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EASY FORFLYIKG LILL Wins Kentucky Oaks by Six Lengths From Bala Ormont. Mx. and Mrs. C. H. Cleary, Owners of Successful Filly, Witness Her Performance. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 13— The. sixty-fifth running: of the §5,000 Kentucky Oaks, at a mile and an eighth for three-year-old "fillies and one of the oldest stakes of its kind in America, was staged here this afternoon at Churchill Downs before a crowd estimated at 12,000 persons. Skies were heavily overcast much of the morning, but the clouds scattered around noontime and this afternoon the weather was all that could be desired. The sun shone brightly and the course was swept by a fine breeze. - The Oaks topped a splendid week-end program of eight races, and a majority of them produced rousing contests to excite the enthusiasm of patrons. w Flying Lill, the hard-running daughter of Flying Heels and Laila Wild, owned by Mrs. C. H. Cleary of Chicago, added the sixty-fifth running of the Kentucky Oaks to her achievements when she beat nine other three-year-old fillies over a mile and a furlong at Churchill Downs this afternoon. Flaunting "a challenge to others of her age for the filly championship of the year, Flying Lill covered the distance of todays engagement in 1:51 ■on a fast track and, leaving her rivals behind in the run through the stretch, won by -six lengths in easy fashion, her rider, Carroll Bierman, only snugging her along at the end. SIXTH IN SEVEN STARTS. , The victory was the sixth in seven starts this year and, through her latest triumph, added ,820 first money of the ,000 added purse to her earnings. Closest to the Cleary filly at the end of the nine furlongs was Bala Ormont, owned by Hyman Friedberg and Edwin Axton, while C. E. Hagyards Rude Awakening was four lengths farther away in third place. Mont-sin, a running mate of Bala Ormont, was fourth and then came Mrs. Ethel V. Mars tiring Dinner Date. Flying Lills time, registered on a fast track, was the fastest for the stake since 1929, the year Rose of Sharon was the heroine of the Oaks. She was a 1 to 2 chance in the betting. Todays attendance and the response in general the meeting has received from racing patrons virtually assures the success of the nineteen-day meeting at the -Downs. Business here this year has been the biggest since 1930, which seems to auger well for racing throughout the Middle West this summer. The meeting comes to a close next Saturday. COLONEL WINN PLEASED. Col. Matt J. Winn, president of the American Turf Association, operating Churchill Downs, Latonia and Lincoln "Fields, leaves tomorrow for Chicago, where he will direct preparations for the Fields meeting opening Thursday, May 25. He was much pleased with the state of affairs here, and on the splendid racing at the Downs Continued on twenty-third page. EASY FORFLYING LILL Continued from first page. received many congratulations. The ten-year-old Dark Seeker, which annually takes down her share of races, began another season with a victory when she accounted for the six furlongs "sprint which opened the program. The daughter of Traumei-, owned by Fred Scoville and handled by Warren Yarberry, charged down the outside in the run through the stretch and was up in the last few strides to be winner by a head. Miss Lizzie, which made all the pace, drew into a good lead approaching the final eighth, but then failed to withstand the Scoville mare, although she was able to take the place three lengths before the well-backed Ottoman. The latter had been closest to the pace from shortly after the start. CITY TALK TRIUMPHS. William E. Smith, of Louisville, had the pleasure of seeing his colors carried home in front in the second race, a dash of four and a half furlongs as City Talk, a two-year-old son by Whiskalong, turned back seven other, juvenile maidens. With Joe Rosen at the reins, the Smith colt turned in a splendid performance to shake off Endy and win by a length. Valdina Babe finished third, five lengths behind Endy. City Talk and Endy battled each other furiously for the lead to the last seventy yards, where Endy faltered enough to permit the ultimate winner to draw into the clear. Valdina Babe never could threaten the leaders, although she was easily best of the others. On the strength of his fine private trials, City Talk was made the public choice at odds of 11 to 10. The six furlongs third race produced a rousing finish, out of which the Seven Acres Farms Princess Torch emerged the winner by a neck. Lapped on the daughter of Tor-chilla as she raced across the line of finish were, in order, Gay Troubadour, Bill Donog-hue and Ada W., with the others in the field of eleven well strung out. Princess Torch, guided by Carroll Bierman, racing on the inside from the start, found room after ing the stretch and closed fast to get the decision. SHIRLEY G. AGAIN. Scoring her second victory of the meeting, Bart Goochs Shirley G. ran five furlongs in :595s, within four-fifths of the track record, to be a romping winner of the fourth race. The daughter of Vito broke first under apprentice G. Wallace and never was seriously threatened after the opening quarter. Mae-brille was always closest to the winner, but at the end she was four lengths behind the leader and only a head before the well-backed Check Girl, which ran third. Top Man, from the stable of Mrs. Bessie Franzheim, raced to a hard-earned victory in the six furlongs fifth race and carried jockey Rosen home in front for the second time of the afternoon. Syracuse as pacemaker and the favorite, Pehamis, raced far in advance of their rivals for a half mile, but after reaching the stretch Top Man, rallying smartly, ran them down and finally got the decision by a head. Pehamis hung on well enough to take the place a length and a half before Syracuse with Sky Ball finishing fourth, a neck farther away.
