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TRACK RECORD THREATENED Wacoche Gallops One Mile and Seventy Yards in 1:42. . Corslcana Stable Gelding Outruns Zevson and Crofter in Headliner at Arlington Downs. ARLINGTON, Texas, April 20. Wacoche, useful High Cloud gelding that races for the Corsicana Stable, scored his second straight victory and came within three-fifths of a second of equaling the track record for the mile and seventy yards in taking the Grimes Purse that featured the Arlington Downs program this afternoon. Under the light impost of 105 pounds, the winner, a 9 to 2 choice, ran the distance in 1:42 and lasted to beat J. Baumbachs Zevson by a nose at the end. Crofter carried H. C. Hatchs colors into third place, a length and a half back of Zevson and a head before Sun Monk, which tired after forcing the winners pace to the stretch. Fire Advance and Skip It, which completed the small field of six, finished behind the leaders in the order named. After a short delay at the start, the sextette got away in splendid fashion, with Fire Advance the first under way, however. Longden soon had the winner in command, with Sun Monk in closest pursuit. During the opening five-eighths the winner and Sun Monk raced in close order and clear of Zevson, but after leaving the back stretch Wacoche drew clear and increased his advantage as the small field started the run for home. Durin gthe final furlong, where Wacoche began to shorten his stride, Zevson steadily wore him down but failed to gain the verdict. Far back for three-quarters and benefitted when Brammer sent him to the inside on the stretch turn, Crofter caught the leaders in fine style, and although he headed the tiring Sun Monk in the last strides, he failed to menace the leading pair. Used up in reaching third position approaching the final quarter, Fire Advance tired rapidly in the stretch, and had only Skip It, a distant trailer throughout, beaten ta the end. Sun Monk was a heavily supported choice. Cloudy weather prevailed for the opening of the final week of the spring season, but another good sized crowd was present for the sport, which was very formful. The racing strip was at its best. The third straight favorite was successful in the fourth race at the Waggoner course distance, when Mrs. A. M. Creechs Southern Way was much the best of ten other three-year-olds from the better grade claiming ranks. Second went to Can Takit, with Lovely Spy third. Charley Parke had the son of Monks Way in the van soon after the start, and he made every post a winning one, to be two and a half lengths before Can Takit at the end. During the opening half mile, Retired and Imperial Maryan were in closest pursuit of the winner, but after reaching the stretch, they gave way fast when Can Takit and Lovely Spy offered their belated challenges. Toney Boy and Bohemian Lass, which came in for good support, were never factors. Although the Milky Way Farms had furnished the winners of a majority of the two-year-old races here, for the first time its representative was neglected in the wagering when Spring Flood, appropriately named son of Chatterton and Torrential, led the heavily supported Robert L., Hi-Vic and eight other maiden juveniles to the end of the four and one-half furlongs dash that opened the program. Robertson worked the gelding forward steadily and, wearing Robert L. down in the last sixteenth, Spring Flood reached the finish a length before him. The latter, which lasted to beat Hi-Vic by a nose for second, swerved badly nearing the final furlong, and but for this Hi-Vic, which was the sufferer, probably would have been the winner. While That Wins quit badly after forcing the pace to the stretch, Phalazan, also from the Three Ds Stable, showed a sparkling effort. After several unsuccessful efforts, Westys Duke, a four-year-old son of Westys Hogan, which races for J. Lane Wilson, Dallas sportsman, scored his first victory of the year when he was a popular winner of the second race at the Waggoner course distance. Wax was second, and Star Broom third. Charley Kamar rushed the winner to the front in the first strides and, steadily increasing his advantage, came to the end a length and a "half before Wax, which was forced to race outside the others. For three furlongs Sheratan and Lady Laura held contending positions, but Tug o War, one of the choices, was never a factor. Bal Ele, aging Elector gelding which races for the Blue Bonnet Stable, was another to enter the winners ranks for the first time this year when he turned back Judge Peak, Lepidus and seven other platers from the mediocre ranks which met in the third race.
