Grey Baby in Easy Pimlico Accounting: Draws Out to Four-Length Tally Over V.S.A.P., While Engine Gains Show Award, Daily Racing Form, 1958-05-14

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Grey Baby in Easy Pirnlico Accounting AccountingDraws Draws Out to FourLength Tally Over VSAP While Endine Gains Show Award AwardBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONPIMLICO PIMLICO Baltimore Md May 13 De ¬ lighting a plurality of the crowd of 9536 Walter Susinis Frenchbred Grey Baby 380 erupted from the pack atop the stretch and drew off to an easy four length victory in the mile and sixteenth of the Free State turf course feature on an interesting Preakness Week card Jockey Keith Stuart did not even raise his hands as the Djebe gelding claimed for 15000 back at Laurel beat Mrs Milton Erlangers VSOP pointless while Christianas filly Endine was third some three lengths far ¬ ther back Midway point was fourth of a field of seven among whom Aeschylus ap ¬ peared securely anchored under top weight of 124 pounds and Americ who has Long champ form sulked most of the way waySilky Silky Makes Public Appearance AppearanceThe The 4000 Free State marked the first success in 10 starts thus far this season for the Susini gray who climaxed a joyous afternoon for the favorite players He took 1 48 to traverse the mile and onesixteenth of the feature in soft and yielding turf recently cut by the way wayLending Lending an added dimension of enter ¬ tainment value to a sunstruck afternoons sport was the appearance of Silky Sullivan who cruised a mile in 141 in fast but dead going for his upcoming Preakness engagement engagementThere There was not really much of a contest in the Free Stat for th winnr was obvi ¬ ously much the best at the weights from midway the backfield To this point VSOP and Endine had been alternating in a brief lead of a head or neck On the turn VSOP disposed of the Lunger filly and turned for home in front But Grey Baby was jumping right in his tracks and when Stuart gave the word he engaged VSOP briefly straightening in the stretch then moved off with arrogant lei sureliness the last furlong VSOP was as decidedly best of the others


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