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Small Coffee Registers By Length at Pimlico Witchery and Reddy Ro Closest To Parr Colorbearer in Sprint By JOE HIRSCH PIMLICO, Md., May 11.— Mrs. Henry A. Parr m.s Small Coffee proved no cup of tea for a couple of Black -Eyed Susan nominees in todays featured Baltimore Advertising Club Purse. The fleet daughter of Eight Thirty, from the Bull Dog mare Pretty One, led through most of the six panels, scoring by a full length in front of Vincent Sheehy. Jr.s Witchery, with Barclay Stables Reddy Ro another head back. It was two and a half more lengths to Mrs. Samuel Lewins favored Wagan Drill, bet down to 4-5 fcy the 10,108 in attendance on this mild afternoon. Wagon Drill and Reddy Ro have been named for Saturdays Black-Eyed Susan, a traditional Pimlico distaff event. The winner returned .00 for her second score of the season and fourth check in five outings. Under 115 pounds and cleverly handled, by the veteran Willie Passmore, Small Coffee had some run left at the wire, though Witchery and Reddy Ro were clos- Continued on Page Port? Three i » i | j | j | | j j , j 3 J , . • . , [ , , . I j j I I ! I J I I , j I j I I ; j I : Small Coffee Registers By Length at Pimlico Witchery and Reddy Ro Closest To Parr Colorbearer in Sprint Continued from Page One ing swiftly. Small Coffee was clocked in 1:12 V5. The afternoons individual . honors went ■ to Alan Clarke, the noted Maryland owner- j trainer-breeder, who saddled both ends of the Daily Double, and to jockey Con Errico, was was aboard the duo, Titian Maid in 1 the first race and Bubola Mowlee in the second. The field for the feature broke in per- feet alignment and continued down the far side like a cavalry troop, strung out evenly from rail to rail. Midway of the backstretch, Wagon Drill gained a slight advantage, with Amity Hall a head behind and Joes Jeannie still another head in arrears. , Here Passmore hustled Small Coffee up ! on the rail and had the lead as they curved for home, with Wagon Drill in closest attendance and Reddy Ro a pair of lengths behind the second horse. Turning into the stretch Small Coffee drew out to a three-length lead, and although Reddy Ro and , Witchery closed quickly in the final sixteenth, they were unable to seriously menace the victress. Mrs. Samuel Lewins Duke o Hampton got up in the closing strides of the fifth event to nip Nancy Fanellis front-rurming The Butcher by three parts of a length, with Flamingo Farms Darling Daddy another three lengths farther back. Duke o Hampton, a three-year-old Orestes IH., gelding from an American Flag mare, returned .60 for his second victory of the season. Cleverly rated by Eldon Nelson, he was held well off the lead until the far turn, attended the pacemaker at the eighth pole, and then raced to the score in the final sixteenth. Duke o Hampton was clocked in 1:46 tf for the mile and a sixteenth, and carried topweight of 118 pounds. The Butcher was hustled from the gate by Johnny Choquette and led from the onset until caught at the wire by the victor. Darling Daddy was closest to the leader through the backstretch, gave way to Duke o Hampton as they straightened for the wire, and the latter was able to wear down The Butcher for the tally. Titian Maid and Bubola Mowlee com-i bined to pay 4.00 in the Daily Double.
