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Assault Assault Seeks Seeks Dixie Dixie Handicap Handicap Today; Today; Rockwood Rockwood Lou Lou Visits Visits Winners Winners Circle Circle Good Story Upsets In Sweep All Purse Brolite Colt Coasts Home Five Lengths in Front of Irish Pennant at Churchill CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 8. — O. E. Breaults Brolite Farm silks were carried to a surprising and impressive victory here today by Good Story in the Sweep All Purse, one of the better offerings on a very ordinary program. Smartly handled by the veteran Charles Swain, Good Story coasted to the finish of the six furlongs five lengths before K. W. Patricks Irish Pennant, who closed strongly to take the place award over Harry Reid, Jr.s, Matty M. Sandy Strand Stables Manna H., choice for the sprint, finished fifth after beginning very slowly. The three-year-olds met in the Sweep All. Making the second start of his career, Good Story, a gelded son of Chance Play and Spur Flower, by Blue Larkspur, stepped the three-quarters over the firm footing in l:133/5. Overlooked almost entirely in the wagering, the Chicago-owned victor was good for 2.20 straight after his sparkling graduation. Never Headed Once in Command Black Tweetie was first to show in front, but Good Story moved up fast after the start and, after reaching the lead, was never headed. Black Tweetie engaged the ultimate winner until well inside the stretch, then dropped back beaten, while Irish Pennant began a good bid from fourth position and on the outside. Good Story, however, had something left when shaken up and he drew out to win as jockey Swain pleased. Irish Pennant closed determinedly enough to nip the even-going Matty M. for the place award and the latter had no difficulty in taking the short end of the purse from Steeplejack, who ran fourth. The smallest crowd of the current meeting, approximately 7,500 patrons, turned out today for the sport at the Central Avenue course, a sharp drop in temperature undoubtedly held down attendance, although the program was decided over a lightning-fast track. Partly cloudy overhead conditions did not add to the comfort of the regulars on hand, but the sun broke through occasionally during the day and the major portion of the gathering took advantage of those moments by finding vantage points before the stands. Mavada, a representative of Mrs. Ethel Freyberger, scored a driving victory in the third race, which matched six three-year-old platers at six and one-half furlongs.
