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Cold Command Takes Brandywine Gets Home Neck Before First Aid Whitney, Brookmeade Racers-Put On Thrilling Drive for 28,829 Patrons at Delaware i By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent . . DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., May. 31. Attaining stakes-winning form for the first time this season, Cornelius V. Whitneys Cold Command this afternoon won the seventeenth running of the Brandy-wine Handicap by a neck from Brookmeade Stables First Aid in a thrilling stretch, drive. Completely outdistanced by the top pair and earning third money was Bon- crist Farms Better Goods, with Harry B. . Cohens Buck n Gee finishing fourth. Ideal racing weather and a very attrac- tive program lured an excellent crowd of 28,829, well over the Memorial Day record, since Delaware Park has been forced to conflict with Garden State on the holiday. Cold Command received a flawless ride from Dave Gorman and completed the mile and one-sixteenth in an average 1:43. Racing coupled with Fly Wheel, the winner was held at .40 and picked up 7,375 of the 4,750 gross purse. Elevated into the highweight starting position when the Wilmington Handicap winner, Pet Bully, was withdrawn, Cold Command was allowed to coast along in seventh position during the early running. It was his stablemate, Fly Wheel who took over pacemaking honors, disposing of King Ranchs Beylerbey soon after entering the backstretch, then dispensing with the bid of Buck n Gee. The latter may have been the front-runner had he not been forced to race wide while racing for t the first turn. First Aid Goes to Front First Aid moved from sixth to fourth: along the backstretch and was soon in front as Nick Shuk, who limited his riding, to two mounts due to Saturdays spill, eased him along steadily. The Brookmeade gelding, who scored his lone win of the year in Bowies Southern Maryland Handicap, forged to the front early on the final bend and held a three-length advantage with but a quarter of a mile to go. Nearing the stretch it was apparent that the finish was to develop into a two-horse affair, with Cold Command looming menacingly from the outside, then charging to First Aid as though destined for an easy accounting. First Aid and Shuk were not to lower their colors without a real battle, however, and both gave their utmost to stave off de- feat. Cold Command was not to be denied, however, and the War Admiral gelding proved the master as he rallied to Dave Gormans strong urging to gain his neck advantage. . Pin Oak Farms Make a Play, last years. Astarita and Marguerite Stakes winner, made her belated seasonal bow in the six-furlong fifth race and could finish no-1 et-ter than third behind Newtondale Stables Winsome Won and Voodley Lane Farms Del Tex Maid. Winsone Won, who was ridden by William J. Passmore, was forced to withstand a claim of foul longed by Del Tex Maids rider after hav;ng been timed in 1:11 for the six furlongs. The winner was a 4.80 long shot. Mrs. Samuel M. Pistorios Big Night, one of the well-played fillies behind Make a Play, was practically eliminated by the start and failed to display her usual speed and Wayne Kendricks Miss Tacaro cut out the pace. Winsome Won and Del Tex, Maid moved together entering the stretch, ;ith the former gaining the nod at the furlong pole while drifting out slightly on her rival. It was for this offense that Kenneth Godkins claimed foul on behalf of Del Tex Maid, but no action was taken. Tinkham Veale H.s Hidden Fortune, a two-year-old Jacopo gelding, remained unbeaten in a pair of starts when he won the five-furlong fourth race in 1:00. Ridden by Glen Lasswell, the .20 chance rallied well to wear down Cary Boshamers Tee Shirt and C. Lamar Creswells Mister C. L. in a blanket finish.
