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»— — ■ i m Blue Pennant Makes It Two Straight Rather Fortunate In Croyden Victory Redthorn Beaten More Than Length — Ramillies Is Third After Bolting at Start NEW YORK, N. Y., April 30.— Louis B. Mayers Blue Pennant was winner of the best offering at Jamaica today when he scored in the mile and a sixteenth of the Croyden Purse, for three-year-olds. He won going away from Redthorn, with Ramillies closing a big gap to be third. It was a particularly lucky score, for right at the break Ramillies had bolted out badly, to lose several lengths, and at the same time interfere seriously with Blazing Glory. There were 15,862 enthusiasts on hand, according to the turnstile count. The sport, while composed of only overnight entries, furnished plenty of top entertainment from the first race to the last. In the Croyden, with only five going to the post, only three were off well, when just as he left his stall Ramillies swerved out to bump and knock Blazing Glory off stride. Blue Pennant had left in full fligl . but Redthorn was hustled by him on the first turn, to go into the lead before the i/ack stretch was reached. There, in-tU d of taking hold of his mount, Laidley spi.nted him along until he had opened up a lead of almost five lengths. Westrope made no effort to go after the son of Firethorn in this run and he had Blue Pennant under a slight restraint as he galloped in second place. Wait a Bit was third and well before the unfortunate Ramillies, and Blazing Glory was so far back that Mehrtens was not persevering with him. McCreary on Chrysler Racer It was after rounding from the back stretch that Ramillies began to make up ground and there McCreary went to work on him and circled around Wait a Bit and »t sail for Blue Pennant. Redthorn was still lengths out in front, but Laidley gave him no chance to take a long breath and he began to shorten stride in the stretch. Westrope, in the meantime, was asking Blue Pennant for his best and, in the final sixteenth, he ran Redthorn down to win by something more than a length, and Ramillies was just another length away. His race suggested that only his bolting at the break cost him the purse. Itabo, from the King Ranch, had to be much the best to win over Speed to Spare in the fifth, a dash of six furlongs for the better platers. He had stumbled badly right at the break and thereafter was rushed up to meet with other misfortunes. In the meantime, Speed to Spare was racing along in command and under a slight 1 restraint. Through the stretch, Itabo closed on the outside with a mighty rush and, in the last stride, he earned a camera decision. Skin Deep, after racing in second place into the stretch, saved third, but was two lengths back in the final battle.
