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JBLESSSD EVENT VICTORIOUS jOorsicana Colors First in Texas Cen ¬ tral Centennial Handicap Bofd Lover OddsOn Favorite at Dallas DallasThird Third Rip Van Winlde Accounts Accountslor lor Second Money DALLAS Texas May 11 Blessed Event carried the colors of Tarn Stroube and Col ¬ lins Corsicana Stable to a surprise score In the Texas Central Centennial Handicap which was witnessed by a crowd estimated at 10000 at Fair Park this afternoon afternoonWell Well ridden by Charles Rollins the E R Bradley castoff ran the seven furlongs in the creditable time of 126 to lead the Lone Star Stables Rip Van Winkle by half a length Bold Lover another Bradley cast off and oddson choice was third three parts of a length back of Rip Van Winkle and three lengths before C E Davisons Jens Son which tired badly after leading the small field of five to the back stretch Hueu a stablemate of the winner and the other contestant finished last after follow ¬ ing his opponents the greater part of the race raceBlessed Blessed Event carried 108 seven less than the topweighted Bold Lover and six less than Rip Van Winkles package Nine were named overnight for the sprint but the Leo J Marks entry of Marooned and Marson were withdrawn this morning and Royal Leon and Show Boy the latter a stablemate of Jens Son were withdrawn during racing hours Favored by the best weather of the meet ing and no counter attraction the largest crowd of the season turned out for the third Saturday program The commodious club ¬ house was the scene of many luncheon par ¬ ties several of which were given in honor of Fort Worth visitors There was an immediate start to the fea ¬ ture with Bold Lover the first in command He showed the way to the stand but Jens Son wrested the lead at the lower turn and he led Blessed Event and the favorite into the back stretch Shortly afterwards Rol ¬ lins drove Blessed Event into the lead but nearing trie final quarter Bold Lover moved up on the outside of the winner when put to pressure Blessed Event drew clear and appeared to be an easy winner However Rip Van Winkle was fast wearing him down at the end After his early threat Jens Son dropped back gradually while Hueu was never a factor factorThe The stable of W C Reichert which has a habit of furnishing surprise winners sent out for the Flower Mart Claiming Purse that supported the feature when the im ¬ proved Sweepogan experienced little trouble in leading Renaissance Jakovia and six others including the wellsupported Over ¬ shoes and Gay Banner to the end of the George courle courleRidden Ridden by the diminutive Charles Han auer and saved while forcing Overshoes good pace the winner went into command after fivesixteenths to reach the finish two and a half lengths before Renaissance which enjoyed favoritism drove through the field to gain his award awardAfter After several unsuccessful efforts here Joyce Moodys Peter Blues registered his first success and provided a popular score when he Tasted to beat Tamerlane by a nose at the end of the George course dash that opened the program Pretty Peg was third three lengths back of Tamerlane and four lengths before Brown Jug which raced wide at both turns Disposing of Rosamond R after fivesix ¬ teenths the winner drew away into a long lead but was under strong urging in with ¬ standing Tamerlane which was forced to lose ground from the start startThe The aging Whizz James scored a popular victory when Charles Parvin drove the C E Davison sixyearold to the finish of the second race also over the George course distance slightly more than a length before Butch which led Shawnee by two lengths for second secondA A limit field of ten started with Butch taking command soon after the start After leading the field out of the short five fur ¬ longs chute Butch gave way to the winner and although unable to threaten him there ¬ after he was much the best of Shawnee which got to the tiring Cogay for minor honors Britlon whiqh came in for good support tired after enjoying a contending position from the start startFavorites Favorites continued their winning march this time the most popular of the afternoon when E Robinowitz Zorana led Blue Cat Full Tilt and five other sprinting platers from the better grade ranks to the finish of the George course courseNever Never far back of the pacemaking Ma ¬ genta and Full Tilt which followed in close pursuit Zorana which had the services of E Deperini swept through the stretch to be a length before Blue Cat at the end The latter got up to beat Full Tilt by a nose for second with a head separating Full Tilt and Kapena at the end
