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EIGHT STRAIGHT WINS Whizzaway Continues Streak and Qualifies for Texas Derby. Runs Mile and a Sixteenth in 1 :44 to Triumph Over South Gallant and Wise Player. ARLINGTON, Texas, April 8 Whizzaway, one of the leading three-year-olds of the New Orleans and Oaklawn Park meetings, chalked up his eighth straight victory and served notice that he must be considered for the Texas Derby honors when in accounting for the mile and a sixteenth Alice Joy Purse, that featured the Arlington Downs program here this afternoon, he ran the distance in 1:44 and within three-fifths of a second of the track record. The Whiskaway colt, which was so strongly supported that he paid off at odds-on and was the third of the afternoon thus supported, finished a neck before the Milky Way Farms South Gallant, which led Miss A. Morgans Wise Player by three lengths for second. The latter, only non-Texas Derby eligible in the field of nine, was four lengths before Cross Ruff, which got up to head Glittering for fourth laurels. Single Ragan, Bulstrode, Great Haste and Countess Bina, which followed in the named order, were well beaten at the close. Well ridden by K. Knott, Whizzaway was saved when Wise Player drove through on the inside after five-sixteenths to take .command and draw away to a three-length advantage. Nearing the final quarter Knott started his drive with the winner, but South Gallant, which was forced to the outside for room, also made his move. In the final furlong, where Wise Player began to tire fast, Knott, who resorted only to hand riding, drove "Whizzaway to the fore, but South Gallant held on in fine style and the pair engaged in a spirited duel during the last stages. Great Haste and Single Ragan, which held contending positions for five-eighths, tired rapidly in the drive, and Cross Ruff and Glittering experienced little trouble in passing them during the run through the stretch. The winner carried 112 pounds, three less than the top weighted Wise Player, and returned .40 for each straight. LARGE CROWD PRESENT. Although cloudy skies and cool weather prevailed, a surprisingly large crowd witnessed the opening of the second full week of the meeting. The racing strip was at its best, and this accounted for good time in a majority of the races. Choices and outsiders struggled for honors during the afternoon, and when Blue Armor, one of the Milky Way Farms Kentucky Derby eligibles, lasted to lead Mannie, Bosopi and six other three-year-olds to the finish of the mile Junior Chamber of Commerce Purse, he provided one of the most popular victories of the afternoon. The Sir Gallahad HI. Nadjy colt, which has yet to win a race, was slightly benefited at the start, and this advantage proved to be of great aid, for after showing the way throughout, he tired fast in the final sixteenth and was only a short neck before Mannie at the close. The latter led Bosopi by seven lengths, with the others well strung out at the end. The colt, an odds-on favorite, carried 112 1-2 pounds and ran the distance in the good time of 1:37. Greatly benefitted by jockey R. Kabera tactics, Valerie Jean carried C. A. Pecks silks to an extremely easy victory over Marchline, Cania and five other two-year-olds which contested the four and a half furlongs dash that opened the program. ODDS-ON IN EASY STYLE. The winner, a 4 to 5 choice, forced his field wide when reaching the lead at the far turn and, after drawing clear, blocked Marchline when the latter attempted to come through on the inside nearing the final furlong. Although Marchline was forced to" be on the outside of the winner he was only half a length in his wake at the end. Used up in reaching a contending posiiton, Minnie Greenock tired near the end, while Johnny Bane, which bore out from the start, quit badly after reaching the stretch. Showing improvement over his last effort, Mrs.- Raymond Pollards Dallas-owned High Bottom, a strong second choice, was returned an easy winner of the second race. At the end of the Waggoner course sprint Whizz James, favorite over the winner, was second, with the lightly regarded Rapid Prince third. Ridden by Jimmy King and forced wide while racing forwaldly, High Bottom wrested the lead from Whizz James shortly Continued on eighteenth page.. EIGHT STRAIGHT WINS Continued from first page. after entering the stretch. Drawing away steadily he reached the finish three lengths before Whizz James, which led Rapid Prince by two lengths for second. After pacemaking for nearly half a mile the veteran The Heathen, which was making his first start since August, tired, but was the best of the eight others. Field horses finished second and third in the third race, which went to Ben Hills Zorana when Frost Bite and Heavy Sugar led nine others to the end of the Waggoner course sprint. After the speedy Frost Bite had shown the way until reaching the final furlong, Howard Hughes drove Zorana through on the inside of the pacemaker and, after attaining the lead, she drew away to a four-length advantage at the close. With the exception of Haggerson, a strong second choice which held third position for nearly three-eighths, the others were never factors.
