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► , i Jennie Lee Drives to Victory For Third Win in Four Starts ► j 1 , / t Speedy Calumet Miss Takes Downs Sprint; Holly Sweet, Baluster Dead-Heat for Place CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 7. — Mrs. Warren Wrights Calumet Farm colors were carried to a popular victory here today by Jennie Lee in the six-furlong Challedon Purse. Hard hustled through the stretch by jockey Douglas Dodson, the homebred daughter of Bull Lea and Nellie L. chalked up her third triumph in four starts as she sped to the wire with a length and one-quarter margin over William E. Schmidts Holly Sweet and Arnold Hangers Baluster, which pair was on equal terms at the final marker for the place award. Slightly more than three lengths back, G. and G. Stables Dear Tint ran fourth in the field of seven sophomores contesting the featured sprint. Jennie Lee carried 113 pounds over the good track in a creditable 1:11% and she was a 4 to 5 choice. The manner in which the Calumet filly went about her task was indeed impressive and she undoubtedly will develop into a better-than-average member of that fabulous Calumet establishment, inasmuch as she has shown decided improvement in each of her engagements. First to Show in Front Dear Tint was first to show in front after the small Challedon field left the stalls in a line break but Holly Sweet moved up fast after the start and he made the pace until well inside the stretch. Jennie Lee and Baluster always were within striking distance of the leader and Golden Earring, who had been in serious contention during the initial quarter, faded back after meeting mild interference on the upper turn. / Once settled in the home lane, Holly Sweet stuck diligently to his task but he ; did not have the speed to cope with Jennie Lee, bowing to the latter after passing the ! eighth pole. Jennie Lee then drew clear while Holly Sweet and Baluster staged a stirring tussle for the second spot, hitting the finish on equal terms. Dear Tint could not seriously threaten the top ones when set down for the final drive but he was an easy fourth over Golden Earring while Ro-manda 3 and Warmed Over followed in that order. Temperature Climbs After a rather chilly and blustry day j yesterday, temperatures climbed and, although j light clouds drifted over the course early in the afternoon, the sun broke | through before the running of the feature j and it was an altogether pleasant day to go g racing. A crowd of approximately 8,500 witnessed the sport, which was decided on 5 a slow track that improved a bit as the i matinee progressed.* Theodore E. Muellers Shady Brook ] Farm silks were carried successfully in the six and one-half furlongs fifth race by • Tia, who won his second victory of the current meeting and his third straight j purse. Hustled along from the start by j jockey Lois C. Cook, who was rounding out a saddle double, Tia streaked to the finish i with a length margin over Thomas ] H. Stevens hard-charging Arrested. Four 1 lengths back, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Flynns 1 Drake Widgeon was along in time to take t the minor end of the spoils while Mrs. Continued on Page Four Jennie Lee Drives to Third Victory in Four Outings Continued from Page One James L. Chesneys High Cotton wound up fourth in the field of seevn starters. Tia dominated the running after going a furlong and, establishing a long lead leaving the backstretch, had to be hard ridden during the final quarter to register her accounting from Arrested, who gave a sharp performance to earn second honors. Drake Widgeon, away a bit sluggishly, secured a contending position for the stretch run but could not get to the leaders when jockey Harold Sconza set him down hard. The winner raced the sprint distance in 1:20 and she was the favorite at 8 to 5. John Kinards Johns Pride, ridden by William McKinley Cook, beat six other useful platers in the six and one-half furlongs third race, stepping to the final marker with a head advantage over I. Eli-zardes favored Delighted. James C. Ellis Delinda, early pacemaker, held a short lead until inside the stretch, then faltered but lasted to save the small end of the purse, a half length off the choice. Johns Pride, who was winning his first race in two years, found the slow footing to his liking and paid 0.40 straight after finishing his journey in 1:21. Nanchang, a handsome brown son of Grand Slam and Miss Purray, took a two and one-half lenghts graduation victory in the five furlongs second event, which matched a half-dozen juveniles. Nanchang was hustled along from the start of the dash and, after making the pace for the greater part of the trip, scored over Mrs. Paul Priddys Texas Coin. Mrs. Thelma Otts Hobad, the choice, had some difficulty with the soft going and ran third while P. E. Byrums Tommy Alan salvaged fourth money.
