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FLYING LEE WINS OAKS H. P. Headleys Pennant Filly Beats Janice by a Neck. Light Rain Falls as Famous Old Downs Fixture Is Being Run — Track Remains Fast. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 28.— Flying Lee, a daughter of Pennant, owned by Hal Price Headley of Kentucky, was a driving winner in the sixty-fourth running of the Kentucky Oaks, the feature at Churchill Downs this afternoon. Coupled as an entry with Drift Along and favorite in the betting, the triumphant filly raced the mile i.nd a furlong through a light rain but on a fast track in 1:52%. Ridden by Leon Haas and scoring her fourth victory of the year, Flying Lee defeated S. G. Baker Sr.s Janice, a daughter of Cherokee, by a neck, while five lengths back in third place was John O. Keenes Fantine. Bird Lea, racing under W. J. Sprows colors, finished fourth, leading Cross Keys, Lourdes, Drift Along, Dixie Land, Last Ales-sage and Shining Heels in that order. Flying Leo was scoring the second victory for the Headley silks in the old fixture, and her success added ,720 to the stables coffers. Second money was ,000, with 00 for the owner of the third horse, and 50 for fourth award. PACE-MAKING DUEL. Although she was kept close to a lively pace-making duel between Shining Heels and Cross Keys, Janice gave the winner a stubborn argument before finally going down. They hooked up swinging into the stretch, where both went wide, and it was a ding-dong tussle to the wire. Meanwhile the early leaders quit badly as Fantine and Bird Lea came on to finish in nearest pursuit of the two well-matched leaders. The Oaks, first run in 1875 and, like the Kentucky Derby, decided annually since that time, tested a field that included all the outstanding three-year-old fillies in the West and a single invader from the East. Last year the winner was furnished by Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Milky Way Farm in Mars Shield and she defeated a crack field while racing the mile and a furlong under 121 pounds and on a dull track in 1:53%. Among other brilliant ones to capture the race were Barn Swallow, Suntica, Cousin Jo, Alcibiades, Rose of Sharon, Easter Stockings, Mary Jane, Black Maria, Deeming, Princess Doreen, Untidy, Startle, Nancy Lee, Viva America, Water Blossom, Kings Daughter, ! Audience and Modesty. In its first running , the Oaks went to Vinagrette, owned by A. B. Lewis and Co.
