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TOW-ROPES OPPONENTS » Star Flash Makes Show of Band Opposing Him in Sixth Race. ♦ — Smallest Crowd of Meeting Watches Off-Day Card at Arlington Park — Seven -Race Card. •—— ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111., July 5.— A plater of the more consistent sort— T. C. , I j Wordens four-year-old, Star Flash — made a , show of his opponents this afternoon in win- | " ning the sixth race by six lengths, a dash j over seven furlongs, which was the best , offering of a scratch-riddled off-day card at Arlington Park. ! Taking the lead on the inside under an , alert ride by Jack Westrope before the field I of eight had left the chute, Star Flash led j for the remainder of the journey, and did I not have to be urged after he had turned . into the stretch in front. The nine-year-old veteran, Martie Flynn, raced into second place, after having begun to move up out of the bunched field going into the far turn, but he was never close enough to menace the winner. Another length and a half back, after having been I closest to the early pace, was Joe E. Dines Strait Jacket. The race was run in 1:27% I over a track that had been rendered sloppy I by a steady rain that fell all during the t morning. The many changes which the weather necessitated in the card made the racing the poorest of the meeting, and the crowd of J some 3,500 was the smallest since the racing scene shifted to the north side race course. FAVORED BY GOING. 1 The Southland Stables two-year-old Over- 1 t throw, obviously favored by the sloppy going, , beat a band of five other juveniles in the first race at five furlongs, with the favor- : ite, the Shandon Farms Kissinbug second, I j a head back, with the Glen Errol Stables , Lady Louella trailing by three lengths for thirdin the driving finish. Overthrow, a rank outsider, was away fast | and drew into a long early lead. Kissinbug J | closed with a rush on the inside and just failed to get up. The time was 1:02. i There was no such upset in the second race, a five and one-half furlongs dash, in which eight two-year-olds wen, to the post. Mose Lowensteins My Blonde, one of the chioces in the betting, scored an easy two-length victory when she finished strongly to pass and then distance W. J. Potter, Jr.s Brilliant Queen. Max Hirschs Tartan Betsy was two lengths farther back for third. Brilliant Queen was first to show in front, j I . but My Blonde was a close second and raced to the stretch turn saving ground on the in- | side. Coming into the stretch My Blonde went to the front and quickly drew away ; ! into the lead, which she maintained easily to the finish. The race was run in 1:09. i I REGARDLESS EASILY. The favorite players were just as right as they could be in the third race, a six furlongs dash which enlisted six maiden three-year-olds as the first division of the High- j i wood Purse. They backed the Brentwood Stables Regardless down to the position of I ! odds-on choice, and he came from behind to run the distance in 1:14% and win by four lengths. The Rookwood Farms Sher-ron was second, with a margin of three and one-half lengths over the Calumet Farms Mucia. Mucia made the early pace under urging from Marks Girl, but Regardless moved to the front on the outside in the early stretch to draw clear. In the final furlong Sherron got through on the inside to get second , place. The successful "Daily Double" com- j bination of My Blonde and Regardless paid only .82, the shortest price of the meeting. The Southland Stable scored a double when the three-year-old filly. Creole Bird, scored the easiest sort of a victory by four lengths in the six furlongs fourth race, the second division of the Highwood Purse. Closest to her at the end was Joe Dines Wild Reigh. Hal Price Headleys Shuffle Off was three lengths back for third place. Creole Bird had been at the post fourteen times before today and had never shown much speed. But she was racing with her own sort today and, when jockey Wayne Wright got her off in front, she drew out steadily and did not have to be urged in the late stages to hold her long lead. She was one of the outsiders in the betting, the fourth-place Chief Pilot having been made the choice. I
