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GALLACLAY EARNS DECISION Beats Brown Prodigy a Head ; Miss Ginbar Third. Four Horses Finish Less Than Half Length Apart In Arlington Downs Headliner Hour by Hour Wins Fourth. ARLINGTON, Texas, April 5. The tightest finish of the meeting and one that found the leading four of the field less than half a length apart at the end climaxed the feature race that resulted in victory for ihe Milky Way Farms Gallaclay. Mrs. Tom Marshalls Brown Prodigy was second, a head back of the winner and a nose before E. N. Thompsons Miss Ginbar, which beat the tiring Boston Mary by the same margin for third. Brown Cone was some six lengths back of Boston Mary and a length before Combahee, which trailed the field throughout. An 11-10 choice in the betting and slow to begin, Gallaclay, which was completing a double for his stable and jockey Alfred Robertson, drove through on the inside at the stretch turn to take command and rapidly establish a good advantage. However, he weakened fast in the late stages and had little left when Brown Prodigy made his belated charge and Miss Ginbar and Boston Mary came again after losing ground entering the stretch. DISPLAYS UNUSUAL SPEED. Displaying her customary speed, Boston Mary sprinted into a clear lead during the run to the main course and before reaching the final half mile of the six and one-half furlongs trip, had increased her margin. Miss Ginbar was in closest pursuit and Brown Cone was showing the way to the others. Nearing the final quarter, Brown Cone ! dropped back and Robertson sent the win-j ner next to the rail. When Boston Mary I swung wide she forced Miss Ginbar , out with her and Gallaclay was soon well before his field. During the final furlong Gallaclay gave way fast and Brown Prodigy moved up on te extreme outside of the leaders. Steadily-shortening the winners margin, the trio carrito the end lapped and would have been even ,yith the leader in another stride. Gallaclay parried 110 pounds and ran the distance in 1:19. Although a drop in the temperature and a biting wind made winter attire necessary, sunny skies aided in attracting a surprisingly large crowd for the opening of the first full week of the sport The light showers of Saturday was all that was needed to put the racing strip in its best condition, and fast time was recorded in most of the races I Running the half mile in :48, which clipped I a second and two-fifths from the record established by Huskie Boy, Hour by Hour chalked up the first victory of the meeting for Mrs. Ethel V. Mars powerful Milky Way Farms when he. was a driving winner of the Debs Purse, which attracted eleven maiden juveniles for the fourth number. Joe Brooks Exum was second, three parts of a length back of Hour by Hour and a neck before Mrs. Tom Marshalls Lantana, which finished third. RACE LIKE A TEAM. Beginning fast from her outside position, Hour by Hour, ridden by A. Robertson was rushed up with Lantana, and they raced as a team to the stretch, where the winner began to increase her margin. During the final quarter, Exum, which always was the best of the others, began to gain on the leaders and, although she failed to threaten the winner, was drawing away from Lantana at the end. Nopalosa Pride dropped back after a quarter, and Labor Day made up some ground. The consistent Hip Boots, which races for John Massey, Jr., chalked up his third victory of the year and provided a popular victory when he was an easy winner of the first race, over the Waggoner course distance of six and one-half furlongs. Bonnie Pan was second and Miss Flicker got up to beat the tiring Emery by a nose for minor honors. Away very slowly and far back while the speedy Bonnie Pan was enjoying leadership, the winner improved his position rapidly after three furlongs and, wearing down Bonnie Pan in the final furlong, reached the finish some four lengths before her. With the exception of Runaway Target and Revonah, which gave way, and Emery, which finished fourth, the others were never prominent SPLURGE IN FRONT. Running back to her previous sparkling effort, J. R. Derdens Splurge accounted for the second race, also at six and one-half furlongs, and for which Barney Keen was a badly beaten choice. Moving Clouds was second and Mannie third. Subduing Pha-lamo, which pulled up lame approaching the stretch, the winner rapidly established a big advantage and while he came to the finish with slightly more than a length to spare Moving Clouds, Mannie and Surprise Gift, which finished fourth, were so closely aligned that the picture was used to separate them. Barney Keen dropped back after leaving the back stretch and showed nothing to justify his strong support
