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ST. BERNARD QUALIFIES ♦ Demonstrated Readiness for Arlington Futurity Scheduled for July 28. ■ Meade Pilots Shaffer Colt to Impressive Victory in Lake Bluff Purse — Bye Lo Fractious. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS. 111., July 18.— In the fastest race of the meeting over five and a half furlongs St. Bernard carried the col-! ors of Elmer Dale Shaffer, young Chicago owner, to an impressive victory in the Lake Bluff Purse, Arlington Parks feature this, afternoon. The juvenile son of Bull Dog and Eager Cissy, displaying marked improvement over his recent effort in the mud, ran the distance in 1:04% to threaten the track i record by one-fifth of a second. St. Bernard qualified for the Arlington j Futurity by his splendid effort, which saw j | him defeating the Warm Stables Mid Victorian by four lengths. Hal Price Headleys Fraidy Cat was third, a similar distance back, with Bye Lo and World Series follow- | ing in close order. Irksome completed the i field. Ridden by Don Meade and well backed in view of several smart trials recently, St | Bernard led throughout. Meade took no chances as he kept his mount going at full , speed all the way, even after Mid Victorian and Fraidy Cat had been left behind with a furlong to go. I START DELAYED. j The start was delayed through the frac-tiousness l of Bye Lo and World Series. The j former was placed on the outside while I t the latter began slowly and had to be hard urged to keep uy: St. Bernard went along with Mid Victorian and Fraidy Cat at his heels. Both of the latter were hard urged approaching the stretch turn in an effort to catch the leader, but Meade also called to his mount at that point and the Shaffer colt gradual]- H»ew aw: v. Fraidy Cat tired in the final sixteen h so that Mid Victorian easily beat emm -or second place. A good week-day crowd was in attendance despite hot and sultry weather, and the betting promises to be the largest of any wreek-day during the meeting. The track was at its best, with good time being shown in most of the races. In the feature St. Bernard went the first quarter in :22%, half in :46%, and five-eighths in :58%. A faulty ride by jockey A. Robertson and ! the courage of apprentice Paul Keester in ! sending his mount through a narrow opening in the stretch proved important factors in the result of the fourth race, which brought together sprinters of the better grade for a test over three-quarters. C. E. Davisons Jens Son gave a fine performance in achieving victory when he came from behind the pace to gain half a length decision over the Audley Farms weakly ridden Wacoche, which finished in second place, while third fell to C. V. Whitneys Salaam. SALAAM DISAPPOINTS. Salaam was favorite, and soon after the start A. Robertson sent him along with the field. The leaders opened up a pocket for the veteran, and he went into it with the result that he wound up in last place when his rival riders got through blocking him. The error would have been excusable with a less experienced rider than Robertson, but the little Canadian is much smarter than going for such a ruse, and it really cost his mount the race. Wacoche began in good order and was sent to the front immediately. After attaining a commanding lead, he continued gamely to the final eighth, where there was a general closing up, and Jens Son, which was racing in close pursuit, was sent through on the inside. Lamb was trying to evade the rush of the outside horses and failed to see Jens Son until he was on even terms, and from then on it was too bad for Wacoche, which submitted to the winner. Rizla, shifty sprinting filly in the stable of E. E. UsJM*. Pittsburg, Kansas, breedei and owner, sove an impressive performance in the opening race which engaged seven of the inferior type sprinters over the seven-eighths course. In gaining her conquest, she was guided cleverly by apprentice Jimmy King, who rated her off the pace of Strait Jacket until approaching the stretch, where he sent his mount to the front, Norman D. indulged her in a brief duel, but she shook him off, but Judge Judy, which raced well back fer three-quarters, staged a belated rush and was gaining fast in the final strides and cut her advantage down to half Continued on twenty-sixth page. ST. BERNARD QUALIFIES Continued from first page. a length, while he downed Strait Jacket by one length and one-half for the second award. Pat C. turned in a disappointing performance when he was widely outrun 1 throughout. The second engaged a limit field of fillies T for a test of five furlongs, and a majority 1 of those that contested are eligible3 for the I 5,000 Arlington Futurity. Nellie Flag, a -first time starter from the locally-owned Calumet Farm Stable, made good in a de- I cisive manner when she was compelled to I withstand several challenges before earning her triumph, and after racing several of her rivals into submission, won drawing clear, having three parts of a length advantage over Royal Duchess. Spanish Babe accounted for third money and might have been best, but a rather weak ride by the veteran Mack Garner, who allowed her to remain far out of contention. Minna, a speedy miss from the Audley Farm Stable, set a good pace for half a mile, then gave way in the drive. Early Dawn, another that was highly regarded among the smart set, turned in a good performance to finish fourth after making up ground. The third furnished a decided surprise for the talent when the strongly favored Calumet Farms entry of Count Rae and Mucia failed to come through to expectations. Chief Pilot, under the coiors of A. G. Woodman, was the winner and gained the decision in an impressive manner when he came from behind the pace to win going away. Kash-gar, a rank outsider in the betting, accounted for place honors while Mucia drove i home in third place. After setting the pace . for five-eighths, Sassaby quit and Rave way to Kashgar, but the latter was unable to i hold the lead, and when the winner challenged, he offered strong resistance, but to , no avail as he drew away in the closing stages. The performance of Count Rae should be disregarded. He is capable of a l much better race. He simply galloped after - the field and was not persevered with during . the running. Another stunning result came out of the I fifth race when Black Miss, almost entirely j overlooked by the public, came through with the biggest surprise of the current meeting when she drove down in front and paid off the largest dividend of any winner when the return was 30.76 for . Aga Ray, another that displayed sudden improvement over the turf course, raced to the place and paid his admirers 8.22 for on their place tickets. Third went to Blameless, one of the choices. The disappointment in this was Mint Memories, which could not outrun a fat man after a quarter and finished far back of the successful trio when they closed the engagement. •
