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♦ ____________________________________ — — . ______S___and_ Porters Broom Gains Nose Victory + Beats Little Imp at Churchill 1 r To Take Brown Hotel Purse i Ankenbauer Racer Runs Six* ♦ Furlongs in l:102/5, Fifth of Second Off His Downs Mark CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville. Ky., May 2. — Raymond Ankenbauer s Porters , Broom, holder of the six-furlong record of 3 l:10J/5 at the Derby course, came within ■ one-fifth of a second of equaling his pre-j vious best time when he registered his first _ success of the year in the featured Brown • Hotel Purse. Prominent from the begin-3 ning of the six-furlong dash, the winner, y under the guidance of jockey Kenneth . Church, raced the Brown Hotel Stables Tidy Sum into defeat, then gamely with-q stood a belated challenge from C. H. Ever-[j etts Little Imp to prevail over the latter j by the narrowest of margins. Three parts of a length to the rear of the closely lapped e leaders came Tidy Sum, who led Circle M. t Farms Endurable by an additional three-_ quarters of a length. Fourth choice in the wagering. Porters e Broom rewarded his backers with 1.40, y .00 and .00 across the board. The winner was making his initial start of the a a year and definitely established himself as a a one of the foremost candidates for the d 1951 sprint championship. ,s Starter Reuben White had the misfor-* y tune of pressing the button at the inop-_ to i portune time and as a result the Mill River Stables Ode was all but left at the •t post. White sent the remainder of the group on its way in excellent assignment "_ as Tidy Sum was the first to show in front [Z followed by Porters Broom, Henry For-. rests Traveler, and J. Stelles Syndicate. e Traveler Forges to Front :s Immediately after the break, Traveler forged to the front from his position along he L*r the rail closely followed by Tidy Sum and | the eventual winner. Curving into the home lane, Traveler began to shorten 1 stride and eventually was replaced by Porters Broom. Inside the final furlong Por-ters Broom took command and it appeared momentarily as if he would en-" counter but a minimum of resistance in i accounting for the victory. Midway the drive, jockey Darrell Mad- • . den guided Little Imp into closer conten- • rr tion on the inside and under punishment t V. the Everitt racer began to decrease the i h leaders margin with every stride. Little J Imp closed courageously, but ran out of f 1 yards before accomplishing this-objective. . _ Tidy Sum held on willingly enough to earn i , the lesser honors over Endurable, who also closed with good energy and who appears . _ ready for a creditable route effort. ," Christiana Stables Two and Six was re- - . turned the surprising winner of the fifth i event, one of the more attractive sprints 3 on the program. Cleverly ridden by R. L. I Baird, the winner was- sent to the front t of • nearing the final furlong marker of the J r seven-furlong dash and drew clear to J ,," charge under the wire three and one-quar- - .- if ter lengths before Elkcam Stables Bally- - if .* heather. In third position an additional six lengths away came H. A. Burns Bull 1 i Ford. The latter drifted out through the 2 on . stretch while tiring and impeded Bally- - heather which in all probability cost the 3 , latter the major portion of the purse. . Two and Six traversed his assignment t " in 1:26% and paid 0.80 straight. Partly clouded skies, but otherwise ideal 1 . conditions prevailed for the afternoon of f of L. L sport which was witnessed by approxi- mately 8,000. The racing strip proper re- - 1 mained lightning fast. an Jockey Eddie Arcaro guided the Brown i an Hotel Stables Balsa to a popular victory f an 1 the over 10 other juveniles in the five-furlong I opener. The winner took command when i ready entering the stretch and drew clear to a three-length decision over J. Howard i Rouses Sand Fly. One and three-quarters s _, farther back came S. I. Crews Corinne. of , Balsa returned his numerous backers s .80 straight. Running time for the five B panels was 1:01. HARRY TROTSEK — Sent out Porters Broom to score in the Brown Hotel Purse. _
