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ALLEGRO SETS NEW TRACK RECORD IN THRILLER a sa Covers Three-Quarters in 1:10 2-5 in Exceptionally Fast Run Race Shatters Keeneland Mark in Defeating Olney by a Nose in Thoroughbred Club Handicap After Most Creditable and Exciting Performance LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 13. Lowering Keenelands record for six furlongs to 1:10 in one of the fastest performances at the distance ever made by a two-year-old, Dixianas Allegro gained a thrilling nose victory over Walmac Farms Olney in the Thoroughbred Club Handicap, which featured todays attractive program. They finished five lengths before Detector, promising colt owned by the Riedinger Brothers as Viscounty was fourth among the eight capable youngsters comprising the field. Another enthusiastic crowd was in attendance as weather and track conditions again were favorable. In winning the feature, the gelded son of High Time and Brenda, representing Charles T. Fisher, Detroit sportsman, reduced tne mark made by Myrtle-wood by two-fifths of a second. He carried 117 pounds as did Olney and Cherry Jam. Joe Rosen had Allegro away in front, but permitted him to be outrun down the back stretch by Olney and Matchup, the former being sent along briskly to open up a clear advantage rounding the turn. The Dixiana gelding was kept on the outside throughout and began reducing Olneys lead as the field entered the stretch, overtaking theNfavorite shortly after entering the final sixteenth. SEPARATED BY INCHES. The two colts matched strides for a few yards, after which Allegro began to draw out slightly, but he stumbled about thirty feet out with the result that Olney all but overtook him again, the pair finishing with but inches between them. Detector worked his way forward determinedly to take third honors, but without troubling the leaders, while Viscounty came from well back to be fourth after Matchup and Cherry Jam had weakened. Mrs. Payne Whitney, who is being honored tonight by the Thoroughbred Club, had the pleasure of seeing her Greentree Stable silks carried to a popular victory in the Ashland Handicap, the secondary attraction, by Drowsy, with Eddie Arcaro up. The four-year-old home-bred daughter of Royal Minstrel and Lazy Susan scored by two lengths over C. L. Croans Legenda, as the Tall Trees Stables Last Message was another length and a half back. Kentucky Blues was fourth among the eight good fillies and mares clashing at six furlongs. Bills Marge, owned by P. T. Chinn and grouped in the field, won the opening event by slightly less than a length over Young and Rogers Sweep Through, which barely out-gamed the Woodvale Farms Just Tiny for third honors. Azafran was fourth in the field of a dozen maiden juveniles that contested over six furlongs under claiming conditions. J. Littrell had Bills Marge away well from her inside position and hustled her into a clear lead, after which the daughter of Zacaweista and Honey Trace held Continued on thirty-fourth page. I I j j ALLEGRO SETS NEW TRACK RECORD IN THRILLER Continued from first page. sway to the end. Sweep Through vorked his way forward steadily to overtake Just Tiny for the place. Pascua, the favorite, was unable to enter contention. The Rosedale Stables Histrionic, the favorite, had no difficulty winning the second event, a dash of six furlongs engaging a half dozen plater three-year-olds, and at the erfd the gelded son of Masked Marvel II. was a half-dozen lengths before the Woodvale Farms Bess B., which just got up to beat out the Belmont Stables Wicked Time. Under the direction of Frank Grill, Histrionic was given plenty of time to settle in his stride, after which he moved up rapidly and swept into the lead just as he straightened out for the run home. Bess B. saved ground on the turn when entering contention and collared Wicked Time when the latter weakened. Little Mike, owned by Mrs. S. T. Baxter and ridden by Nunzio Pariso, became the second favorite to win in a row easily when he defeated eight other ordinary platers at three-quarters in the third race. J. C. Millers Golden Ariel was second, two and a half lengths back and well before Mrs. C. S. Ormsbys Jessie O. Parisian Maid was fourth.
