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DEVERNE EMERY Leading traiifer at Laurel started out opening day at Pim ¬ lico by sending out a pair of winners Suggested in Popular Triumph As Pi ml ico Spring Meet Opens OddsOn Choice Leads Rank Outsider Knights Reward by Length Before 9357 Patrons PatronsBy By PALMER HEAGERTY HEAGERTYStaff Staff Correspondent PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 1 Brookmeade Stables Suggested a three yearold Requested colt who failed to get ppstward until this season accomplished his fifth victory in 10 endeavors when he accounted for the featured Old Hilltop Purse on the opening day program of Pim licos 15day spring session Paul Groos Knights Reward was second with Mrs Herb C Boorses G R Petersen coming along to earn the show over C E Buckleys Red Romeo RomeoSuggested Suggested with the veteran Ronnie Nash handling him splendidly drew away from his opposition in midstretch and was be ¬ ing eased while scoring by a length in the five and onehalf furlongs time of 107 The somewhat disappointing crowd of 9357 wagered with confidence on the Brookmeade colt with the result that he was backed into oddson favoritism and paid 380 380High High Ground Stables Landseair a ju ¬ venile stake winner who was launching his current campaign cut out the early pace in the dash but only after being rushed from a rather slow start The Balladier colt once on the front end saved ground but was closely pressed by Suggested from the outside and Red Romeo between horses The trio raced heads apart until around the final turn where the pace began to tell on all but Suggested Draws Clear Rapidly RapidlyDriving Driving to the fore from the outside Suggested assumed command and rapidly drew clear in midstretch Nash with vic ¬ tory assured eased his mount a bit in the late stages which made the closing surge of Knights Reward appear more menacing than it actually was While getting within a length of Suggested Knights Reward finished two lengths in advance of G R Petersen and Red Uomeo who crossed the line as a team teamLandseair Landseair weakened badly in the final threesixteenths but the manner in which he performed suggested that he will im prove greatly in subsequent efforts and develop into a useful colt coltSuggested Suggested while he has won half of his races has not been tried at more than six furlongs and must remain a remote pos ¬ sibility for the rich Preakness to which he was nominated He does however have more than two weeks in which to prove his routerunning ability an opportunity he will have in the Preakness Prep if not sooner soonerMaurice Maurice Whites Emerald Isle Stable leading winning establishment during the recently concluded Laurel meeting and Deyerne Emery who outfinished rival trainers during that session scored doubles on todays opening program They were represented by Flap Not in the third race and Didapper in the fifth race each of whom was ridden by Angelo Vasil Flap Not in scoring her second successive vic ¬ tory paid only 4 while Didapper who also had won his previous race was over ¬ looked and returned 2580 2580The The meeting commenced with a 500 favorite G S Moores Jolirab scoring a sevenlength victory over rival 2500 plat ¬ ers Ridden by Carroll Bierman the gray son of Doublrab was timed in 113 and following the race was led to a new barn having been claimed by H R Haupt
