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PROMISING YOUNGSTER i * John J. Coughlins Roguish Eye Probable Juvenile Star. » jtfakes Auspicious Debut Over Arlington Park Course, Winning in Sensational Fashion. ♦ ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, 111., June 19 — John J. Coughlins Roguish Eye, probably ] the best colt in the West, made his initial start over the Arlington course, and it was | a successful one as well as a sensational one. He began tardily and was a considerable distance in* the wake of the leaders beginning the race. He also had to race wide. His prospects appeared poor when he raced in last place for the first eighth, but once in his stride he raced up to the leaders in sensational fashion. He was directly In the wake of Linda, Double Heart, and Credo beginning the stretch drive and and once straightened out for the final sprint he came j fast ; wore down the leaders and won handily. Double Heart and Credo fought it out spiritedly for second place, with Double Heart get-iting the verdict. The placing drew some dissent from some of the spectators, who thought that Credo had beaten Double Heart. Roguish Eye was the favorite. Another choice that succeeded after a , spirited duel was Svvoet Mandy, which de- feated Huon Pine, after the latter had of- j fered the most spirited challenge of any racer during the afternoon. The leading i pair at tiie finish practically had the race j between them. Huon Pine displaced Sweet I Mandy from the lead in the first quarter, [ but it benefited Sweet Mandy, as it gave I the latter an opportunity to get into the firmer part of the track, where she came to the outside of Huon Pine and wore him down in the last twenty yards. Sweet Money was far in advance of the others, but beaten a considerable distance by the leading pair. i COLOR BLIND SURPRISES. Color Blind, which has served as a medium j for claims on several occasions, won for his owner and furnished a big surprise when he ■ accounted lor the mile and a sixteenth claiming handicap over four other highly regarded platers. The race, over the inner course, was i intended to serve as a feature and it afforded I means for hectic speculations, Flaherty, : Chairman and Fannie May having an im-| mense following. Flaherty flattered extensively when he j raced in close proximity to Spanish Princess I while under restraint. He moved into the i load when his rider called on him, but Color ! Blind, racing forwardly and in improved form over his last showing, was always close ! to the leading pair and when Flaherty began showing signs of tiring in the stretch Color j Blind rushed by him with ease and won with much in reserve. Chairman, after being far j out of it, managed to gain in the last eighth : and succeeded in wearing down Spanish . Princess for third place. i Continuous rains here made the track a j veritable quagmire and caused owners to re-| frain from entering their best, resulting in a mediocre offering to racing patrons and it 1 also caused a diminished volume of play. The racing was spectacular in many instances. Two of the finishes were close ; enough to suit the most exacting and the winners were in doubt until the official placing. HAYMAKER WINNER. The Valley Lake Stables Haymaker fur-| rushed the upset in the opening race, which j he won from Gunga Din, with Evelyn L. in : third place. The start? helped him and under | good riding he immediately forced the pace, j disposing of Gunga Din, which raced with ; him for a half mile and held on well in the | final drjve. Gunga-Din hold Evelyn E. safe. I Hand Or would in all probability won had , he got away on even terms at the start. He suffered considerably by the interference I when he lacked racing room and was forced j to close an immense gap. He finished much ■ faster than the leaders. - The second race also resulted in the down- • fall of the favored ones when Wonderful | made a runaway race of it and led through- out by a wide margin to win from Her J Answer, wtih Far Away in third place. J. R. Kelly, on the winner, was guilty of rough j riding when he took Wonderful over a zig zag course in the first quarter. Her Answer ;vas the principal sufferer from it, but he • could not have beaten the winner under the I tnost favorable circumstances. It was an ! ordinary band that raced here. • Red Harvey furnished the "Upset of the j sixth race when he came like a whirlwind [ through the stretch to be up in time to j snatch the purse from Dante, with Over Fire | in third place. Over Fire and Margaret Gaut j were the favored ones. The former raced far fout of it and Margaret Gaut did not benefit j by a badly judged ride. Toor Boy was the third favorite to win •during the afternoon. His victory came in i the final race, when he led home Paula Shay, i with Twelve Sixty in third place many I lengths back. A terrific downpour came at the end of the racing.
