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■ j j | I I j j I I j I j ; I j • 1 I Alquest Is Successful j In Renewal of Ben Ali Odds-On Ernst Colt Better Than 1 Length Before Anticlimax at End 1 I t LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 22.— Alquest delighted the majority of a week-end attend- J ance of some 15,000 at Churchill Downs l J ! here this afternoon as jockey Johnny J Adams booted him to a clever victory in the mile and a sixteenth of the ,000 I added Ben Ali Handicap, closing feature of 1 Keenelands highly successful spring meet- l ing. A. C. Ernsts strappy brown Questionnaire colt was a length and a half in ad- vance of H. P. Headleys Anticlimax, the , ! runner-up at the finish and C. U. Yaegers , * Parasang finished third, a length farther ! J away. The only other starter was Camps , J First, who collapsed badly through the , stretch after the , I 6 setting pace to the far turn, prompted by Anticlimax. The victor was odds-on, paying .80 and adding ,025 to earlier earnings. The racing strip was fast and Alquest negoti-j ated the distance in a creditable 1:45%. This was his fourth success in a campaign I of eight starts to date of the season and j the manner in which it was effected con- j tained a strong suggestion it will not be j his last. He carried 113 pounds and was: in receipt of weight only from Anticlimax, j who had up 115. Johnny Adams was! riding his third winner of the matinee, incidentally, astride Alquest. In addition to the prize award, owner I Ernst retains the tradition-steeped "Lexington Cup, emblematic of victory in thei Ben Ali, for another year. His Aletern Continued on Page Tioenty-Four j • i : ; ] [ j , [ j t j Alquest Is Successful In Renewal of Ben Ali Odds-On Ernst Colt Better Than Length Before Anticlimax at End I Continued from Page On* captured the 1943 renewal. The day was s humid and partly cloudy, but the largest t attendance thus far in the 31 -day spring, r season at Churchill Downs was present.! The Ben Ali began with Camps First t ; going to the front and Anticlimax forcing, his pace into the clubhouse turn while the ; eventual winner broke out and stumbled i| leaving the gate. Going to the far turn,! , the race was decided when Anticlimax [ made Camps First stop and simultaneously f Parasang moved up outside Alquest men- j ancingly. Adams had to inaugurate his 5 run there or be pocketed by Anticlimax tall front and Parasang on the outside.. Alquest slipped through between these e two before they could stymie him, however, , ! and swinging for home was sailing along on a reassuring lead. Abraham Hirschbergs Black Badge was confidently backed into odds-on favoritism i bl the six and a half furlongs of the El-, mendorf and he got home by half a length H in a drive after fashioning a brisk early FJI j pace. The runner-up was Colonel Read, L : who closed slowly in the stretch. B. R. Patons California invader, Valley y Flares, a candidate for the Kentucky Derby, r. accounted for the mile of the Glenview in I* | 1:3835. Jockey Johnny Adams sent him to o the front on the turn and he drove to the e I I finish a length and a half before Megogo. »• j ! The latter was three lengths better than •i | Ste. Frances, who finished third. Megogo o i | was bothered near the far turn. The Ha- -1 | Jwaiian, Kope Kona. made his first start I I here and beat two horses, working out a ft ! furlong in a couple of light years.
