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CLEAN PLAY IN FRONT 4 Duncan Colorbearer Furnishes Big Surprise at Arlington. » . Defeats Sankari and Cayuga in Miss Universe Purse — Virado Takes Another Race. • ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111.. June 13.— Clean Play, carrying Mrs. V. M. Duncans colors, furnished an outstanding surprise in Arlington Parks racing today when he won with utmost ease from some fast sprinters in the "Miss Universe Handicap," which featured the program. Sankari finished second and Cuyaga just managed to outstay Bruno for third place. The winner was away fast and, after racing with Cayuga for half a mile, drew away thereafter and won with ridP.dous ease. Cayuga was made the favorite, and he began fast and raced well for half a mile, but thereafter he began lagging and barely missed being beaten for third place. Sankari was slow in finding his stride, but when he did settle into it he came with a tremendous rush that carried him from far back to a fast coming contender and, had he been successful in keeping pace with the leaders in the early stages, he probably would have reversed the finish with the winner. Bruno raced well for a first out in a long time, while Sunsard. another expected contender in the race, ran poorly. CLOUDY AND CHILLY. Heavy clouds obscured the skies at intervals during the afternoon and a strong chilly breeze, which at times reached the velocity of a gale, whistled its way through the massive Arlington Park plant, making it somewhat uncomfortable for the spectators, who were, for the most part, unprepared for the sudden change in weather. The racing brought several surprises, a number of the pronounced favorites going down to defeat. The finishes in some instances were decidedly spectacular, the winners on these occasions registering their victories in the last strides. Considering the uncertain weather conditions, a surprisngly large attendance was on hand to view the racing. H. G. Bedwells Mac Maxim was one of the lucky ones at the start of the opening race, in which sixteen platers met. He was first to get into his stride and. moving into a good lead, held sway for the entire distance. Talladega, coming fast in the stretch, outstayed Brunswick, which had raced prominently in early stages. Capistrano was an outstanding favorite, but any chance he might have had went by the board as a result of the interference he suffered, which caused him to be away in last place. He had to race wide, and though he closed a good gap, he tired in the last sixteenth. WINS BY A HOSE. Shasta Negra and Light View, the former a favorite, engaged in a spirited duel in the second race, at seven-eighths, and Shasta Negra, well ridden, succeeded in winning by a nose. American Son finished in third place, beating out the poorly ridden Billy Culbertson. Light Mew seemed the winner a sixteenth out, but Pistons persistence on Shasta Negra prevailed in the last few strides. Virado, the favorite in the third race, made good by beating fiit en other starters. He was lucky at the start and. racing close to Princeton for half a mile, passed him with ease to win well in hand. Princeton had to be urged hard, but held second place safe. The battle f.ir third place was spirited, with "War Pose coming fast to wear down Linda for that portion of the purse. Linda showed a fine effort and Protection a disappointing one, due to the timidity of Richards, who took him back in the early stages and only rode half-heartedly in the stretch when he found himself in close quarters. The fourth race, at a mile and a sixteenth, resulted in an outstanding form reversal, when Color Blind, which won in a preceding start from some good ones, was beaten badly and failed p. get a part of the purse. The incompetent D. Chamberlin raced him where the goinu: was deepest, with the result that he was exhausted before seven-eighths had been covered. Smiling Gus was the winner, but it was a lucky success for him, as Bright Shawl, which he beat home by a nose, was much the best and only McDermotts tactics in taking her out of the race when there was a prospect of crowding, caused her to lose the purse. Mary O., another distant follower in the early stages, finished third, getting up in the final strides to overhaul Chairman, ship his German-bred colt Galahad to La- The afternoons worst upset came in the eixth race when Lawley proved a dismal favorite and failed to get a part of the purse, Rurik won, well in baud, from Mop Up, with Shasta Nut wearing down Lawley for third place. Lawley was in a tangle at the start, but raced into prominence in the first half mile, but tired when the final drive _ began.
