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i ! — Senator Joe Takes Measure of Tenure And Jack the Great in Pimlico Sprint I • 1 ] 1 , j J ; I 1 j *■ Clarke Colt Displays Sharp Speed Throughout to Gain Two-Length Accounting By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 8. — Racing within one-fifth of a second of a 41-year-old track standard, Alan T. Clarkes Senator Joe this afternoon was timed in 1 :06% in winning the five and a half furlongs Display Purse. The sophomore son of Alaking and Bold Mowlee carried 119 pounds and jockey Bobby Mitchell and paid .40 while earning brackets for the third time this season. Senator Joe now has earned a portion of the purse in each of his six starts this year, and his victory in the Display was by two lengths over C. Ewing Tuttles Tenure, and was making his first start since last fall. In third position was Walter A. Edgars Jack the Great, seeking his fifth triumph and favored at slightly better than two-to-one by the 10,157 fans in attendance on a warm afternoon. In winning the feature, jockey Mitchell completed a saddle double, for the popular booter, having driven Dillon G. Smiths For Rent to victory in the second event. The t * f v r v b * ► combination of owner -trainer Clarke and jockey Mitchell has become a popular one this spring, for the two have accounted for numerous purses with Senator Joe, Ala Mowlee, Roy O., and others. Senator Joe, showing the benefits of a two-week respite since his last appearance under silks, displayed sharp speed from the outset, racing Frank Ulrichs fleet filly, Nerve, into defeat after three furlongs. Once rid of that purser, Senator Joe Mc- Carthys namesake had little difficulty and only mild urging was necessary in order for him to prevail. Tenture raced well in what was his seasonal debut and could well beat a similar field with the effort under his girth. Jack the Great, under 122 pounds, seemed anchored and could not overcome his impost, plus the fact that he was forced to race wide throughout. A disappointment in the race was Brook -meades Blue Helmet, or, to be more correct, jockey Joe Culmone. The latter, leading rider in the country last year along with Willie Shoemaker, has been performing poorly recently and todays top event was no exception. Blue Helmet was unable to stay with the leaders while showing speed and when Jack the Great reached Continued on Page Thirty -Eight 1* C O Of hil him *" tn/ took be. been ge] • mi miles thi third Ea Senator Joe Takes Measure Tenure, Jack the Great Continued from Page One from the outside on the turn, Culmone up sharply, apparently without having bothered. Thereafter the Brookmeade gelding failed to settle down. The local course record for about two was equaled with the running of the race when Richard K. Mellons Irish Easter completed the 15-jump trip in 3:4.7%; to match the mark of Lieut. Well. Irish Easter was strongly handled by Pat Smithwick and paid 0.00 while scoring by two lengths over Happy Hill Farms Marcheast. Third position went to Justin Funkhousers Spleen. N. S. Scavas Diana Lee and D. G. Smiths For Rent scored narrow victories in the first and second races, respectively, to account for a Daily Double worth 72.40. For Rent was the third winner in two days for trainer George Mohr, who won a double yesterday with Blue Rhymer and Fourteen Grand.
