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PLANETOID WINS EASILY ♦ Odds-On Favorite Gives Another Demonstration of Speed. . Big Crowd Jams Churchill Downs Stands — Showers Fall but Filly-Threatens Track Record. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 29.— Planetoid, sensational two-year-old filly owned and trained by J. Thomas Taylor, gave further evidence of her speed and quality by racing to an easy victory over six other juvenile fillies in the Lassies Purse at Churchill Downs this afternoon. Although the weather was threatening and light showers fell at intervals, another large crowd viewed the afternoons sport, and Planetoids victory was very popular, as she was made an odds-on favorite. In running the four and a half furlongs in :53, within three-fifths of a second of the track record, the daughter of Ariel and La Chica defeated J. P. Halls Little Empress by five lengths. J. W. Parrishs Perlette was third, a neck farther away, but well before Solar Maid. The track was good. With Charles Kurtsinger in the saddle. Planetoid found her stride quickly and soon went to the front. Little Empress followed at her heels until reaching the stretch, where the Taylor miss began drawing away, even though she bore out considerably. Reaching the finish, where Kurtsinger had her under restraint, she was well before Little Empress, which was ridden out to save second place from Perlette. Solar Maid, which was coupled with Countess Reigh, finished fourth. This was Planetoids second start and victory, as she had won at the first asking at Arlington Downs, winning by eight lengths. Continued on ttcenty-sixth page. i j ! I I | I I , , I I j | j j ! , j I I i I PLANETOID WINS EASILY Continued from first page. The crowd was so large that nearly every seat in the grandstand was occupied, while the accommodations of the clubhouse were also well filled and the attendance approximated 12,000 persons. The Lebanon Purse, another of the features and fifth race, was marred by the conduct of Crowning Glory, which, after running away for a half mile, unseated his rider when he attempted to bolt at the start. Winning honors went to Fred M. Alger, Jr.s Detroit-owned Polar Flight, a "fielder," with Cherry Time second and Likewise third. Thomas C. Worden furnished another winner of a juvenile event when Autograph, a home-bred daughter of Insco, led First Time, the heavily supported Pharolar and six other two-year-old platers, including Mindalo, to the end of the four and a half furlongs dash that opened the program. Always in closest pursuit of First Time, which began rapidly after being the cause of the delay before the start, Autograph steadily wore down First Time to reach the end two lengths before her. While Pharolar raced wide throughout and made up ground in the final furlong. Mindalo was never a factor. Re-Sweep tired after holding third position to the last stages. Airforce, carrying J. P. Halls colors and one of the choices, accounted for the second race for maidens three years or older. Racing from far back with a rush down the outside in the stretch and covering the dis- tance in the ordinary time of 1:14%, the son of Diavolo won by a length, with Kabo sec- ond, and Blue Gauntlet third. Faltering badly in the final quarter, Foyot, which was the favorite, was tenth in the field of twelve at the finish. He had alternated with Kabo in the early pacemaking. Lunsford, furnished by the A. L. Ferguson stable and ridden by Jack Mayer, a local boy, proved the first public choice to win when he narrowly outf inished Dulcimer to take the third race for three-year-olds, also decided over six furlongs. Of the ten others brought to the post, Schuie finished third. The race was decided in a light rain, which started soon after the previous contest and slightly dulled the course by this time. After the first quarter the race developed a ding-dong duel between the winner and runner-up, Lunsford getting up in the final strides, though Dulcimer made most of the pace. Coming again near the close, Schuie outfinished Lady Confucius by a length for minor honors. Coming back after being beaten in the Clark Handicap, Erin Torch, Dixianas Kentucky Derby eligible, was an easy winner of the Cherokee Park Purse and sixth event. Yantis was second and Whiskolo, which enjoyed favoritism, third. Racing Manners Man into submission during the first five-eighths of the seven furlongs sprint, Erin Torch, which was ridden by Charley Stevenson, drew away after attaining the lead, to be a length and a half before Yantis at the end. While Yantis held on in fine style, Whiskolo tired after reach- ing second place midway in the stretch. Manners Man quit badly after relinquishing the lead.
