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ARABS ARROW VICTOR Hickman Racer Carries Top Weight to Louisville Victory Buns One Mile in the Good Time of 137 Dnieper Outfinishes OutfinishesMiss Miss Bonnie for Second LOUISVILLE Ky Oct 31 Chalking up his first victory since his stakes triumph at Latonia Mrs Louise Jones Hickmans Arabs Arrow was a decisive and extremely popular winner of the Halloween Handicap fifth and main race offered at Churchill Downs this afternoon Under his top burden of 121 pounds and handled by Joe Rosen the son of The Porter ran the mile in the fine time of 137 to have two lengths to spare at the end Dnieper furnished by Mose Gold blatt and Dan Lehans Miss Bonnie alter ¬ nated at forcing the pace with Dnieper reaching the finish four lengths before the Lehan filly Invincible the other starter trailed throughout throughoutArabs Arabs Arrow winner of three other races this year was the first in motion and Rosen soon had him clear of his opponents He came to the main course with a lead of two lengths and after increasing it to three lengths he was taken in hand From there on it was merely a gallop for the fouryear old with Dnieper wearing down Miss Bonnie in the stretch to be much the best Invinci ¬ ble dropped out of contention soon after the start startFAVORABLE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS CONDITIONSAgain Again favored by good weather and a fast track the first full week of racing for the meeting was under way in fine style The crowd was a surprisingly large one Although scratches slightly marred the two best races the sport was very interesting and formful formfulIn In the Shepherdsville Purse fourth and secondary event the colors of J W Par rish were carried to a popular score when Woodsia under the guidance of W L John ¬ son was the winner Dixie Girl second choice was second a length back of the win ¬ ner and the same distance before Sun Victor Glen Brush saved fourth from Ostrogoth and Decourcy which completed the field fieldAfter After beginning fastest of all Dixie Girl Continued on eighteenth page ARABS ARROW VICTOR I Continued from first page was taken in hand and Woodsia sprinted into a commanding lead Holding sway i throughout the Parrish threeyearold had enough left to hold Dixie Girl safe when she offered her belated challenge Sun Victor chased the winner after Ostrogoth retired but he too tired near the end Decourcy was the trailer throughout throughoutWINNING WINNING COMBINATION COMBINATIONJimmy Jimmy Bowen leading rider at River Downs and One Night winner of his last start provided a winning combination in the first race at one and onesixteenth miles Powers Gouraud was second and Agnes Knight finished third Well handled by Bowen and reserved while Cossack Girl led the field of seven until the final half mile One Night took command to rapidly estab ¬ lish a good advantage Although tiring in the last stages he had enough left to beat Powers Gouraud by a half length Silver Fleet was backed into heavy favoritism but she tired after improving her position and only lasted to outfinish Ho for fourth laurels laurelsA A big surprise came with the second race for plater twoyearolds when Red Moss from the stable of R L Stivers made every post a winning one High Top was second with Calling the favorite third Warren Cornay permitted the Stivers colorbearer to sprint into command during the opening quarter and sailing along while Calling and High Top duelled for minor honors he came to the finish with a length and onehalf to spare Excepting Miss Seneca which had early speed and Clansmaid the fourth horse the others of the field of twelve were never factors factorsLegal Legal Advice wellbred son of Wise Coun ¬ sellor Wise Susan chalked up his first vic ¬ tory of the year and second of his career when he was a popular and driving winner of the third race His margin was half a length over Chanting with the latter Don Moss and Naughty heads apart at the end of six furlongs furlongsThe The HickmanRosen combination complet ¬ ed a double when Tyr led throughout in the sixth race at a mile and a sixteenth Second went to Russia and Ritz Brothers carried off third honors Boy Valet the favorite was a badly beaten fourth and My Gracious and Grout au Pot completed the journey in the named order
