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MINNELUSA OUTRUNS NINE OPPONENTS IN KENT FINISHES FIVE LENGTHS IN FRONT AT DELAWARE DELAWARESir Sir Alfred Closest to Victor at Final Marker With He Rolls Third Abrasion on Top Again AgainSTANTON STANTON Del June 14 Minnelusa sporting the silks of Joe W Brown New Orleans sportsman won the fifth running of the Kent Handicap here this afternoon turn ¬ ing back nine other threeyearolds over the mile and a sixteenth route on a muddy track trackThe The victory was a rather easy one for the son of Diavolo and Michigan Girl for Paul Ryan booted him past the finish line with a margin of five lengths over E G Hackneys Sir Alfred while a half dozen lengths farther back Mrs Victor P Noyes He Rolls picked up third money in the stake stakeSome Some 18000 devotees of the sport turned out with much warmer although cloudy weather prevailing but the track was far from being in good condition after two days of almost continuous rain and it took Min ¬ nelusa 148 to negotiate the distance under 107 pounds The track record is 143 which indicates how muddy the going was wasMinnelusa Minnelusa a half brother to T M Dorsett one who Carried the Brown silks to victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes some years back and also a half brother to Jewell Dorsett was bred by Mrs Brown BrownThe The winner of the Kent escaped from the ranks of nonwinners on May 22 at Belmont Park and then came here to score a spar kling victory Tuesday in an overnight fea ¬ ture in which he came from far off the pace to whip Air Brigade and Kansas among others othersCLOSE CLOSE UP IN EARLY STAGES STAGESToday Today Ryan had Minnelusa closer up in the early stages and when he called upon the Diavolo colt for speed there was plenty of response and Minnelusa drew away from his opposition in the stretch as if much superior superiorThe The start of the Kent was good and in the run to the first turn it was a battle between Sir Alfred My Bill and Itabo the last named the favorite in the field and rep ¬ resenting the King Ranch of Texas TexasMinnelusa Minnelusa broke slowly but Ryan was not long getting the Brown colorbearer into his best stride and he r oved up rapidly in the run through the back stretch to be in a contending position as the field reached the halfmile ground Itabo had enough at this stage of proceed ¬ ings having been unable to keep up with My Bill to that point and Sir Alfred had dropped back slightly after a display of early speed Ryan sent Minnelusa charging at the leaders and he was not long taking command commandOnce Once in front the 5 to 1 second choice began to open up on his rivals with My Bill continuing the chase for a time but finding the task too much Rounding the stretch turn Minnelusa had opened up three lengths and it was just a question of how they would finish behind him SNARES SECOND PLACE PLACEAl Al Schmidl drove Sir Alfred through on the inside entering the home lane and this enabled him to snare second money over He Rolls The latter badly outrun for most of the trip closed a big gap on the final bend and then hung slightly in the stretch run My Bill managed to salvage fourth money in the distribution Itabo finished eighth eighthThe The official payoff on Minnelusa was 1280 for 2 and the winners share of the stake was 9775 Previously Minnelusa had earned only 2500 in two years of racing all of it this season seasonAbrasion Abrasion one of the best sons of Canter and flaunting the blue banner of J W Y Martin scored his second straight victory of the meeting when he proved much the best of four other sprinters in the Powder House Handicap which served as the fourth event and supporting attraction He shouldered the top weight of 124 pounds and reached the end of six furlongs three lengths before Miss E Carvers Johns Star Tall Trees Stables Bill Farnsworth was third a length farther back The latter had a slight mis ¬ hap for when the winner bore out at the stretch turn he forced Johns Star over on the Tall Trees representative and this prob ¬ ably prevented Bill Farnsworth from being closer at the end Glorious Time proved she was outmatched for she went into com ¬ mand by saving ground and then weakened rapidly during the last stages
