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Blazing Count Registers at Laurel Policeman Day Is Head Shy at Wire Barclay Stable Sophomore Withstands Stout Stretch Drive; Royal Morse Third By HUGH J. McGUIRE LAUREL, Md., May 5. — Blazing Count, racing for the Barclay Stable of John MeShain. withstood a strong stretch challenge from Walter M. Jeffords favored Policeman Day to earn a head verdict over that rival in the Maryland Medical Purse that featured todays card at this course. Slightly more than a length farther back Royal Morse was third on the inside for the Trio Stable while Night. Bell, who set the pact into the late stretch, wilted into fourth place in the field of eight three-year-olds. The winner, a roan son of Count Fleet — Obedient, by Mahmoud, who brought 8,-000 as a yearling from the consignment of Mrs. John D. Hertz, was registering his second consecutive score here, his first was at six furlongs, and today at a mile and a sixteenth which he covered in 1:45 5 under the guidance of Bill Pashmore. Both Preakness Nominees The race was witnessed by a crowd of 9,801 under warm and clear weather conditions. Blazing Count is a nominee for all three legs of the Triple Crown while Policeman Day was named for the Preakness and Belmont. Night Bell outran the others in the dash for the first turn and when clear was steadied along before Wagon Drill, the only filly in the field, with Indicative next in line before the eventual winner. Policeman Day was not too alert leaving the gate and raced only before the trailers. The order of the leaders was maintained down the back lane and around the turn with Night Bell showing the way and apparently well ■ within himself. In the home lane. Blazing Count was asked for his best and he went around the leaders, disposing of them steadily until within the furlong marker, where he took command. Meanwhile. Policeman Day had been running rather unkindly as has been his custom and he appeared on the backstretch to display an inclination to climb. Towever, he gradually moved to the first division and in the front stretch responded to hard urging to set sail for Blazing Count. Policeman Day gradually drew to the Barclay colt, but when he appeared to have him mastered, he hung momentarily then came on belatedly to fall short of his mark. Royal Morse had moved through on the inside when Wason Drill chucked it. but hs best effort left him short of the first two.
