay and a nose before Good Aim AimThe The players centered support on the right ones for the first time when Prince Sulie man outspdnted Ondott Dancing Boy Just Buck and seven others over seven furlongs in the third race The winner and runner up shared favoritism at 19 to 10 each Glenn Fowler rushed the victor through a narrow opening on the inside and into the lead be ¬ fore going threesixteenths and drawing away into a good lead it was Prince Sulie mans race thereafter Finishing resolutely Ondott overtook Dancing Boy m the last mtinued on twentysixth page GIFT OF ROSES SCORES Continued from first page eighth where Little Gertie and Whiskora which were prominent in the early stages fell back rapidly rapidlyExotude Exotude F P Letelliers juvenile daugh ¬ ter of Wise Counsellor scored the second victory for the choices and kept her record unblemished by defeat when she won over seven of her age over four and onehalf fur ¬ longs in the fourth race In this her second essay with colors up the Letellier filly was complete mistress Beginning in front she never left the result in doubt reaching the judges with her rider Earl Pool tugging at the reins as she took the winners end by two lengths from Polly Rita The latter led Piping Hot by a like margin with Red Sun ¬ set a head farther back
