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VANDERB1LT HORSES SCORE DOUBLE IN MARYLAND g 3 1 i 3 1 i DREEL TAKES FEATURE Pocket Piece Graduates to Be First Stable Winner. Jockey Fallon Shares in Days Honors at Bowie Veteran Acautaw in Winning- Form. BOWIE, Md., April 2. Alfred G. Vander-bilt, Americas leading money-winning owner during 1935, enjoyed his initial successes of the spring season in Maryland as a pair of his Sagamore racers sped to victory over the Prince Georges track today. Before an extremely small crowd, the sprinter Dreel splashed through the slop to score in the claiming race which was the afternoons jnajor attraction, thereby completing a dou- 4 ble started by Pocket Piece in the preceding race. The feature winner, a five-year-old son of Trojan and Blazing Ember, which was bred in the Old Line State, was coupled with Bachelor Dinner, the combination being held at 1 to 2, the shortest price of the meeting. In view of track conditions he showed a fair effort for his first race of the year by traveling the distance in 1:14. The heavy rains of early morning affected the attend-nace, but form was well observed despite ri changed track conditions. The mutuel handle, naturally, fell off greatly. Fallon, who had piloted Pocket Piece to victory, rode a smooth race on Dreel. He rated the Marylander in second place while Bachelor Dinner was racing along in front far in advance of the field, and did not make his move with the gelding until he saw the leader was through. Then Dreel had "little trouble taking command a sixteenth out and passed the judges a length and a half in front of Warren Jr., with Bacon a neck away. BACHELOR DINNER QUITS. Warren Jr., driven hard by Arcaro as he raced next to the rail, did not loom up as a factor until well into the stretch. Then he came fast to run past Bachelor Dinner and snatch second place from Bacon. The latter ran a spotty race. He was close up for a quarter mile, then dropped back. In the stretch he was coming again. Bachelor Dinner, after enjoying an early lead and appearing invincible at the top of the stretch, quit badly in the final sixteenth. Headin Home was never a factor, showing a dull performance. Tall Oak, second to Murph at Santa Anita in his only previous outing, proved by far the most capable of the eight two-year-old non-winners assembled in the half mile opener. The son of Dis Done and Acorn, which races under the banner of John Hay Whitney, displayed a fancy for the sloppy footing as he splashed through it to a two and one-half lengths victory over Alfred Vanderbilts Slump, with Greentrees Somali a length farther away. The bay colt ruled an even-money chance in the machines and showed a good effort in view of track conditions as he completed the distance in :49. Acautaw, superior mudder and a good Bowie horse, had little trouble leading the Maryland-bred platers in the second. The gelded son of Trojan and The Squaw slipped through along the rail on the turn to gain command at the head of the stretch and race to a two lengths victory. Closest to him at the end was Bally Bay, which was five lengths in advance of Parva Stella at the final post. PARVA STELLA TIRES. Mrs. A. P. Doyles six-year-old was outpaced during the run along the far side of the track, with Jimmy Lynch making the winning move as he hugged the rail on the turn as the leaders moved out. He had all opposition tucked away three-sixteenths of a mile from the finish. Bally Bay, always close up, was going resolutely at the end, while Parva Stella just managed to stagger home a head in front of Happy Easter. Parva Stella had the speed to open up a commanding early lead, but she was through after racing four and one-half furlongs. Coming Back, making his first appearance since the Charles Town meeting last December, proved another easy winner as he dis-posed of eleven cheap platers with scant Continued on twenty-sixth page. VANDERBILT HORSES SCORE DOUBLE IN MARYLAND Continued from first page. difficulty in the third. The score gave Harry Richards a double, that lad having taken the opener with Tall Oak. At the finish. Danny Sheas Brooms mare was a couple of lengths in front of John P. W., the latter being clear of the tiring Sunned. Richards had Coming Back away fast and his mount forced the early pace of Small Devil. Turning for home Sunned rushed through on the inside but, after a brief tussle faded, leaving the field clear for the Shea colorbearer, which drew away in the final furlong. John P. W. was shy on early speed, but was going swiftly in the middle of the track through the final furlong. Sunned moved up in menacing fashion a quarter of a mile out, but tired in the stretch. Playfole went wide all the way and turned in a creditable effort. Pocket Piece scored the first triumph of the Maryland season for Alfred Vanderbilt as he drove to victory over Detonator in the dash for non-winners, with Blue Alice a fast finishing third. At the end the son of Display and Groat was three-quarters of a length in advance of the runner-up as he finished the distance in 1:09. "Skinny" Fallon sent Pocket Piece to the front at the rise of the barrier to set the pace for the entire trip. His charge was under extreme pressure from the top of the stretch, hanging on tenaciously to withstand the challenge of Detonator. The latter was hard at the winner for the entire trip, but hung in the last fifty yards.
