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Blue Blue Choir Choir Triumphant Triumphant Over Over Turf; Turf; Dispute Dispute Drives Drives to to Belmont Belmont Victory Victory Takes Balmorals Pigeon Hole Purse Early Lead Aids Nathenson Racer to Hold Dance Nsing Off During Closing Strides *. By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., June 1.— Blue Choir, an Irish-bred four-year-old, won his first race in nine starts in this country when he defeated a fairly good field of grass runners in the Pigeon Hole Purse here today. Racing close up from the start, Blue Choir, owned by Mrs. Harry L. Nathenson and racing coupled with Guy, took a clear lead after going half of the one and one-sixteenth miles distance, but was doing his best at the finish to hold the Buddah Stables six-year-old Dance Nsing. The latter was eight lengths in advance of the third horse, who was Guy, stablemate of the winner. Two Foreign-Breds Unplaced Unplaced were the foreigners, Oriental Spring, making his first start in this country, and Salmon Peter. Others in the field were Blue Amber, who was fourth, and Equal Strife, who finished last in the seven-horse field. A crowd of 10,753 attended the races on a summerlike afternoon and they backed the Nathenson entry into odds-on favoritism. The pair paid .50. Blue Choirs time for the distance was l-A5Yson a firm grass course. Ronnie Baldwin rode the winner. Dance Nsing showed surprising speed out of the starting gate and led Guy and Blue Choir around the first turn and into the backstretch. Midway of the far lane, Guy took command and on the far turn Blue Continued on Page Forty-Three Blue Choir Triumphant In Pigeon Hole Purse i Holds Off Dance Nsing on Turf; Top Traffic Successful Choice Continued from Page One Choir went to the front, with Guy second and Dance Nsing dropping back as if finished. After entering the stretch, Blue Choir, racing easily, -had an advantage of over four lengths. Then Dance Nsing appeared to get his second wind and. at the finish was gaining rapidly on his rival. He. was beaten but three part of a length while Boldwin was hustling Blue Choir along. Much interest centered in the appearance of Oriental Spring, an English-bred from Hasty House Farms, who arrived in this country less than two weeks ago. He showed but little in his initial outing and was. never better than sixth. Top Traffic, useful two-year-old from the Sam E. Wilson, Jr., barn, won his first race in three attempts when he scored as a well played favorite in the sixth race. The colt, ridden by Al Fopara, got to the front early and was not fully extended to win over Big Swiv in the one mile race. He paid .00. A colt who formerly raced in the Wilson colors but who now performs for Hal Bishop, took the fifth when Alsab Ace was the winner. With Steve Brooks up, Alsab Ace came from fifth position at the halfway mark of the six-furlong dash to win, going away from Judge Browdee, an outsider, and Demree. Luckey Pete, the favorite, finished fourth. Agnes Lynn, a three -year-old filly, accounted for her fifth straight purse when she took the third from Maid of Cotton. Johnny Adams did a splendid job of rating on Agnes Lynn, .having her slightly in advance of her opposition all the way in tfee six-furlong dash. The winner was favored. *rfye Daily Double from Black Poppy, the i •first winner, to Bleu Feature, the successful one in the second, paid 78.60. Skoronski was on Black Poppy and Norman Hart on Bleu Feature. Sir Lari, ridden by Charlie Burr, took the fourth from a large field to pay a big price. It wSu¥ ax-fuVlbn race on the grass.
