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BYE LO MUCH THE BEST Last Reveille Filly Electrifies Crowd at Churchill Downs Canters to Easy Victory in Tulips TulipsPurse Purse Squall and Fort Springs SpringsAmong Among Purse Winners LOUISVILLE Kyf May 3 Charles C Van Meter veteran Lexington turfman who has developed a number of outstanding horses and seldom fails to come out of win ¬ ter quarters without a twoyearold of stake quality appears to have in Bye Lo an ex ¬ tremely fast daughter of Last Reveille Witch Broom his strongest candidate for the Western Juvenile Stakes in several years yearsBye Bye Lo today electrified a fine crowd at Churchill Downs when she was hardly out of a breeze in winning over a fast band in the Tulips Purse one of the several fea ¬ tures in the fast time of 53 for the four and onehalf furlongs Bounding into the lead within a few strides after the start when she passed Air Squadron the fleet Van Meter filly raced on to win by five lengths apparently with plenty in reserve reserveThe The Apprehension filly Air Squadron was second with Exclude which entered the race unbeaten in two starts third four lengths farther back and almost three in front of Irksome Below Zero which encountered considerable adverse luck Evening Gown coupled with Irksome and Ellen Fisher completed the field fieldThe The winner ridden by Wayne Wright who is making a great bid to lead the riders for the meeting was favorite at less than even money It was her second appearance with colors up she having won her debut engage ¬ ment on the opening day of the meeting Carrying 116 pounds she conceded six pounds to the runnerup and her time was within threefifths of a second of the track record held by Miss Joy JoyEBONY EBONY LADY FIRST FIRSTIn In the Kentucky Hotel Claiming Purse which shared the limelight Jack Howards Ebony Lady raced home the winner with Shepherd Boy second and Cherry Time next Only six started with the well backed Jessie Dear bearing out so persistently from start to finish as virtually to kill her chances be ¬ fore completing four of the six and onehalf furlongs furlongsUnder Under a strong and well gauged ride at the hands of the veteran Charles Corbett the Howard or Rookwood Farm Stable filly came from behind a fast pace and after wresting the lead from Shepherd Boy in the final furlong drew away until her final margin was two lengths Cherry Time which set the pace to the stretch and slowly gave way to the leaders held Fiji out of third place by a length lengthForm Form players got away to a flying start when R L Bakers Squall was a driving winner of the first race Eight contested the seven furlongs with Gooseflesh finishing second and Ondott taking the minor award awardIn In close attendance of Whiskoras pace until reaching the final three furlongs the winner took command under Lester Balas kis good handling and repulsing Gooseflesh midway in the stretch the Baker colorbear er reached the finish with a half length advantage From a slow beginning Ondott came to the outside entering the stretch and after reaching a contending position fal ¬ tered badly in the final sixteenth sixteenthEXCITING EXCITING FINISH FINISHThe The second race for maiden twoyearold colts and geldings resulted in a close fin ¬ ish with Hal Price Headleys highly regard ¬ ed Fort Springs beating Elwawa by a nose Almac was third a neck back of the lead ¬ ing pair pairTwelve Twelve youngsters raced four and one half furlongs and although Elwawa had the most early speed the winner a son of Su premus and Gurgling Water came on the outside to gain the decision at the end With the exception of Weston which headed Almac in the stretch the others failed to offer a serious threat Busy Prince and Prince Pine the Mrs W Crump entry which received strong support began slowly and finished fast fastBenefited Benefited by luck at the start M J Con Continued on twenty sixth page BYE LO MUCH THE BEST Continued from first page leys My Blaze provided a mild surprise in winning the third race which engaged a field of eight over seven furlongs Second went to Marie Jean with the highly re ¬ garded Spud third thirdWhile While the winner sprinted into command at once and held sway throughout Marie Jean raced closest to the pace and Spud was forced to improve his position gradu ¬ ally After reaching the stretch Spud moved into third place but was unable to catch the flying leaders At the end My Blaze had a three lengths advantage over Marie Jean which led Spud by a length After holding third place to the final quarter Oderic quit badly in the final furlong
