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, Roman Stripe Gains Neck Tally OverMon Mar in Thril ling Duel Nathenson Sophomore Gains Edge in Closing Stages of Bardstown Purse at Downs By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 11. Mrs. H. L. Nathenson?s Roman Stripe, a fleet gelded son of Roman and Fair Maid n., sped to a popular victory here this delightful spring afternoon in the Bardstown Purse before a mid-week crowd of over 10,000 spectators. Forwardly placed from the start of the six furlongs feature under a well-judged ride from jockey Kenneth Church, the Nathenson gelding reached the wire with a neck margin over Valley View Farms Mon Mar, pacemaker fo rthe greater part of the sprint distance. Two lengths away Brown Hotel Stables Numerical finished third while Baylor O. Hickmans homebred Senor Coati was along for fourth in the band of eight three-year-old Bardstown starters. Winner at Gulfstream Park Roman Stripe, a good winner in New York last year and successful in an overnight event at Gulfstream Park before shipment here, shouldered 120 pounds under the Bardstown Purse allowances and stepped the three-quarters mile over the -fast track in 1:11. Favored in the wagering at 13 to 5, the Nathenson gelding received a nice round of applause when Church galloped him back to the scales after the well-deserved accounting. The field for the Bardstown, with the single exception of Rays Surprise, left the Continued on Page Forty-Five SUMMER TAN The Youthful winner heads the field in todays renewal of the Juvenile Stakes at Belmont Park, Roman Stripe Gains fe Neck Win at Downs Edges Out Rival in Closing Stages of Bardstown Purse; Future Romance Graduates 5 Continued from Page One n stalls in good order and the race immedi- z ately became a duel between Mon Mar and q Roman Stripe. The two leaders hooked up entering the stretch, and, although jockey q Church lost his whip at the sixteenth mile p marker, his mount responded readily S enough to earn major honors in a driving finish. Numerical gave a steady performance to c garner the show award and had a length 2 and one-half on Senor Coati for that end of the. purse at the final marker. The lat- ter was on the outside during the last -three-eighths mile and was unabl to 3 seriously threaten the top ones when set down in the drive. Walmac Farms Prairie State was a keen -disappointment in the race, failing t keep J! up after a brief flash of speed and he could -do no better than sixth at the wire. j Uncle Emery, 8-to-5 straight, and Debbie Sue, a 3-to-l shot, paid 5.80 coupled in the daily double pool. Sonny Brown; racing for Creel Brown, Jr., and ridden by Johnny Adams, proved best of the seven speedy sprinters meeting in the three-quarters mile fifth event. Soriny Brown reached the lead after passing t the furlong marker in the stretch and lasted to beat Mrs. Herbert Herffs favored j New Stream by a nose. In the hotly-contested finish, George A. Cavanaughs Es-pedeco ran third and Melvin Carters Bull Skin, who led for the major portion of the t trip, garnered fourth money. Sonny Brown Beats New Stream Sonny Brown, stepped up ,500 on the 1 claiming scale, raced the six furlongs in 1:11 and he was a rank outsider in the 1 j tote at better than 18 to 1. Future Romance, a well-conformed home-! bred daughter of Futuramatic and Our Agnes, carried Emil Denemarks colors suc- 1 . cessfully in the Bridal Wreath Purse. The .Denemark filly, alertly guided by Johnny r : Heckmann, took command at the start of f the five-furlong dash and coasted to the : finish with a five-length advantage over her nearest rival, No Peeky. from the Mrs. 5 E. E. Dale Shaffer barn. Third honors in J the Bridal Wreath, which matched an even . dozen junior misses, went to Dr. R. C. Aus-l tins Mauverneen, who was a neck back of !t No Peeky and more than two lengths before 2 Thomas Piatts Lady Alorter, fourth. The Denemark two-year-old, who was making her second appearance under silks, bore out badly in her previous outing at of f Keeneland but today she went about her :a task in commendable fashion and won with L speed in reserve. n No Peeky was unable to threaten the winner but finished willingly enough to nip Mauverneen for the place. F. p b Future Romance carried 116 pounds over 1- the firm footing in :59, which time was but 3f two-fifths of a second off the track record st and she was favored in the- wagering at ie 9-to-10. lg Henry Forrests Jaycile, well ridden by n Johnny Heckmann, beat a full f ield.of two-s year-olds in the five-furlong third. Re-e sponding willingly during a hard-waged e stretch duel, the Forrest filly, a daughter of er Double Jay, beat out James Paddocks Is favored Im Expectin by a neck margin. ly Two lengths away Leo J. Caillouettes King v.e Joe, who flashed early foot, lasted for third ly while Clifford Mooers Vanhill raced evenly to salvage fourth money in the dash. Jaycile, a winner during the Oaklawn Park meeting, was second choice at 4?s-C to-1 and she stepped along in 1 : 00.
