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I Spare Man Scores I Again at Pimlico | Repeats Recent Easy Victory In Mainmast Purse, Coming To Wire in Front by Three BALTIMORE, Md., April 21.— Spare Man. under colors of John Bromleys Cedar Farm, accounted for the Mainmast Purse, sixth and best offering at Pimlico today. I * At the finish of the six furlongs, covered in 1:1345. over a good track, the son ofi* Kantar— The Spare displayed three lengths advantage over the favored Armistice Day, j , while Quillons stretch run netted him j t third place. Armistice Day and Coronal. who took fourth place, had none the best of the break. The former got away slug-gishly and Coronal was off in a tangle. t In spite of this disadvantage, they both . turned in good efforts, making up ground y when too late. U Although successful in an earlier outing, j i Spare Man was not too heavily played, and ! this brought about an 1.70 for mutuel , j payoff to those in the gathering of 11,000 j backing him. Intermittent showers ceased | toward late afternoon and the sun came j out. I | Adair in Good Saddle Performance Raymond Adair guided Spare Man very capably to bring the five-year-old back a ] winner. During the early running, domi- ■. 1 nated by Layaway and Spinalong, the Kan- j i tar gelding did not have any too clear 1 racing room. Adair was forced to take the I i bay from an inside position to the outside I of the field and finally began improving his position rounding the far bend. As the j J pace-setting Layaway began tiring midway ! 1 of the upper turn, Spare Man took over ; I and, under steady urging, drew away from j j 1 Armistice Day, who had come forward. 1 I 1 That son of Peace Chance broke next to 1 i 1 last and had to work his way to conten- j | 1 tion gradually, putting up a game bid in the late stages, but it failed, as did Coro- j nals charge. That representative of Lt. j i Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.. had to overcome . a poor beginning in getting to the thick of j things in the run to the line. He finished strongly. 1 Favorites fared poorly in the early three races. The nearest one to being sue- cessful was Mrs. Frank M. Goulds Silver i I Run. who placed in the third and chase 1 offering, and he was coupled with Brook- | j meade Stables Caribou, who ran off the | course. The winner was John M. Schiffsi Shotlo. shipped in recently from New York. | He fenced well while with the first flight* early and moved to the leaders approaching i the last hazard. Once in the flat he took : cover to lead Silver Run by a length and one-quarter at the end of the two miles which he covered in 4:092s. Bridlespur I was third. A surprise victor, Shotlo brought aRout a 2.80 for pay-off. Bowers Pilots Winner j Apprentice Leonard Bowers, leading I i reinsman of the meeting, got Brookfield Farms In the Purple away in front in the j ! opener and kept the filly going to the finish of that four and one-half furlongs dash for two-year-olds. The daughter of Burgoo King, from the one-time capable race t mare Black Helen, was under steady urging, however, as Ginokum pressed her con- | tinually. In spite of this. In the Purple lasted by a neck and rounded out the distance in :56, with Ginokum. in turn, three parts of a length in front of Slam It. A ticket on the winner was valued at 3-1. War Strategy, the choice, had good, early speed. A long shot, paying 4.40 for . captured the second, when John Fosters Pugilist came from far back and between horses in improving his position, and surged to the front late. At the line a length and one-half separated that one, and Well Allrighti who came from off the pace. After assuming a brief advantage. Steel Beam weakened and wound up third, while the favorite. Sorgho, quit after setting the early pace and pulled up sixth. The six furlongs was covered in 1:151s by Pugilist. The Daily Double combination of In the Purple and Pugilist, respective winners of | the first two events, paid 06.80 for .
