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SPEEDY JOE SCHENCK Runs FiveEighths in 59Vs to Cap ¬ ture Woodland Purse at Downs DownsTriumphs Triumphs Over Lassator and Roy T Poor Start Ruins Chances of ofLiberty Liberty Scout and Stormy Sea LOUISVILLE Ky May 18 The Woolford Farms homebred Joe Schenck which learned the rudiments of his work in winter racing ran five furlongs within a fifth of a second of the track record to capture the Woodland Purse a contest for twoyearolds which as the fourth race was one of the better events on this afternoons card at Churchill Downs The bay son of Insco and Stitches ridden by Leon Haas ran the five furlongs in 59 over the prevailing fast track and that was sufficiently fast to place him a length and a half in front of his near ¬ est rival at the wire wireAlthough Although Joe Schenck performed in handy fashion and scored in an easy manner at least two of the contenders had little chance in the ragged start The most notable vic ¬ tims of the poor break were Liberty Scout which broke into the air and Stormy Sea which was impeded by the former at the instant the contest started startedOVERCOMES OVERCOMES EARLY INTERFERENCE INTERFERENCEAs As it was the well backed Valdina Farms entry of Lassator and Roy T ran second and third respectively Lassator beating his stable companion by a neck Stormy Sea overcoming the early interference finished well to be fourth in the field of seven Noticing and Betty Allene were the other starters startersLassator Lassator and Roy T dominated the early running here but when he was straightened out for the run through the stretch the Woolford youngster moved to them overtak ¬ ing first Lassator and then Roy T Joe Schenck was scoring the third victory of his career having won twice in Texas before coming to Churchill Downs DownsAlthough Although the track was fast skies were heavily overcast all day and about the mid ¬ dle of the afternoon there was an im ¬ minent threat of rain Another large crowd however was in attendance attendanceMaiden Maiden threeyearolds and upward pro ¬ vided the action in the opening race and it resulted in an easy victory for Mrs Joe Houstons Nogalo Thistle Red was second and Vertner third in the field of twelve Nogalo a threeyearold daughter of Noah and Regalo took command with a rush on the stretch turn where she got through on the inside and won by four lengths with Charles Swain in the saddle Epinique the choice opened a big lead early but quit badly in the final quarter and bearing out finally finished ninth ninthFIELD FIELD HORSE SCORES SCORESA A field horse G S Boswells Thistle Ress led home a band of platers over six and a half furlongs in the second race wearing down Khar Fair in the final sixteenth to get the decision by a head The sixyearold daughter of Upset was handled by H Dab son and was coupled In the field with Bright Don and Busy Girl neither of which fig ¬ ured strongly in the running Third money went to Minster the favorite which was Continued on thirtieth page SPEEDY JOE SCHENCK Continued from first page beaten only a neck for the place while fourth to complete the distance was Miss Adams which came from a long way back to earn consolation money moneyThe The virtual equal choices Manrico and Ripplealong finished first and second re ¬ spectively in the third race another over six furlongs for older maidens Manrico carrying the colors of J O Keene and rid ¬ den by Porter Roberts was easily the best leading his closest rival under the wire by five lengths while Ripplealong beat the third horse Witch Wings two and onehalf lengths for second place Manrico followed Ripplealong into the stretch took command himself approaching the furlong post and then drew away fast Blazing Sun led the others home Through the combined efforts of Thistle Ress and Manrico the Daily Double payoff was 608 608The The deluge actually broke during the run ing of the next or fifth race when the area was visited by one of the most terrific hail and rain storms seen here in many years Hail stones nearly an inch in diameter fell with such force as to virtually ruin all of the flower beds plants and shrubbery and also must have been painful to jockeys and horses taking part in the race The storm did not break in time to affect the condi ¬ tion of the track for the fifth race but it was sloppy for the sixth sixthThe The fifth the Valley View Claiming Purse at six furlongs went to E E Fogelsons Gray Jack ridden by Charlie Corbett Black Buddy was second and Tenace third while Board Trade which shared favoritism with Black Buddy was next in the field of six
