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EAGLE PASS SUPERIOR Valdina Performer Defeats Grey Count by FiveLength Margin Eaces Creditably Over Slow Track TrackRunning Running Mile Distance in 1 40 Musical Jack Surprises LOUISVILLE Ky May 6 Eagle Pass threeyearold son of Night Flyer Miss Sim ¬ plicity in the Valdina Farms stable of E F Woodward scored an easy victory over six other capable performers in the Mundys Landing Purse the feature attraction at Churchill Downs this afternoon Ridden by Basil James the Texasowned colt ran the mile over a slow track in 140 to defeat Millsdale Stables Grey Count by five lengths as Rosedale Stables Exclaim was another nose back and a length and onehalf before Little Nymph NymphSlow Slow to settle into his stride Eagle Pass was last of the field through the opening quarter and had passed only one horse as the field left the back stretch In the mean ¬ time Exclaim had opened up a good lead with Grey Count racing in second position and Whipowill third thirdExclaim Exclaim maintained his long advantage in the run around the turn as R Hutton kept him on the inside in the deeper going but Eagle Pass had been given his head and had advanced to fourth position entering the stretch stretchEXCLAIM EXCLAIM TIRES TIRESUpon Upon heading into the home stretch Ex ¬ claim tired and James brought up Eagle Pass with a rush between horses to assume Command The Valdina colt steadily in ¬ creased his advantage to the end although being taken under restraint again in the final sixteenth sixteenthGrey Grey Count which had pursued a wide course into the stretch which caused him to drop back finished willingly to outgame Exclaim for secondary honors while Little Nymph ran down the tiring Whipowill to be fourth fourthThe The attendance exceeded the fine crowd of opening day being one of the largest for a Thursday of Derby week in Churchill Downs history Speculation likewise dis ¬ played a considerable increase The track dried out steadily with the aid of continuous sunshine and although it was slow for the afternoons racing it gave every promise of being good for Fridays program programCALVINS CALVINS FIRST WINNER WINNERCharles Charles Calvin Louisville youth under con ¬ tract to Roscoe Goose rode the first winner of his carrer when he piloted Byrdine to a nose victory for his employer in the six fur ¬ longs race which opened the program Cal ¬ vin directed his mount around the field from a slow beginning and in the final quarter the fiveyearold daughter of Byrd fought her way forward finally wearing down Marie Jean in the last few strides Eddies Brother was third four lengths behind Marie Jean and a similar margin before Animate which accounted for fourth money Calvin who is seventeen years old was riding the fourth race of his carrer carrerThe The second race also at six furlongs was for maiden threeyearolds and the winner Continued on thirtyfourth page EAGLE PASS SUPERIOR Continued from first page was E R Bradleys Buginarug The daugh ¬ ter of Blue Larkspur making her second start took the lead approaching the turn 1 and continued to draw away from her com ¬ pany until at the end she was in front by eight lengths Mistralkin came from a good distance back to be second while Manrico was third and Broadway fourth fourthDUPLICATES DUPLICATES SUCCESS SUCCESSThe The wellbacked Lady Velvet owned by A Gizzo and ridden by Charles Corbett which won her only start at Keeneland in easy fashion duplicated the feat in the third another at six furlongs in which she turned back eleven other platers Second money went to Moandmo and third to Kinross a field horse horseI I J Collins Musical Jack made his first start a successful one when he turned back eleven other maiden threeyearolds over six furlongs in the fourth race Under the vet ¬ eran rider Lee Hardy the son of HiJack led all the way to pass the judges three lengths in front of Texas Rose as Hermo sillo finished third With the Collins racer scoring in easy fashion the real battle was for the minor portions of the purse for Texas Rose took the place by only a half length with Hermosillo Lirma and Queen Regent finishing heads apart and in that order
