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Red Shoes Triumphs in Pimlico Oaks Jackson Filly Just Outlasts Earshot EarshotJemas Jemas on RunnerUp Claims Foul Against Victress but Stewards Rule Against Him HimPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 4 Red Shoes owned by Howell E Jackson of New York won the twentythird Pimlico Oaks before 21000 fans here today racing a mile and a sixteenth over a muddy track in 149 to score by a neck William Helis Earshot was second just a neck before J B Thealls Dorothy Brown and fourth in the field of nine was Mrs R H Heighes Proverb ProverbRed Red Shoes a daughter of Eastbn and Mistress Grier was ridden by Carson Kirk and this was by far her most important score in two seasons of campaigning for she earned 20150 in this her second straight success in two 1946 starts Last year she won 13850 with two victories in nine attempts attemptsThe The winner had to survive a claim of foul lodged by Nick Jemas astride Earshot who was the favorite in the race Jemas claimed Red Shoes crowed his mount at the threequarter pole and again at the four and onehalf furlongs pole but the stewards ruled against him himSea Sea Snack First in Command CommandAt At the start Sea Snack went into com ¬ mand with Ariel Song and Red Shoes in close attendance Earshot moved up fast in the run along the back lane and as Ariel Song and Sea Snack dropped out of it it remained for Red Shoes and Earshot to bendRed battle it out around the final bend Red Shoes began to bear out badly in the run through the frontstretch but she was clear of the others and there was no inter ¬ ference at this point Earshot drove hard and barely missed catching her rival while Dorothy Brown coming with a determined rush after being outrun early proved a real threat in the concluding strides stridesProverb Proverb closed some ground to get fourth money but was not prominent in the early part of the race Athene failed to show to any advantage in the muddy going and Challadette after moving up to fifth posi ¬ tion at one time then dropped back grad ¬ ually uallyThose Those who backed Red Shoes in the mutuels collected 15 for each 2
