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BALKANESE VICTORIOUS Miami Campaigner Outruns Pair From Santa Anita Course. Martin Juvenile Gets Up in Final Drive at Bowie to Defeat Tall Oak and Irrepressible. BOWIE, Md., April 7. A Miami campaigner took the measure of a well-regarded pair from Santa Anita in the major attraction at this course today when Townsend Martins Balkanese rushed up in the final furlong to run past Tall Oak and Irrepressible in the Salisbury Purse, for two-year-olds. At the end the son of Balko and French Doll was a head in advance of Tall Oak, with the other California campaigner a length and a half farther away. It was the second victory in four chances for Balkanese and he turned in a good effort over a muddy track to complete the distance in :49. He was not overlooked by many, who saw his good races at Hialeah Park, paying 5.30 in the mutuels. The runner-up, which had won his previous start at this track in a romp, was best backed of the nine contestants. The dash was decided under sunny skies, which had threatened rain throughout the morning, but cleared early in the afternoon. Balkanese was outpaced by the pair from Santa Anita in the early stages, being well back of them for the first quarter mile. Not until the home stretch was reached did he move into the picture and appear a contender for major honors. Jack Westrope drove him along on the outside and put forth a vigorous finish in the last eighth to get his charge up a few yards from the final post to gain command, improving this advantage slightly in the final strides. Tall Oak left the post a trifle slowly from his number eight position in the field of nine but Jones hustled him along to be closest to the pacemaking Irrepressible as they made the turn. He was lapped on the Balko filly as they came into the stretch and under a drive put her away. However, the Dis Dono colt lacked the reserve needed to turn back the bold bid of Balkanese. NO EXCUSE FOR IRREPRESSIBLE. Irrepressible did not have an excuse. She left fast from her rail station to immediately take command. The Vanderbilt miss had the speed to set the pace to the top of the stretch and she hung on tenaciously until fifty yards out. Then she tired. Talked About went along evenly throughout to be fourth, while Double Scotch quit. The day started with victory for Alfred Vanderbilt when his filly Hiatus, a 19 to 20 favorite, raced to a two and a half lengths victory in the initial dash. The daughter of Chance Shot or Haste Buck Up was much the best, as she suffered early interference and took a zig-zag course to the furlong pole. From that point she levelled away in earnest to register in convincing fashion. She plainly was considerably the best. Lotofus had the early speed of the party and made the running until straightened away for home. She bore out as she turned into this lane and this enabled Sylvia G. to slip through on the inside and take a clear lead. The latter tired under pressure and the pacemaker came on again to nose her out of the place prize. Miss Twinkle was well up throughout and may have been a trifle shy on condition. Acautaw proved the second consecutive choice to register as he drove to a length triumph over the pacemaking Play Book in the six furlongs claimer, which was second on the card. It also was the second straight in as many 1936 chances for the gelded son of Trojan and The Squaw, which races for Mrs. Alex Doyle. The gamely closing First Continued on eleventh page. BALKANESE VICTORIOUS Continued from first page. Pigeon was only a head off the runner-up. In view of his triumph through the mud last week the -six-year-old paid a small price in the mutuels when he showed 4 to 5. Lynch did not hurry Acautaw in the early stages, rating him along- behind the pace of Play Book. Then he drove his charge up smartly on the outside to be carried wide by the leader at the top of the stretch but under hard pressure managed to dispose of that gelding to draw away slightly at the end. First Pigeon was shy on early speed but closed swiftly in the final three-sixteenths. Al Neiman was, done after a half mile, while Minton did not appear to favor the going. Royal Gold, driven vigorously by S. Coucci, gained a half length decision over Timepiece in the mile and a sixteenth claimer, which attracted the second best field of the afternoon. The Golden Guinea and Queen High five-year-old, which races under the silks of Couccis brother, Anthony, was all out at the end and he might have lost the decision only the runner-up hit a soft spot in the track about seventy yards from the finish, just as it appeared that he was destined for victory. Royal Wager, a four-year-old son of Prince of Wales and My Bet, came to the races for the first time in the six furlongs sprint for non-winners, which was third on the program. The debut of "Irish Jimmy" Stewarts gelding was a most auspicious one, as he scored with consummate ease over the eight which opposed him. Despite the fact that it was his initial appearance, there was a world of money for Royal Wager and this sent him to the post favorite, a shade less than 2 to 1. Carl Hanford sent Royal Wager out of the bunch and into the clear before a quarter mile had been completed and the chestnut gelding only romped along in front for the remainder of the race. In the stretch the boy had him under restraint and was looking back to observe the struggle of the others as they tried to overhaul him. Four lengths behind the winner, at the final post, was Blue Alice, finishing steadily under hard pressure to take the place prize by half a length from Laddie Stone. The latter chased the early leader, but tired in the last sixteenth. Re-Election never was close. Eddie Arcaro "put it on" George Watson in the second end of the six furlongs event for maidens, enabling Calumets El Contento to gain a head decision over Hats Off, from the barn of Mose Lowenstein. Two and a half lengths away Bogertin had no trouble taking third money, for the public choice, Fight Talk, was eight lengths farther away. The gelded son of Toro and Evensong completed the distance in 1:15, which was three-fifths of a second better than Royal Wager hung out in the first half of the race. El Contento was hustled into the clear in the first furlongs to hold sway untroubled to the turn for home. Then he was challenged by Hats Off, hanging on tenaciously under a powerful ride from Arcaro to gain the decision over the Kentucklian. Hats Off was shy on early speed, but moved up swiftly from the middle of the turn, looking the winner at the head of the stretch and then tiring under pressure. Bogertin finished well from a slow beginning, while Fight Talk was done after three furlongs.
