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BILLIES ORPHAN BEST Daughter of Chilhowee Never Leaves Result in Doubt OffDay Program at Churchill Wit ¬ nessed by Big Crowd Small Fields in Six Races LOUISVILLE Ky May 8 Billies Or phan a consistent winner with the cheaper company returned to action for the first time since the Florida season to score her third victory of the year when she ac ¬ counted for one of the early events on to ¬ days typical offday program at Churchill Downs Ridden by Lester Balaski wearing the red jacket of Frank C McAtee of Lex ¬ ington Billies Orphan outsprinted Sis Agnes Pantaloons Valdosta and two others over the six furlongs distance distanceThe The winner a daughter of Chilhowee and Billie W won all the way and as Balaski did not subject her to strong riding prob ¬ ably had something in reserve as she thun ¬ dered by the finish two lengths in front of Sis Agnes The latter favorite at 40 cents less to the dollar than the winner which paid 12 to 5 came through with her usual steady performance earning second by a length and onehalf over Pantaloons A nose was Pantaloons entire advantage over the fast finishing Valdosta with Southland Lad and Little Gertie far back backCOOLER COOLER WEATHER WEATHERAlthough Although there was nothing especially al ¬ luring in the offering a large crowd viewed the racing Somewhat cooler weather with sunny skies made weather conditions ideal for the sport The track was fast fastAfter After the first two of the eight races small fields furnished the entertainment Maiden juvenile fillies comprised the fields for both the first and second events and races over the shorter distances again pre ¬ dominated dominatedElteebe Elteebe a juvenile daughter of Wise Coun ¬ selor and My Best Girl carried the colors of Charles Bacharachs Southland Stable to a popular and easy victory over eight other maiden fillies in the four and onehalf fur ¬ longs sprint that opened the program Second went to the fast closing Star Banner with Lady Excellent which forced the pace to the last stages garnering the show award awardThe The Wise Counsellor filly which was bred by her owner and prepared for racing at New Orleans was making her first start Ridden by Leonard Hale she outsprinted her rivals from the start and after drawing away to a good advantage Hale took a hold of her and the finish found her nearly three lengths before Star Banner which beat the tiring Lady Excellent a length for the sec ¬ ond award With the exception of Monks Shawl which held third position for three furlongs the others played no part in the running The winner ran the four and one half furlongs in the good time of 53 which is twofifths of a second off the track record recordMARS MARS SILKS SCORE SCOREAlthough Although Irksome the daughter of Diavo lo which was carrying Mrs Frank C Mars Milky Way Farm colors showed a fast and game effort to prove the winner the adverse luck encountered by Air Squadron which was held at oddson appeared severe enough to have brought about her defeat in the sec ¬ ond race at four and onehalf furlongs Crowded back by Empress Chang in the first sixteenth until she was back of all but one of her eight rivals Air Squadron could not overcome the handicap going down by little more than two lengths a length and one half representing Irksomes final margin over Iceberg which accounted for second honors honorsIrksomes Irksomes victory marked the first for the Mars colors introduced for the first time during the current meeting She was rid den by Don Meade MeadePhil Phil Reuter saddled another winner for William Sachsenmaier Atlantic City owner when the Justice F gelding Pulis second choice in the betting which found Two Tricks the favorite was a driving winner of the third race He led Bonnie Marita by a neck with Easy only a half length farther back and followed in order by the Continued on twentysixth page BILLIES ORPHAN BEST Continued from first page favorite Peggy Lehmann and Royal Sport The latter two horses appeared to bump in the stretch at a time when both were having difficulty keeping up upAfter After taking the lead from Two Tricks entering the stretch the winner drew away until he was coasting along three lengths to the good Gaining fast in the final fur ¬ long Bonnie Marita forced L Balaski to place the winner under a drive and though his margin dwindled fast he was good enough to hold the lead leadBalaski Balaski whose riding has featured since the opening drove home on his third win ¬ ner of the day when the Stimulus filly Hug Again opposing six others from among the less capable threeyearolds scored in the Henry Clay Claiming Purse which was the fifth race The winner owned by Warren Wright Chicago sportsman who uses Calu ¬ met Farm as a nom de course was the first under the establishments popular devil red colors this season seasonThe The Upset gelding Gilbert Elston was the one to provide the chief contention and put ¬ ting forth a stubborn finish had the win ¬ ner giving her best as she darted past the finish with a threequarters of a length mar ¬ gin Almost three lengths back of the run ¬ nerup and two before Royal Leon South ¬ land Duke filled third place The winner was the second public choice to finish in front frontHis His suspension of five days for rough rid ¬ ing terminated Don Meade was back in colors today The suspension did not apply to the Kentucky Derby in which he rode Bazaar for his contract employer E R Bradley
