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PARR RACER SCORES AGAIN . | ♦ • i Star Porter Wins Second Purse in i Three Attempts. ♦ * S.ortest Priced Favorite of Current Timlieo t Mee.ing — Track Slow hut Is Drying Out Fast. | » - I BALTIMORE. Md.t May 4.— Star Porter, consistent performer for Ral Parr, local r gportsman. scored his second straight tri- £ umph in three stars this season by outgam- c ing five other high-grade sprinting platers j in the Sparrow Point Purse, feature of to- j days program, which brought a crowd of 10,000 persona to Pimlico. Election day was observed here today, which accounted for j the large gathering. i Clear weather prevailed for the afternoons 1 sport, but the track was slow, due to a i steady rain yesterday. Although it dried i a out steadily. Star Porter could not run the j six furlongs of the feature in better than 1 1:14%. Taking up top weight of 118 pounds ] and ridden by Maurice Peters, Star Porter i was called upon to race Highpool and Tutti- i curio into submission before he could take the decision. Tutticurio tired on the stretch : turn, while Highpool held on until well into ; the stretch. The six-year-old gelding by The Porter — Starella then drew away, but had to be hard l ridden at the end to defeat the Crescent I Stables Irish Ted by a half length as that 1 outsider finished stoutly. Mrs. R. H. Heighes I Zay came from last place to gain third hon- I ors a length and a half back of Irish Ted and a nose before Highpool, while The Bail- I iff was a close fifth, Tutticurio having 1 dropped back to last place. Star Porter was the second odds-on choice of the day to earn brackets. Jack Patches I being the other, and his victory was immensely popular. He was the shortest-priced favorite of the meeting to reward the public. The colors of R. J. Walden were borne to their first victory of the season when Ladys Beau easily defeated seven other Maryland-bred platers in the opening dash of six furlongs. Taking the lead right after the start, and judiciously handled by Joe Renick, the three-year-old staved off Iron Ores bid around the turn to draw away . steadily through the stretch. Iron Ore moved up fast when making his challenge and was compelled to race wide by the winner which was being guided in the best going but he was not good enough although easily proving best of the others. Alit displayed an even effort throughout while In Front, the heavy favorite, was unable to menace the first two and tired in the stretch. Clever riding by C. R. White played an important part in the victory of Mrs. Frank M. Goulds Daniel Soot in the Mount Alto Steeplechase, which attracted eight hunters ridden by amateur jockeys. The veteran gelding captured the two and a half mile event by a length and a half over Richard K. Mellons The Stag II. with T. W. Durants Watsonia well back in third place. The fourth race, in which eight lowly platers met over a mile and one-sixteenth, resulted in a neck victory for Mrs. E. I. Shewbridges Infilee over Three Daggers, while Tuleyries Wand was well back in third place. The race was marred at the start when Wickcliffe, the slight favorite over Relativity, refused to start when an assistant starter walked in front of him as the bell rang and he galloped around the track far in the rear of the others. Prince Pettie had the most early speed but gave way to Jim Brown, which led until reaching the stretch where Relativity took command but E. De Camillas, who is riding in good form now, brought up Infilee in the meantime and she rushed into a long lead. Tiring in the final sixteenth, Infilee had to be strongly urged to stave off the bid of Three Daggers. Daniel Soot, a slight favorite, led all the way under expert rating and in the stretch he pursued a zig-zag course in front of The Stag II., and the latter was never able to catch up with the Gould jumper. The Stag II. had been rated in close pursuit of the pace for two miles but just was not equal to the task of overtaking the favorite. Watsonia also went strongly during the greater portion of the race but tired in the later stages, although having no competition for third honors. Briar Blue unseated his rider at the water jump, but jockey D. I Kerr, Jr., landed on his feet and held to the reins of his horse to lead him off the course. Daniel Soot carried 160 pounds and ran the distance in 5:00-.:,.
