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Noble Try in Clear-Cut Accounting at Pimlico Takes Westminster Purse Over Madok With Vern Bush in Saddle, PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md.. May 10.— . . Isaac Pricketts Noble Try took the short i I | way home to score an impressive victory in this afternoons featured Westminster Purse, his time of 1:1145 representing the ! j swiftest six furlongs of the meeting. In ! I second position, two lengths behind the I winner, was Flamingo Farms Madok. with j I Mrs. Joseph M. Lingles Lord Jeep third as j ! the favorite with a crowd of 8,427. Noble Try was -handled by Vernon Bush and re- ! j turned .60 after accomplishing his initial ; Success in three starts this season. I After breaking in the middle of the pack, j i I Noble Try, a six-year-old son of Noble j ! Creek, was hustled along the inside to at- j ; i tain command just before reaching the ! half-mile pole. At that time, four horses j I | were heads apart, the order behind the I leader being Lord Jeep. North Downs Farm I Stables Pine Theme and Granger Mend- | ! : fees Royal Holiday. The last two faltered j ! badly and finished fourth and fifth, respectively. j Noble Try increased his advantage j rapidly and was two lengths clear midway j of 4he turn, following which he retained a clear lead with only mile encouragement. I The surprising Madok saved ground on the ! turn but failed to seriously menace the j winner while outfinishing the 7-to-5 Lord ; Jeep. | Young John Ruane, who had ridden but ; I a single winner prior to arriving here with I I j the Greentree Stable, accomplished a double this afternoon and brought to five his i j score for the meeting. Ruane took the second race with Sal-Jar Farms Sun j Miracle and the sixth race with Charles Castrops Deedee O. The latter paid 1, while Sun Miracle returned 4.80 and completed a 89.80 Daily Double for those who had coupled her with Mrs. Dorothy L. Bowens first-race winner, Fiery Jim.
