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Lap Full Carries Calumet Silks fo Fore at Downs Armeds Full Sister Easily Beats Oil Painting With Shoemaker Up By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 4. — Lap Full, a five-year-old daughter of Bull Lea and Armful, carried Mrs. Gene Markeys Calumet Farm colors to a popular victory in the Sweetheart Purse here this summerlike afternoon before a crowd of 9,000 spectators. The full sister to the former great campaigner, Armed, was confidently ridden by Willie Shoemaker, reaching the finish of th.e six furlongs headliner with three lengths to spare over Mrs. Joseph A. Goodwins Oil Painting, who led the field through the initial four furlongs. C. A. Cavannaughs Blue Violin finished third three-quarters of a length back of Oil Painting and a like distance before Louis J. Tutts Jenjay, fourth. Seven fillies and mares, three years old and older, met in the sprint, and Bubbley, who raced coupled with the winner, ran fifth. Lap Full, a good class winner at Keene-land before her transfer, to the Derby Continued on Page Forty-Eight Lap Full Carries Calumet Silks to Fore at Downs ArmecTs Full Sister Easily Beats Oil Painting With Shoemaker Up Continued from Page One oval, carried 118 pounds under the Sweetheart Purse allowances and stepped the three-quarters of a mile in 1:10%. The Calumet entry was favored in the "tote" at 3 to 5. Miss Jo Ann Demings homebred Pine-bloom-sired colt, J. R. Jones, earned a hairline decision in the four and one-half furlongs fourth event, one of three two-year-old races on the card. Hard ridden through the stretch by Charlie Burr, the Deming colt was along in the last strides to nip Jack Carters favored Floridian. Mrs. Norman J. Hernandezs Pit Away, pacemaker for the major part of the juvenile dash, lasted for third a length and one-half back of the lapped leaders while James Paddocks Antebabe picked up fourth money in the field of eight starters. Floridian appeared to have the race won a few yards from the finish but J. R. Jones closed strongly under Burrs hustling tactics to garner top honors. Pit Away gave a good account of himself and the New Orleans-owned colt was more than three lengths on Antebabe for the show award. J. R. Jones, clocked in :53%, went to the post at 37 to 10. The first disqualification of the current meeting came about in the four and one-half furlongs third, Bernard J. Baxs Anivram-, ridden by Johnny Nazareth, was first past the winning post but placed last after the stewards checked the film patrol pictures. Anivram swerved repeatedly during the stretch run, bothering several of her rivals. In the revised placings, Thomas J. Nolans Go Fox Go was awarded major honors while Mrs. Harry Trotseks Me-nown took second and Herbert K. Stevens Mighty Wise earned third money. Go Fox Go, Menown, and Mighty Wise" were the chief sufferers in the jam caused by Anivram.
