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Adroit Leads All the Way in Carroll Favored Star Copy Beaten at Pimlico PimlicoHeighe Heighe Filly Reaches Wire Almost Length in Front Quarter Moon Victorious VictoriousBALTIMORE BALTIMORE Md May 11 Mrs R H Heighe popular Bel Air Md sportswoman saw her green and white colors carried to a smart triumph at Eimlico this afternoon in the sixth running of the Carroll Handi ¬ cap Adroit was the winner of this six furlong dash for fillies and mares which drew a field of only four fourThe The fouryearolds filly by Aettielstan and In India had the speed to take the track from her three rivals coming out of the gate and she traveled the threequarters of a mile in l1215 on the front end throughout throughoutRidden Ridden by Lloyd Knapp she finished threequarters of a length in advance of H P Metcalf s Star Copy while third hon ¬ ors went to Vincent Ciceros Royal Flush a length and a half farther back and just a neck before Mrs B S Campbells Bar ¬ bara Childs ChildsAdroit Adroit a fouryearold carried 112 pounds to 122 on the topweighted Star Copy and their duel was a keen one for the crowd of 15000 which assembled under clear skies and with a warm sun making it summerlike in front of the stands The Strip was at its best bestThe The four starters in the Carroll followed pretty much the same order all the way with only the margins between them themchanging changing slightly as the sprint was run Star Copy Pegs Pace PaceKnapp Knapp had Adroit away in the lead and was content to hold a slender margin as Star Copy was rated along in second posi ¬ tion while Royal Flush and Barbara Childs followed in the order in which they fin ¬ ished ishedAdroit Adroit continued nicely at the task at hand as they swept through the stretch and although Star Copy under Jack Westrope tried valiantly she was unable to reduce the winners advantage The others closed the gap some but not enough to constitute real threats to the top pair pairAdroit Adroit picked up 4150 for her score the third in eight starts this season Pre ¬ viously she had earned 4350 In the bet ¬ ting Adroit paid 5 as second choice to Star Copy CopyMrs Mrs Heighe was present to see her charge perform and following the race re ¬ ceived a trophy presented by Mrs W L Brann wife of the breeder of Challedon ChalledonIn In the secondary feature of the card the Equipet Purse H L Straus Quarter Moon the 1 to 2 favorite made his own pace to whip five other Marylandbred threeyear olds at six furlongs Jack Westrope rode the Quatre Bras n colt to a handy score over M Wexlers Bomb Sight and Vincent Ciceros Gold River RiverThere There was a Daily Double of 2940 on the combination of Capt Henry H Hechts Ask Aunt Ada in the sixfurlong first event and Bomar Stables Potsey winner of the dash for juveniles which was the second on the program HENRY L STRAUS Quarter Moon scored for the Baltimorean in the Equi ¬ pet Purse at Pimlico yesterday
