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V Gweny G. Punctual Pimlico Favorite Whips Nimble Lady In Decisive Fashion Griffiths Filly Seen Likely Starter in Black-Eyed Susan Off Snow GoQse Purse Score By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 10. Saturdays Black-Eyed Susan Stakes gained a prospective starter this afternoon when Warren P. Griffiths Gweny G. easily accounted for the mile and one-sixteenth Snow Goose Purse as a .60 favorite. In second position, beaten three and one-half lengths after having been responsible for the pace, was Mrs. E. Snyders Nimble Lady. In third position, another length and a half in arrears, came Kenneth F. Holmes Another World. Gweny G. sprung into prominence in Marylanu last fall with three successive victories, following which she was beaten three lengths in the Bowie Endurance in her only other outing. This spring she raced well in a sprint debut, then turned in a dull effort when well-supported in the Chesapeake Stakes, in which she was sixth behind Ring King. She also was soundly beaten by Thither at Bowie, but her opposition today was mediocre, with the result that the crowd of 10,087 backed her in .60 favoritism. Her time under Tommy Barrow was 1:48 over a fast, but dull, track. Nimble Lady Sets Pace Nimble Lady set the pace in the Snow Goose, with the others closely bunched behind her. Gweny G., after lacking room to move through on the lead entering the clubhouse turn, was kept under stout restraint while in a precarious position between horses. It was not until midway of the final turn that the field began to open. Barrow still elected to delay his bid, which took place when Nimble" Lady drifted out entering the stretch. Gweny G. moved to the fore with a rush turning for home and her advantage, which was one length at the furlong pole, rapidly increased to three and one-half lengths at the finish. Nimble Lady held Another World safe, while the latter was but a half length before Louis Lee Haggin n.s Brook Flower. Tommy Corcorans Stepper Upper and Stanley Mikells Repetoire, both of whom were neglected in the wagering, staged a thrilling stretch duel in the six-furlong seventh race, with the former emerging victorious by a neck. Thomas Sears Nirgal Lad was two lengths back in third position, taking a neck verdict from Mrs. Ada L. Rices American Pluck. The winner completed a saddle double for apprentice Walter Blum and paid 4.00 after being timed in 1:13.
