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Tellarian Sets New Worlds Record Aeschylus Wins Laurel Spring Cap Closes With Much Power in Stretch Akbar Khan Two Full Lengths Behind Favored Lofty Peak Third in Grass Course Event EventBy By TEDDY COX COXLAUREL LAUREL Md May 4 The first of the long series of grass stakes to be run along the Eastern seaboard was offered before 16410 patrons at Laurel this afternoon and emerging victorious in the Laurel Spring Turf Handicap was the courageous Mary landbred Aeschylus The fiveyear old son of Orestes HE Barbara R by Aethelstan II closed with a power rush through the home lane and at the finish was two full lengths in front frontCockfield Cockfield Stables Akbar Khan turned in a creditable race to be second while C Mahlon Klines Lofty Peak favorite in the field of eight was third Keith Stuart was astride the winner who shouldered 114 pounds and raced the about one mile and a sixteenth in 141 His backers received 1620 for the conventional 2 investment investmentAeschylus Aeschylus is owned trained and was bred by Douglas B Small who operates a breed ¬ ing farm at Monition Md The gelding failed to win in five starts last season al ¬ though he frequently raced creditably against the best grass runners in the East However he began his current campaign in great style by scoring a fine victory victoryHe He was brought back to training this season after a chipped bone was removed from his pastern last fall at the University of Pennsylvania Obviously the operation was successful At the time of the surgery his owner described him as a basket case Ideal Spring Temperatures The sport was conducted under ideai conditions with a bright sun beating down on the lush green countryside and the tem ¬ perature was perfect for this time of the season This was the introduction of the Laurel Turf Handicap and also was the headliner for the final day of the highly successful meetingThe sport moves on to Pimlico Monday MondayEarl Earl Phelps a rider from Bermuda said after the race that he was seriously im ¬ peded during the running by Marys Bubble although it was not so evident to press box experts All in all it appeared to be cleanly run runMarys Marys Bubble stepped out into the lead at the start and he was followed by Lofty Peak The two drew off and around the turn and down the backstretch they con ¬ tinued to dominate their foes The early stragglers however began to quicken their strides at the far turn and by the time the head of the stretch was reached there were several who appeared to have designs of victory among them the pacemakers Blue Choir and the Small representative representativeAn An eighth of a mile out Aeschylus was three lengths from the lead but he spurted smartly and was drawing away at the wire wireThe The program was delayed considerably during the first two races when a pair of ofnhieotirvnc nhieotirvnc worn nnsfprt alnnrr wifVi a dnarl heat sign which further complicated mat ¬ ters In the opener Xavier Farms Busi ¬ ness Trip and Ralph Smiths John J Jr finished on even terms then Norman Cox who piloted Ray Loughlins Jubitz into third place claimed he was bothered by John J Jr There was a lengthy delay while the placing judges examined the picture and there was additional time consumed while the stewards entertained the objection objectionBusiness Business Trip and Jolm J Jr were the heavy favorites in the field and because of the dead heat there were 260 and 280 payoffs respectively respectivelyEland Eland owned by Frank Harrison proved best in the second but was forced to with ¬ stand a claim of foul on the part of Thomas R Root astride Luck Piece who finished third Splitting the pah was Sure Proof Root maintained that Eland interfered with him Bearing the stretch but the moving pictures and stewards didnt see it that way
