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Blue Sash Overtakes Comenow In Stretch Run for Length Win 0. S. Jennings Derby Hope * Draws Away in Late Stages To Account For Toro Purse BALTIMORE. Md., April 18.— Just about everything that heightens the sport, with the exception of triumphs of favorites, happened at Pimlico today. Longshots and lightly-regarded performers dominated the eight-race card and close finishes added to the general excitement of 12.000 enthusiasts treated to the appearance of Kentucky Derby and Preakness candidates in the Toro Purse, seventh and feature offering at this combined undertaking of Marylands four tracks. In the main offering. Omar S. Jennings Blue Sash, herself eligible to the Derby, administered a drubbing to other aspirants to the coveted fixture. In this respect were Comenow, who finished second and, among the also-rans, the W. L. Brann entry of Declared and Picotee, sixth and seventh, respectively, as even money choices. Both are also named for the Preakness. Scoring a mild upset. Blue Sash came from off the pace to drive to a length triumph in negotiating the mile and 70 yards in 1:4625 over a good strip. A winning ticket on the filly was 2.20 for . A length back of the successful daughter of Granville, claimed here last fall for ,250, was the early pacemaker, Comenow, while Tidy Reward garnered third award, a neck farther back. The start was none too good. Say Miss was the principal sufferer and trailed throughout. Picotee Pegs Pace Blue Sash had been a winner early in the year at Hialeah, but this fact was discounted to some extent, principally because of the team of Picotee and Declared. They had no excuses. With the start. Picotee a, younger brother to the stake winner, Pictor, raced closest to Comenow. This son of Menow attempted to usurp the winners share by trying for a front-running score, but others such as Tidy Reward and Grey Flares also had designs on the honors and in working their way to the pace and engaging him, greatly aided Blue Sash. This three-year-old dropped out of contention soon after the break, came forwardly at will on the outside and when the leaders started tiring converged on them. Through the stretch she wrested command and then drew away to her success. The adage that good things sometimes come in pairs was exemplified by triumphs of long shots, paying 4.50 and 7.20 for , respectively, in the fourth and fifth numbers. In the former. John Fosters Cushlamacree got to the front in the early part of the drive and outlasted Misflying, who in turn held Chiff Chaff safe. The distance at the wire between the first two was only a neck. The choice, Ginoca, was well placed early and then dropped out of it. His rider, apprentice Leonard Bowers, later stated the saddle slipped during the running. The winner covered the mile and one-sixteenth in 1 :50. Moving around the leaders entering the stretch, A. J. Lacostes Gino T. accomplished his first triumph of the year in the fifth. He had three parts of a length advantage over the favored Blue Cadet at the finish and was timed the mile and one-sixteenth in 1:5025- Blue Cadet never did get to the front. Third position went to Cross Country.
