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INDIAN SALUTE A SURPRISE Carries Z. E. McGregors Colors to Victory in Gonzales Purse. Completes a Double for Jockey Pierson, Who Gains on Brammer Good Crowd Despite Cool Weather. ; ARLINGTON, Texas, April 7. Indian Salute, five-year-old Durbar II. gelding and a local favorite, provided a mild surprise when he carried Z. E. McGregors colors to a driving victory in the Gonzales Claiming Purse, fifth and best race of a mediocre program offered by the Texas Jockey Club at its Arlington Downs course this afternoon. Thistle Guy, making his first start for Hynes and Beezley, was second, and Mrs. A. M. Creechs Crout au Pot third. Then came Flag Cadet, a Texas Derby eligible, Glynson and Cutie Face in the named order. Indian Salute completed a double for Pierson, who" is now only one winner behind Brammer, Americas leading rider. He carried 109 pounds and ran the distance in the fine time of 1:45. Cool and cloudy weather prevailed for the program, which with the exception of the first race for juveniles, was given over to plater performers. Another large crowd was present, and the track was at its best. There was little delay before the start of the feature and, although the winner was the first under way, Cutie Face and Crout au Pot outran him to the back stretch. However, Pierson sent him after the leaders and, leaving the back stretch, he had the Durbar U. gelding in the van. Drawing away rapidly Indian Salute came to the final furlong with a good margin, but Thistle Guy, which was the trailer entering the stretch, overtook his rivals with long sweeping strides and Pierson was forced to rouse his charge during the late stages. After giving way to Indian Salute, Crout au Pot held on well, but she tired near the end and it was no task for Thistle Guy to overhaul her. Glynson, strong second choice to Thistle Guy, was always far back, while Flag Cadet made up ground to carry off fourth laurels. Speeding the half mile in :46 within a fifth of a second of the track record, Talma Dee, Milky Way Farms brown daughter of Bull Dog, was an easy and popular winner of the opening race. The youngster, the fiist of her age to win two races here, had the services of Alfred Robertson and, driving through on the inside of the pacemaker, Hatty, as the small field of eight approached the stretch, she came to the finish two and a half lengths before Hatty, which led Princess Stone by four lengths for second. Erb held fourth position throughout. Hatty sprinted into the lead on the far turn, but Robertson had the winner right after her and when Hatty swung wide the winner drove through to take command and steadily draw away from her opponents. Rustic Miss, the second choice, bore out near the run for home and was a distant trailer at the end. The winner was a 1 to 2 choice. Scythe, five-year-old Sickle welding, which races for W. A. Mikel, provided another popular score when he was an easy winner of the second race. The winner reached the end of the Waggoner course distance slightly more than a length before Westys Duke, which beat the fast-finishing Modesto by a neck for second. Twelve older platers started and the winner, never far back of the pacemaking Bonnie Pan and Westys Duke, drove past Bonnie Pan entering the stretch to draw away thereafter. Cogay, which had only Done-rina beaten at the end, bled. Leroy Pierson rode his first winner in two days, and another choice was successful when Mrs. H. O. Simmons Baby Witt got up to lead Panicle, Poly Royal and seven other three-year-olds to the finish of the third race, another Waggoner course sprint. The daughter of Cherokee worked her way forward steadily, while Freeze, Galla and Panicle were dominating the pace and taken to the outside entering the stretch, she overtook the leaders in fine style to be a neck before Panicle at the end. The latter was more than three lengths in the van of Poly Royal, which drove through on the inside to beat the tiring Freeze by a head for minor honors. Skinny Carlock, one of the choices, was always far back. Lookout Boys, Texas-bred son of Chicaro, halted the march of choices when he carried the H. and H. Stock Farm colors to an easy victory over the well-backed Marchline, Come Home and seven other three-year-olds in the fourth race, which was decided over the Waggoner course. Charley Parke had the winner in the van at the start but Marchline and Royalty soon headed him and they showed the way to the far turn. At that stage, Lookout Boys moved into second place and wearing March-line down in the stretch, reached the finish three and a half lengths before him. Come Home passed Royalty near the final quarter and although he failed to menace the leaders, he was much the best of the others. Peterex unseated jockey Bert Thornton, when he stumbled entering the stretch. The lad escaped injury.
