Evening star., 1933-05-14
TAKES RICH STAKE
BYFOUR RLENGTHS
Ladysman Second, Utopian
Third-Broker's Tip Last
in Field of Ten.
BY ORIO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

J periority, Mrs. Silas B. Ma
sons Head Play, beaten by
inches in the Kentucky Derby, to-
day Soundly thrashed nine classy
3-year-olds, including his Derby
conqueror. Brokers Tip, to win the
forty-third running of the Freak
ness at Pimlico. d.
Purchased on the eve of the Derby
for $50, GOO from Willie Crump. who had
paid $3.50 for him as a yearling, the
great son Of My Play merely toyed with
his rivals, finishing four lengths in froEt
of w. R. Goes LadySman. the cham
pion juvenile of 1882. which ran his
greatest race since winning the Hope
tul at Saratoga.
The Wheatley Stables Utopian, the
supposedly lesser half of the Trainer
James Fitzsimmons' entry, finished m
the third hole. head back of the fast
travelling Coe speedSter and three spans
in front of Ladysman's stablemate,
Pomponius.
Brokers Tip, the pride of the Blue
Grass, from E. R. Bradley's Idle Hour
Farm, was so lightly regarded by the
crowd of 10000 that he went to the
post quoted at the surprising long odds
of 13 to 2. And he ran like 100-to-1
shot, finishing last in the field OF 10,
a badly beaten horse. At no time in
the one -and-three-s sixteenth mile jour-
ney was he a serious factor, and at
the finish he was 80 lengths back of the
horse he beat in hairline and argu-
mentative finish at Churchill Downs
last Saturday.
n EFUSING to take seriously the de-
n feat of Head Play in the Derby,
the crowd backed Mrs. Mason's
big chestnut colt into favoritism. max
ing the green and white polka dot
silks of Coe the second choice and the
entry of De Valera and Utopian the
third choice. In the mutuels, Head
Play paid SIS go, $3.50 and $3.50 across
the board while his owner, from Dodd
County, KY. received the purse of
S26,S50, a mighty good dividend on her
investment. Ladysman returned 81 TO
place and $3.50 to show, while 81
show ticket on Utopian brought So.
As to the race, there was not much
to it except Head Play Charley Kurt
singer. accepting the mount at the last
minute, when Alfred Robertson was re-
tanned in New York, broke the West
erner fast and made every post win
ming one, never using his bat as he
swung along
The time of 2:O2 was four seconds
slower than the track record but. the
racing strip was considered at least
three seconds SOW as the results OF the
heavy rains of the last few days. THIS
morning the course was fetlock deep
in mre but by post time sWelterlng
sun had dried it to the stage where II
was rated as SLOW
LEAD PLAY threatened his chances
i l to win fame and riches when he
held up the start for eight min
utos, refusing to enter the stalls.
Finally he was taken to the outside but
that apparently made no difference to
tho "10-cent colt
He was away with the leaders,
oui-k.y swung to the center CT the
track where the going was faster ana
roared by the stands the first time
length in front Of H. c. Phlpps' Ds
Valera.
With little Kurtsinger holding tight
rein, the son of My Play hit the nrst
turn still a length in front but with
Iadysman now in second place, neao
in front of De Valera.
Like a grand marshal leading a
parade, Mrs. Mason's champion led the
way down the back stretch with Ladys-
man and De Valera close benlno.
The equine master of ceremonies swung
into the last curve. going stronger ana
stronger with every stride.
CONNY WORKMAN pulled his famous
y whip and began to be!abor Ladvs.
man in an effort to keep the 1882
juvenile champion within striking dis.
tance. But it was not in the son OF
Pompev. He ran mighty game race
lust managing to head Utopian out OF
the place but was no match for Head
PLAY. The Wheatley representative
replaced his stable mate as chal.
lenge- when the leaders Strengthened
out for home.
Through the stretch, Kurtsinger
tended strictly to his business and with
victory assured at the sixteenth pole,
easad up to cross the line with the
roar of the thousands reverberating IN
his ears.
Back of the four leaders in order
finished Mrs. Dodge Sloane's m'ander'
Leo Rosenberg's Kerry Patch, De valera
Mrs. John Hay Whitney's Poppyman,
j. N. Hughes Silent Shot and b okers
Tip.