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BYE LOS FIRST DEFEAT St Bernard Scores Over Filly in Bashford Manor Stakes Wise Daughter Romps Away From Opponents in Secondary Attrac ¬ tion at Churchill Downs LOUISVILLE Ky May 12 One of the most attractive programs of the meeting1 featuring the thirtythird Bashford Manor Stakes and excellent racing weather the temperature having receded from near mid ¬ summer levels of the past few days com ¬ bined to lure a crowd of 10000 enthusiastic racing fans to historic Churchill Downs to ¬ day It was the semifinal Saturday of the meeting which officially closes next Sat ¬ urday to be followed by a charity program on Monday May 21 and visitors from Chi ¬ cago Cincinnati and the Blue Grass belt were quite numerous in the throng the sec ¬ ond largest of the current season Fine rac ¬ ing conditions from the standpoint of un derfooting also prevailed the track despite lack of moisture due to the drouth holding firm firmSt St Bernard raced to a surprising victory in the Bashford Manor Stakes for which C C Van Meters unbeaten filly Bye Lo was favorite at even shorter odds than pre ¬ vailed against Wise Daughter Away sprawl ¬ ing the Van Meter filly did well to save third second going to Fraidy Cat The lat ¬ ter and Fort Springs another away poorly raced under the H P Headley colors Ten raced over the five furlongs which the win ¬ ner negotiated in 100 and the race was worth 3165 to the youthful owner of the winner Mr Shaffer is a son of Charles B Shaffer Chicago patron and owner of the Coldstream Stud where stands St Bernards sire imported Bull Dog a full brother to Sir Gallahad III IIIQUICK QUICK BEGINNER A quick beginner the Shaffer colt pre ¬ pared by Alex Gordon outbroke his oppo ¬ nents and while setting all the pace gamely withstood a threat offered by Fraidy Cat They were almost at the finish when Bye Lo coming with a rush raced past Skippy McGee into third place a three lengths mar ¬ gin separating the Van Meter filly and Fraidy Cat CatElteebe Elteebe second choice at better than five to one found the others too fast and after racing prominently to the stretch slowly fell back until she was eighth at the finish finishSharing Sharing chief interest with the Bashford Manor Stakes was the victory of Wise Daughter one of the outstanding favorites of the afternoon in the Shelbyville Purse one of the secondary attractions Appearing for the first time under the colors of Mrs Frank C Mars Milky Way Farms Wise Daughter gained the triumph the second in as many siarts this season for the three yearold daughter of Wise Counsellor much as she pleased the big margin of four lengths comprising her winning advantage over the Parkview Stables Cactus Rose RoseIn In a thrilling finish for the smaller part of the purse J E Wideners Sickle Pear was third and E R Bradlcys Blue Again fourth Quasimodo and Judge Leer com ¬ pleted the fast field fieldNEVER NEVER IN DANGER DANGERDrawing Drawing far away from the others in the first quarter and making good speed there ¬ after the Mars filly was never in danger winning with something in reserve In the stubborn contest between Cactus Rose Sickle Pear and Blue Again the latter ap ¬ peared to have the worst of some crowding for which Cactus Rose which bore over forcing Sickle Pear over on the Bradley colt was to blame blameThe The winner ridden by Leslie Pichon car ¬ ried 115 pounds which required her to give weight to all of her four opponents and raced the distance in 112 which time might have been improved upon had she been pressed She paid 4 to 5 5J J E Wideners Belle Grier whose first effort last Wednesday was a winning one came back in the opening race over seven furlongs this afternoon and won with much to spare from an ordinary band of sprint ¬ ers Restrained for fiveeighths Belle Grier went to the front entering the home stretch Continued on tiventythird page BYE LOS FIRST DEFEAT Continued from first page and won by four lengths She was ridden out by jockey L Pichon who apparently wanted to take no chances Blind Brook finished second and Prince Charlo which did all of his early running in last place came with a belated rush to be third The winner was an oddson favorite favoriteSouthland Southland Stables Very Wise a son of Wise Counsellor finished in front in the Elizabethtown Purse the regular daily race for maiden twoyearolds and second on the program He began fast and missing the crowding that developed soon after the start was well on his way when his rivals were straightened out In the stretch Bubbling Mate made a bold effort to reach the South ¬ land colt and but for being forced back when the winner swerved closing an open ¬ ing next to the rail in the last sixteenth might have been more troublesome As it was he went down by one length and a half taking second by four lengths over Temple ton which narrowly outfinished Listening ListeningIn In the midst of the crowding Ross which ran such a sparkling race in his debut one week ago was so severely shaken up that he flatly refused to extend himself when clear He was the choice choiceAn An accident probably the result of rough riding marred the third race in which Chim ¬ ney Sweep finished in front defeating Ridge Blond Spring Station and Nituma among others George Smith astride the third choice March King was the victim of the accident suffering painful injuries when brushed from the saddle before the field had gone the opening sixteenth of the three quarters The young rider fell between fly ¬ ing feet and Fairly Wild just missed step ¬ ping on him himChimney Chimney Sweep won in a mild drive with Ridge Blond which made all the pace out ¬ lasting Spring Station by a nose for second The latter was bumped several times by the winner as they drove for the finish Nituma second choice was a bangup fourth fourthJohn John Marschs colors were seen in front in the seven furlongs fourth race for three yearolds when Four Spot pulled them through to victory by a nose over Busy Jay Both the winner and runnerup had more than their share of adverse luck and but for being forced wide in the drive Busy Jay probably would have finished in front In the early racing the two encountered inter ¬ ference largely brought about by the abrupt manner in which Rettef came over from the outside Finishing within a neck of the win ¬ ner Little Joyce showed a good performance to carry off minor honors
