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WEATHER INDICATES SOFT FOOTING FOR DERBY DIAVOLO BOY SET BACK Valdina Colt Disqualified and Purse Awarded Cuckoo Knee Deep Suffers Most Being Placed Second in Revised Stand ¬ ing Sally Shall Disappoints LOUISVILLE Ky May 20 Through the disqualification of Valdina Farms Diavolo Boy Joseph E Wideners Cuckoo was able to capture the Stamping Ground Purse five furlongs dash for twoyearolds which served as this afternoons feature at Churchill Downs Diavolo Boy with the maiden jockey C Minner in the saddle in ¬ terfered with Sally Shall and she in turn knocked Knee Deep out of the running and the stewards lost no time in ordering the Valdina colts number down downUnder Under the revised placings Cuckoo was acclaimed the winner Knee Deep finished second Sally Shall third and Don Dash fourth Diavolo Boy was the only other starter starterDiavolo Diavolo Boy a rank outsider in the bet ¬ ting was carried out slightly by Sally Shall the pacemaker entering the home stretch and then the Valdina colt bore over sharply knocking back the filly which in her only start equalled the worlds record of 33 for three furlongs In being knocked off stride Sally Shall forced Knee Deep to pull up sharply and then came to the outside for his bid To many it appeared that he had the race at his mercy when the interference came cameBY BY A LENGTH LENGTHSally Sally Shall had all the early speed here but entering the stretch she gave way some and Diavolo Boy raced around her Having clear sailing he continued on to finish in front by a length while Cuckoo beat Knee Deep a length and a half for the place For the foul ride jockey Minner was suspended for twenty racing days daysThe The time for the five furlongs was 100 which was recorded over a fast track Sally Shall was made a strong choice while Cuckoo paid1320 for 2 2Pleasant Pleasant weather again prevailed for the sport and another large crowd was on hand handJohn John Marschs Blaufuss the betting choice won the first race a dash of four furlongs for maiden twoyearolds but he gave his backers some anxious moments be ¬ fore he got up to take up the decision by a head over Kitty Baker a rank outsider Fin ¬ ishing on the rail under the urging of jock ¬ ey Charles Corbett the son of Jack High got up in the last stride or so to overtake Kitty Baker which had shown the way from shortly after the start Third in the field of seven was Oddesa Helen beaten two and 51 half lengths while two more lengths back in fourth position was Playback another which was well played playedPRENNY PRENNY IN FRONT FRONTPrenny Prenny owned by Glass and Gano and having the riding services of George South was returned victorious over Saunderstown Khar Fair and nine others in the six fur Continued on thirtieth page DIAVOLO BOY SET BACK Continued from first page longs second race for cheaper threeyear olds South had the winner away with the leaders and after taking command in the first quarter the Wise Counsellor gelding protected his advantage to the end where he led Saunderstown by a length and one half Never closer up than third the well backed Khar Fair reached the close of the sprint about three lengths back of the run ¬ nerup Lady Elsie was fourth fourthThe The third event saw the second favorite score Rebekah showing the way throughout Noma F was second with Capitalist third and all of the first three to finish were well up from the beginning Rebekah making her first start since last summer ran the threequarters in 113 and that was suffi ¬ ciently fast to put her two lengths in front at the end Noma F beat Capitalist a head for the place while Thornby led home the others in the field of twelve twelveJack Jack Howards Blue Gauntlet made a run ¬ away of the fifth race a sprint of six fur ¬ longs in which twelve met Away fast the fiveyearold Epinard horse ridden by Lee Hardy took a long lead on his rivals at the outset and won as his jockey pleased which was by four lengths Arabs Arrow was sec ¬ ond and Western Slope third while Wahcoo was fourth Good King was a slight favorite over the winner but he had little chance being in close quarters much of the first quarter He made up ground when clear but could finish no better than fifth
