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HE DID IN GAME FINISH Outstays Sangreal and Grand Slam in the Trial Purse. Carries 118 Pounds and Runs Mile at Churchill Downs in 1:37 Regains Admirers. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 28. Mrs. Silas B. Masons He Did, Santa Anita Derby winner, redeemed himself for his poor effort in the Sophomores Purse Saturday by taking a close decision over the Milky Way Farms Sangreal and Bomar Stables Grand Slam in the Trial Purse, the feature that drew a good-sized crowd to Churchill Downs this afternoon. The son of Victorian and Dinah Did came again in the stretch to outgame both Sangreal and Grand Slam after they had headed him farther up in the stretch, but Charles Kurtsinger never gave up on He Did and, displaying much courage, gained the verdict in the final stride. Carrying 118 pounds and equal top weight with Grand Slam, He Did stepped the mile in 1:37 over the fast but deep track. In the Sophomores Purse opening day the Mason colt tired badly in the stretch, but he moved in his best form today. Sangreal also displayed a much better effort than on Saturday in a race won by Brevity, in which he tired after attempting to race the latter into defeat. Alfred Robertson followed different tactics today, however, and reserved the Sir Gallahad III. colt off the pace. Grand Slams failure to race to victory came as a shock to his large following, which had backed him and his stablemate, Forest Play, into strong favoritism. The Chance Play colt, third in the Chesapeake Stakes in his only other start this year, moved into the lead readily on the turn, but tired perceptibly in the final furlong. FAST RUN RACE. The eight three-year-olds were sent away to a good start after a short delay, with Forest Play first to show in front. After showing the way for a short distance, he gave way to He Did, but on the far turn Jimmy Bryson had brought up Grand Slam to take the lead, the latter colt being given room on the inside of Forest Play to make him run. As Forest Play dropped back, Sangreal went into third position, but he was under steady restraint at the time. The opening quarter had been run in :23, and the half mile in :46. Around the turn, Grand Slam held He Did at his heels as he concluded the six furlongs in 1:10, while Sangreal was two lengths away. Dnieper, which had been in last place in the run down the back stretch, had advanced to fourth place after Count Morse had faltered, despite a weak challenge. Passing the furlong post, Grand Slam appeared to be holding He Did safe and then Sangreal came up on the outside in a slow but sure manner to wrest command from the Detroit-owned colt just inside the sixteenth pole, but while he was putting out everything he had to beat the favorite, the Mason colt came again on the inside to snatch the victory. Dnieper was a length and a half back of the first three, not being able to improve his position much after reaching a contending position in the stretch. He finished well before Forest Play, while Count Morse, making his first start of the season, was sixth, Holl Continued on twenty-second page. HE DID IN GAME FINISH Continued from first page. Image, the Arkansas Derby winner, seventh, and Noble Star brought up the rear. Chauvenet, ridden by B. James in T. E. Muellers Shady Brook Farm colors, raced to a decisive win over Yankee Waters, Die Hard and nine others in the first race, at six and one-half furlongs. Conceded little chance in the betting, the locally-owned victor returned odds of almost 20 to 1. Racing around Shining Jewel, Capitalist and Yankee Waters to the lead soon after he had straightened away for the run through the stretch, the Shady Brook six-year-old came on with strong, unwavering strides to win by three lengths. Holding on well, though she did not give the victor any trouble, Yankee Waters safely withstood Die Hards late rush to account for second. The latter shared favoritism with Capitalist, which, like Shining Jewel, tired after displaying speed to the stretch. Dixianas Foolish Moment, which had finished second in her only previous start on the opening day of the meeting, graduated when she turned back a large band of maiden juveniles, including her stablemate Offender, in the second race, at four and one-half furlongs. C. Stevenson sent the successful daughter of High Time into a long lead in the first quarter and she was never seriously challenged thereafter, though the runner-up, Chenault, finished at her heels. Brown Prodigy, coupled as an entry with Viajero, finished in third place, with Par next. After encountering ill luck in the early stages, the latter colt made up much ground and with better fortune would have been a stronger contender. The winning entry was the favorite. Under strong riding at the hands of E. Arcaro and running a game race, J. S. Rileys Erebus, which was the favorite, took the six. and one-half furlongs contest that served as the third race, in a driving finish and by a short neck over Sis Agnes. They crossed the finish well before the others of which Squall was third and Brown Witch next. Babeson, Squall and Black River set the early pace, but readily gave way to the winner, which Sis Agnes failed to overtake with a fast and determined finish. Displaying sharp improvement with a change of riders from J. Dunbar to Wayne Wright, Mrs. E. Denemarks Surcouf scored an easy victory in the fourth race over six and a half furlongs. Miss Saxon, the strong favorite, was three lengths back in second place and a similar distance before Captain Henry. Surcouf was rated along in second place as Captain Henry set the pace, but entering the stretch he moved up readily when called upon to draw away near the finish. Miss Saxon was always a contender, but could not match the winners closing rush. Regards finished fourth after being in trouble at the half-mile ground. The T. C. Word en stable furnished its first winner of the meeting when High Polish, which had failed to win in three visits to the starting post at southern tracks, led a small field to the finish in the fifth race for two-year-olds. Though several of the six that opposed him were winners and he started poorly, the successful Chicago-owned colt was so much the best that he gained the initial success by the convincing margin of three lengths. Josh, the only contestant which had not started previously, raced to second place, with Spring Flood third and Lucky Color fourth. L. Haas was astride the winner.
