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SPECTACULAR VICTORY « Shasta Nut Gets Up in Final Strides of Feature. * i Loses Lead in Last Eighth but Regains It in Time to Win — Ladies Day at Arlington. ♦ ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111.. June IS.— Alexander Pantages Shasta Nut won sensationally in the feature race, at a mile and a sixteenth, over the inner course, from Dan Burnham, after the latter seemed to have the purse at his mercy. He had wrested the lead from Shasta Nut when half the journey had " een completed and, under hard riding. had more than a five lengths margin before the stretch was reached. N. Walters, however, had permitted him to waste his energy and his backers jubilation was brief when Dan Burnhams lead suddenly began dwindling under the challenge of Shasta Nut. The latter continued fast and passed Dan Burn-ham in the last seventy yards to win drawing away. Alexander Pantages, a stable companion to Shasta Nut, finished in third place. Clear dries and warm weather followed the heavy rains of this morning and a big crowd took advantage of the occasion to visit Arlington Park. Ladies were again guests of the association. Because of the heavy drenching it received the track was unsuited to any but sturdy horses. The inner course was worse than the main track and proved difficult for many of the starters to negotiate. They reached the exhausted stage usually before half of the race had been completed. WESTERN COLORS PROMINENT. The western-owned horses were considerably in the limelight during the afternoon. ,Buckeye Belle, carrying the colors of the Mira Monte Stock Farm of California, earned the first purse of the meeting for owner R. J. Macomber when she furnished an upset by winning the mile and seventy yards race, in which Croasco and Patricia Marian were the favorites. Buckeye Belle took command when her rider elected and easily beat home Patricia Marian, which in turn got jip in the final stride to clown Crossco. Howard proved gamer than Capistrano in the second race, which was at three-quarters. Capistrano and Howard Dee absorbed most betting attention and they raced in advance of their field, the former being the leader until straightened for the stretch, where Howard Lee moved up steadily and won out ,by a length. Capistrano finished many lengths before Scoop, with the others badly strung out. Bound Cp was again a dismal failure. His downfall came in the third race, for which he was a pronounced favorite. He finished far back in the ruck after having been prominent but briefly for the first half mile. Hidden Thoughts was the victor. She had to be ridden out near the end to outstay the fast-finishing Bobby Basil, with La Sagette, an extreme outsider, in third place. Donna Marie was another disappointment here. She was backed confidently, but was always far out of it, though she closed resolutely during the stretch racing. THREE DS VICTORY. After several failures Cardo Blanco, in the Three Ds Stable colors, graduated from the maiden ranks with an easy victory over nine other maiden juveniles at five-eighths. Cardo Blanco displayed the most speed from the start and was well in hand the entire distance. Joe Marshall, a flashy looking colt owned by J. J. Coughlfn, surprised by landing in second place, with Golden Glint third. Lillian T., Enthusiastic and Break o Dawn were supposed to be strong contenders before the race, but they were at a loss in the stiff going and never figured prominently. The sixth race had an added incident aside ifrom the dot 3 finish between Luxembourg and Sandy Man. It came when Henry Horner, ridden by F. Maguire, unseated the lat-ter at the start due to the colt being caught ]in a jam. Henry Horner proceeded to race riderless after Luxembourg, wrested the lead ifrom him at the stretch turn, and finished a considerable margin in advance of the others. Sandy Man had to come from far back, as Luxembourg, with his big advantage at the start, had opened a tremendous lead. Sandy Man held on gamely in the final eighth and only missed wearing down the winner by a matter of inches. Canaan also had to come from far back to finish in third place. Luxembourg was heavily backed in spite of his poor performance in his previous f start John Johnson Jr. lost another race that he j should have won because of the riding of C. | McCrosson. He was beaten by Dolly Seth I by a few Inches. Turquoise finished in third ;• place. John Johnson Jr. would have won in la few more strides and would have reveised tthe decision with the winner had his rider .made his effort sooner.
