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LOWER TRACK RECORDS Fast Time Made in All Races at Tropical Park. Arras Outstays Waterway in Head- liner Jockey H. Mills Pilots Three Winners During the Day. MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 6. Arras, the four-year-old son of Campfire and Embroidery, which races under the silks of Mrs. H. De True, in a gamely fought finish with Frank Grossmans Waterway, was winner of the feature offering at Tropical Park this afternoon. This was the Sarasota County Handicap, and in his victory the colt established a new track record of 1:38. It was not the only record for the course that was lowered during the running off of an exceedingly interesting program. When H. A. Coulsons Song Hit galloped off with a five and a half furlongs dash in 1:05, that was also a new mark for that route. The seven furlongs record was lowered twice during the afternoon. First it was Bird of Prey that set it at 1:27, and then in the sixth, Archie Zimmers Muff shaved it a bit more, when she ran the distance in 1:26. In the seventh Typhoon set the mile and a sixteenth mark at 1:46. This made it rather a remarkable day at the new course, and Hank Mills piloted three winners when he rode Arras, Muff and Typhoon to victory. The crowd was one of good proportions, and the tone of the sport better than at any time since the beginning of the meeting. WATERWAYS BAD LUCK. In the feature Arras raced in his best form to force the pace throughout, and nothing should be taken from his victory. But Waterway, which gave him such an argument in the stretch, had bad luck, which could excuse his defeat. The Grossman hope stumbled slightly at the start and was! pinched off rather badly going to the first turn. These were misfortunes that gave him. considerable ground to make up, and the manner in which he was racing through the. stretch suggested that with better luck he would have been the winner. Rip Van Winkle and Martis were the ones to go after Arras as he,, showed the way, and-Rip Van Winkle hung on until well into the stretch. Calf Roper had been rated along-back of these, and when the back stretch was reached Waterway had found his way into fourth place, but it had cost some effort and he was forced to make up ground on the outside. In the stretch Waterway was finishing gallantly, but Mills kept Arras going long enough to have him the winner by a half length. In the meantime Calf Roper had slipped through to outfinish Rip Van Winkle and finish at the heels of the first two. SCREEN IDOL IN FRONT. Thirteen maiden juveniles went to the post in the opening dash through the Coralway course and it saw W. C. Weants Screen Idol winner over Mike Reynolds, which raced for Treeful and Meeker, while Edgar A. Iglehearts Lady Bracadale just saved third from Seymour. It was one of the best finishes of the meeting, when six of the thirteen in the field were lapped at the end., Before the start Bright Monk, Tuffy Doe and Yonkers Flash all broke through the barrier and ran off, Bright Monk running the full quarter before he was pulled up by Finnerty. The other two were pulled up more promptly. The start was a good one, but as she left her stall Prudie Broom bolted sharply to the outside rail. Fortunately, she had the outside stall and her crazy move did not impede any of the others. Screen Idol got off in the first flight and Elston kept her in the van all the vay. Tuffy Doe was right there for almost a sixteenth of a mile when he was knocked about a bit and dropped back slightly and Mike Reynolds quickly raced into contention. At the end there was a general closing up and, as has been told, the first six swept past the line in exceedingly close order. J. C. Treats Hazel Gumberts, with the advantage of a seasoning at the track, was winner of the second race when she defeated J. J. Maloneys Deerfield, to win going away, while J. C. Ellis Black Stockings outfinished J. W. Mays Please to take third. The race demonstrated that Please was plainly not ready, and he tired badly in the stretch when he appeared to be in a winning position. Deerfield and Sir Barley were the ones to cut out the running, and they went along Continued on twenty-second page. LOWER TRACK RECORDS .Continued from first page. closely lapped" until Sir Barley tired. Pleasa had moved into third place, and Hazel Gumberts was well back of these. Black Stockings had left the post slowly and was far back. Leaving the back stretch, Please moved up so readily that he looked like the winner. However, Deerfield was hanging to his task in resolute fashion, after having put Sir Barley away and then, as the streth was reached Please quit badly. It was there that Hazel Gumberts made her charge and, slipping through, she ran past Deerfield to be the winner by a length and a half. Deerfield was only half a length before the fast-closing Black Stockings, which had beaten the tired Please for third by a short neck. H. A. Coulsons Song Hit, a son of Dress Parade and Golden Melody, hung up a new track record mark of 1:05 for the five and a half furlongs when he galloped off with the third race to win in hand. Joe Edwards Don Pablo finished second and J." Wesslers Captain Ed saved third from Discobolus. At the start Mills pulled up Nonana with the result that, she had no racing chance and was never able to be even close to the contention. Song Hit left the stalls running and he drew away into an instant lead that he steadily increased until he crossed the line the winner by eight lengths. Discobolus and Foreign Play were the ones to chase after the winner, but before the run through the back stretch had beep completed, Foreign Play tired and then it was Don Pablo moved up in resolute fashion while Captain Ed was steadily making up ground along the inner rail. Through the stretch Discobolus tired of his chase of the winner and there it was that he was displaced by Don Pablo, and in the final sixteenth Captain Ed ran over him to take third by a length, and a like distance back of the Edwards sprinter. Cheap platers in a seven furlongs race was the fourth offering, and it brought out a field of eleven. This resulted in a great finish, with C. T. Finchs Bird of Prey just winning over E. B. McAtees Gibbys Choice. L. L. Lycans Sour Mash, which has had much racing, was lapped on the pair of them, with James Arthurs Wandering Gold a close fourth. This saw another track record established. The race was run in 1:27. La Golondrina cut out the running and Wandering Gold went after her, but it was not long before Gibbys Choice displaced the two and went into command. Bird of Prey had moved up in the meantime, and Sour Mash was not far back of these and racing steadily, while Tantalizing was utterly devoid of speed and far back of the pace. Leaving the back stretch, Bird of Prey had joined Gibbys Choice, and the pair raced along lapped for the rest of the journey, with Bird of Prey just dropping his nose down in .the last stride to earn the decision. In the meantime Sour Mash had circled around, with the loss of some ground, and he was rapidly wearing the front two down, finishing third, beaten only three parts of a length. Wandering Gold weakened right at the end after being close to the jjace throughout.
