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BUBBLESOME BY A NOSE Drives to Thrilling Victory in Feature of Tropical Parks Closing Day. Registers Under L. "Buddy" Ensors Powerful Finish to Complete a Triple for Veteran Jockey. MIAMI, Fla., April 10. Bubblesome, elderly daughter of Bubbling Over, racing for the Snow White Stable, drove to a thrilling nose victory in the Sparks Purse, the mile and seventy yards feature of the final day of the ninety-seven days Florida campaign at Tropical Park today. Bubblesomes victory was the highlight of a day given over to the Florida exhibit at the Worlds Fair Fund, and that brought to a close a season that set new crowd and mutuel records. Bubblesome, a 7-to-l outsider in a field of five, showed sharp improvement to lead all the way, lasting to win by inches before the hard-driven Worpoise. Two and a half lengths away, Free Child was third, while Toni, the favorite, was a dull fourth. Lavelle "Buddy" Ensor, saddle idol of another generation and now staging a successful comeback at 38 years of age, rode three winners, including Bubblesome, in the first five races. He won the first race on High Treason on a disqualification, and the third on Ixy X., in a driving finish. GOOD RACE. Ensor rode a powerful race on Bubble-some, keeping the Bubbling Over mare in the van from the start and whipping her home in a desperate final drive to stave off a strong challenge from Worpoise. The latter ran over the wilting Free Child in the final eighth and might have won in another stride. Governor "Happy" Chandler, of Kentucky, visiting here, presented a beautiful silver trophy, donated by the Florida racing commission employees, to trainer John Garfield Wagnon of the Snow White Stable. "This makes me happy," said Governor Chandler. "I saw Bubblesomes daddy, Bubbling Over, win both the Blue Grass Stakes and the Kentucky Derby." More than 10,000 turned out under summery skies to bid farewell to the thoroughbreds for another year. About 0,000 was realized for the Florida Exhibit Fund. Reminiscent of the jockey battle between Don Meade and Herb Fisher in the Brokers Continued on fourteenth page. BUBBLESOMEBY A NOSE Continued from first page. Tip Kentucky Derby, apprentice J. Crawford, an unfashionable youngster from Canada, came into the front stretch on Bloomer Girl slashing and grabbing High Treason and jockey "Buddy" Ensor in the first race. Bloomer Girl went on to win by three lengths from High Treason, but Ensor claimed a foul, and the stewards did not hesitate in disqualifying the Medway filly and placing High Treason first. Attainment was placed second and Mr. Buddy third. High Treason set most of the early pace but was trying to bear out on the turn when Bloomer Girl, running as though much the best, swung up on the inside. The stewards claimed that Crawford grabbed Ensor and then struck High Treason across the nose several times. High Treason ducked out but Ensor straightened him and finished second comfortably by two lengths. Arthur J. Halliwells Worthing displayed fine courage to survive a hotly fought blanket finish in the second race. Fumble was a fast-closing second, half a length back of the winner and a head in front of Moss Gal, which finished another neck away. Ina Dear was fourth. Worthing, a seven-year-old Canadian-bred son of Worthmore, was always in the thick of the battle, taking command after going three furlongs, and holding repeated challenges at bay to the end. Fumble attended the first flight until reaching the stretch, and then moved up under stiff pressure to outgame Moss Gal for secondary honors. ENSOR SCORES. Jockey Ensor, riding with flashes of his old form, stole through with Ivy X. on the j inner rail at the eighth pole and "won with ! a whip ride in the five and a half furlongs third race, a test for maiden three-year-olds i and upward. Ensor saved ground all the way with the three-year-old daughter of Slave Ship and sent her to the front when Papalinda and Queerplay swung slightly wide entering the home stretch. Papalinda had the early speed of the race and was coming on again after going wide, only to be beaten by a neck at the end. Queerplay tired in the final sixteenth. Paul Kelleys Chancer, the favorite in a field of five, came from behind with a power-jful rush to outfinish Cautivo, the early j leader, by a half length in the six furlongs i fourth race. The elderly son of Chance Play was away slowly, but Ashcroft rushed him into the contention on the outside in the run through the back stretch. Cautivo, notoriously faint-hearted, began to tire in the final furlong and Chancer swept over him to win edging away. Jane Vito raced evenly for the show award.
