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Lextown Lextown Annexes Annexes Peabody; Peabody; Shy Shy Guy Guy Victor Victor at at Detroit Detroit Dixiana Homebred Coasts to Finish Leads Love Sonnet Home by Wide Margin; Papa Red bird Unplaced in Afger Memorial i Air: gr UND it. Mich., May 30 : a sly d non that he is one of besr the Duaho: tra .lin. Charlie Fishers ixmna-: .. Shy Guy coasted an impri he ilar triumph here savin tin t tee; us. s ing Oi the "5,000 !- riel F. :. Ass-. .. mortal Handicap. ; s, an a - . by Rob-: : Le. i;a.iih ty. : : -old son is Ohal-shc:- an otsKs... ed to t-s tinis!-s the or ears: mg hollo ;. 5taka : s; is-! ss. before l.o- Sonne! . 1 nss - silks oi late CS s-. . meyers Ti -binp elo.s- v !;; i earn ihe -av a s ilf off I.c Son-nf i ; mce of H . Price ids in the t s i or Iri,-.. lighly ; .-tdeo pouia; - ; th- . v ; displa;. avy fter ss. ; 5na- s n fifth icta: , threa : iou- As : p. Cla: s nd;- ..;: aildica; out 0 it for t . s.lget 1 js oas fas . 3 i : t n-- roved s; . tlis a sa i cap; as the v . SllO.ti - iit i .::. 1 gr-s-:. ; - e o: Take:, i. a M:. sent lgc goo.: . ment as-a ?apa ed t-r -a- ant befor - . ach-tuvn v, s; -hy Gin. sa ipieci :n a n;t a a Sailor i d in Papa i. is.rd op.-in -i up a he run !.;... n the ba: .. retch ept Sh t.iuy under hunt re-ove Sonnet moved up t- dis-ng Air Sailor, who huied to s playing a brief flash oi speed sig the stretch, Shy Guy moved i s - tbird and. after a briel duel pu; tii Iwin colt away and opened up la svu-: nasi advantage at the three-six --; ten:, pole. Papa Redbird, weary from L i 1 hi.- ears, pucemaking task, dropped back : ; and I ,ove Sonnet, Turbine and Pellicle then s in .heir closing bids in order. - y Guy was not under urging during ae final furlong. The Dixiana star was i merely coasting as he swept across the fin- i ! Continued on Page Three i ; j : Six Face Happy Issue Over Route Lextowri Captures Peabody Memorial Staves Off Saint Nicholas Closing Bid After Setting Own Pace in Lincoln Stake Continued from Page One tucky Derby, in which he raced listlessly. When he came on the track today, trainer Dave Hum, of Arlington, Texas, had him in the finest possible condition, and his race indicated that his Derby performance was far from his best. By his victory, the most important of his career, Lextown added 7,700 to his earnings. The gross purse was 6,675. To Richard belongs much of the credit for victory, for he rated the colt along smartly during the running and managed to have enough reserve left in the colt for the powerful challenge waged by Saint Nicholas. The fractional were :22, :46, 1:11, and 1:36. Broken down this shows that the colt went the quarter in :22, the next quarter in :23, and the following two quarters in :25 and :25, respectively, with the final eighth being recorded in :14. Ky. Colonel pressed the issue in the early running, but it didnt appear that Rivera was anxious to go to the front, and when Richard sensed this maneuver he also took hold of the reins. Intermittently, Ky. Colonel moved at the lead but Lextown was right there to repulse it, after which Richard continued his restraining tactics. Both Move At Same Time Meanwhile, Saint Nicholas and Mr. Smug were far in back. Both began to move at the same time, Mr. Smug on the rail and Saint Nicholas on the extreme outside. The latter, however, had the most speed and probably it would not have been necessary to go around Cacomo while he was bearing out badly. Through the early part of the stretch, Ky. Colonel tried his mightiest to catch Lextown, but met more than his match and the winner continued along gamely to repulse Saint Nicholas in the final stages. Joseph A. Goodwins Pnut Vendor proved best of the three-year-olds in the Pittsburgher Purse, secondary feature. The colt lacked his usual early speed, but slipped through along the rail on the turn and by the time he reached the top of the stretch he was in a contending position. Red Dawn, however, had opened a clear lead and was going well, but Pnut Vendor still had much in reserve, and in the last sixteenth he rallied smartly and was going away at the finish. The distance probably would have been greater, but El-don Nelson had some difficulty keeping the colt straight in the long stretch run. Whenever struck by the whip, Pnut Vendor veered sharply toward the rail. Don Peppino, a six-year-old, who at one time competed against some of the best horses on the. West Coast and who had not started since December, 1947, was one of the warmest paddock tips of the meeting for the opening test and came through with a good effort to score in the final strides.
