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DELLOR DEFEATS REAPING REWARD IN DERBY TRIAL DARK HORSE IN THE DERBY SCORES IN FAST MILE Runs Distance in 1 38y5 Over Slow Track to Beat Mrs Mars Colt Victory Achieved in Easy Style With WithJames James Having Winner Under UnderRestraint Restraint at End LOUISVILLE Ky May 4 Dellor which hopes to make good in the Kentucky Derby Saturday where his sire Rolled Stocking failed a decade ago qualified for his en ¬ gagement in the 50000 added event in very impressive fashion at Churchill Downs this afternoon when he won the Trial Purse PurseRunning Running the mile in 138 over a slow course the brown son of Rolled Stocking and Gossip Avenue from the stable of James W Parrish Midway Ky banker and sports ¬ man defeated Reaping Reward by a length as Bernard F owned by I J Collins was six lengths away in third place placeThe The Milky Way Farm colt making his first start since his victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes last fall could not hold Dellor through the stretch the latter colt being more superior than his margin of vic ¬ tory indicates as Basil James had him under stout restraint at the windup while Alfred Robertson was riding out the Sickle colt coltDellor Dellor which had finished third to Colum biana and Finance in the Widener Challenge Cup last winter and second to Count Morse in the Ben Ali Handicap at the recent Keeneland meeting was in receipt of eight pounds from Reaping Reward while carry ¬ ing an impost of 110 pounds He was kept going for an additional furlong after the finish of the trial to be timed the mile and oneeighth in 152 Reaping Reward was worked out the full Derby distance of a mile and onequarter in 208 while Bernard F went the distance in 211 Military stable mate of Reaping Reward which missed third place by a head while making up ground rapidly went out the Derby route in 211 211CONFIDENT CONFIDENT FASHION FASHIONJames James rode Dellor in very confident fash ¬ ion bringing him up steadily on the outside to save him in a contending position on the turn Lake View away very fast set a good pace in the going stepping the opening quar ¬ ter in 23 and the half mile in 46 but Reaping Reward displaying more early speed than usual was right after the White Satin colt coltHalf Half way around the turn Lake View tired and Reaping Reward went into command cutting the corner at the stretch turn to save considerable ground James was ready with Dellor and the Parrish colt was right after the Milky Way colt as the field straightened out for the run home homeWith With a furlong to go Dellor wrested the lead from Reaping Reward although having to come up on the outside and he soon drew away into an advantage that James believed was comfortable enough because he did not shake him up upRobertson Robertson roused the Milky Way colt with several lashes of the whip Reaping Reward reached the threequarters in 111 and Del ¬ lor finished out the mile in 138 Bernard F was in fourth position in the early stages moving up to third place on the turn but he was unable to cope with Dellor and Reap I Continued on seventeenth page DELLOR DEFEATS REAPING REWARD IN DERBY TRIAL Continued from first page ing Reward and just failed to hold Military which was well back among the dozen three yearolds until the final three furlongs where he advanced rapidly on the outside His per ¬ formance appeared much more impressive than that of his stablemate stablemateThe The photographic equipment was brought into use for the first time at this meeting to decide the winner of the fifth race in which Star Bud Board Trade and Our Crest charged under the wire in that order Star Bud owner by Mrs R T Runnels and rid ¬ den by Bobby Dotter came from behind to get the decision in the final strides stridesStar Star Bud was outrun for nearly a half mile as Board Trade set the pace but fin ¬ ished with a fine burst of speed to overtake the leader just in time to get the decision Our Crest also made a bold bid but missed by a nose landing second money moneyFLIP FLIP FLAP DRIVING DRIVINGFlip Flip Flap was a driving winner of the opening race Finishing with a rush on the inside the Piatt filly pushed her head in front within a few strides of the finish and led Dashwood by a half length with Airlap a head farther back Practically all of the pace was set by Airlap and he led the field into the last furlong only to tire badly suc ¬ cumbing to both the winner and runnerup when within a short distance of the wire wireA A second longpriced winner scored when Minster which was making his debut under the Finch silks won a decisive victory in the second over Lady Briar Billies Orphan and six others including the wellbacked Miss Wise which finished seventh In front after about threesixteenths Minster with ¬ stood challenges from the favorite and Bil ¬ lies Orphan and was safe from Lady Briar after she assumed the runnerup position in the final furlong furlongGreenski Greenski became the first favorite to score when he made good in easy fashion in the third race The son of Greenock led all the way to turn back a band of seven other maiden twoyearolds over four and a half furlongs Sunberra took down second hon ¬ ors while Playback was third and Prince Alex fourth Playback was closest to the winners pace nearly to the end but raced wide most of the way and then weakened to lose the place by a length while the run ¬ nerup Sunberra finished a length and a half off the winner winnerTHIRD THIRD FOR HUTTON HUTTONHutton Hutton guided his third winner in four mounts when he brought C N Finchs Pat C home an easy winner of the fourth race over the six and onehalf furlongs distance The eightyearold gelded son of Stimulus and Medina a heavy favorite scored by four lengths over Erins Sun which moved up on the inside through the stretch to beat out Our Sammy and Blazing Torch by narrow margins for second place In addition to being the first horse to score a double at the meeting Pat C gave his owner a training double as Finch previously had saddled Minster
