Royal Blue Scores Again At Arlington Park: Good Ride by Anderson and Racing Luck Aids Pershall Gelding; Diamond Lake Purse Tops All-Claiming Race Program--Santo Domingo Upsets Calculations in Fourth--Golden Cargo Takes Opener, Daily Racing Form, 1939-07-27

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ROYAL BLUE SCORES AGAIN AT ARLINGTON PARK Good Ride by Anderson and Racing Luck Aids Pershall Gelding Diamond Lake Purse Tops AllClaiming Race Program Santo Domingo Upsets Calculations in Fourth r rGolden Golden Cargo Takes Opener ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 July 26 Royal Blue from the stable of C W Pershall turned in a good effort in addition to haying some good luck to win the Diamond Lake Purse a sprint of seven furlongs out of the chute which topped an allclaiming program at Arlington Park this afternoon Royal Blues good fortune came in the nature of bad luck for two of his principal rivals Good Actor which fell badly lame in the run ¬ ning and Madison which met interference right after the start Royal Blue ridden by Irving Anderson and scoring his second victory of the meeting charged down on the outside after reaching the stretch and got up near the end to score by a neck as Good Actor beat Madison a little ness than a length for the place Good Actor followed the pace of Steel Knight for a little more than a half mile and then took command him ¬ self and held his advantage to within a few yards of the wire where Royal Blue which had run the early furjongs in third posi ¬ tion caught him Madison a trailer for more than half the distance moved up steadily thereafter and finished fastest of all to take down third money moneyBUBEPS BUBEPS GOOD ACTOR ACTORSteel Steel Knight bumped by Good Actor while giving up the lead held on doggedly to the final furlong and then tired to wind up fourth in the field of six The only other contestants were Mothers Love and Goshen neither of which presented much contention Madison was the favorite and Good Actor second choice with the winner paying 920 for 2 He ran the seven fur ¬ longs in 124 on a fast track trackAlthough Although the claiming clause was attached to each of the days eight events they were interesting enough and seemed to hold the attention of the goodsized crowd The weather was hot and sultry sultryThe The next best race on the program was the sixth a dash of five and a half furlonga for juvenile platers and it resulted in a rousing finish in which Mrs Kirby Ramseys Boy Baby emerged the winner by a head Boy Baby caused some jamming going into the turn soon after the start and it was not until the stewards interrogated several of the riders in the race that the result was made official officialSecond Second to complete the dash was Wise Ally while two lengths farther away In third place came Maenerva the favorite AH Lizzie was best of the others othersWise Wise Ally made the pace until the final eighth where the Ramsey juvenile caught him From there to the wire it was nip andtuck between the two with Boy Baby eventually getting the decision by a slight margin marginPOPULAR POPULAR VICTORY VICTORYThe The first event a dash of five and a half furlongs was for twoyearolds which have never won two races and it resulted in a Continued on thirtyfifth page ROYAL BLUE SCORES AGAIN AGAINAT AT ARLINGTON PARK Continued from first page popular victory for R A Firestones Golden Cargo This daughter of Happy Argo came from a long way back in the last threesix ¬ teenths to score by a length under the guidance of Ira Hanford Bunny Rabbit was second and Valdina Opal third Some Polly and Little Wick battled each other doggedly for pacemaking honors to the head of the stretch and then the latter eliminated her ¬ self by bearing out badly Some Polly con I tinued on to show the way to the final fur ¬ long and then began to falter winding up in fourth place Perfect Maid also was a sharp factor here to the final eighth and then she too had enough enoughThe The second race was for juvenile maidens and it saw the lightly regarded Millchic owned by Mrs C E Dale and ridden by Mike Caffarella get home in front at the end of five and a half furlongs Like Golden Cargo Millchic came from a good way back to receive the nod of the judges Her advantage over the runnerup and favorite Copin was a neck as Philyra ran third a length and a half farther away Millchic might have been a more serious factor from the beginning but shewas forced back soon after the start and then had to make up many lengths to get back into a contending position Those who supported the Dale filly in the mutuels received 2380 for 2 JADVA SCORES SCORESMrs Mrs Elizabeth Ores Jadva handled by George Oros raced to a narrow victory over the seven furlongs of the third race and paid 2160 for 2 The daughter of Chat over was a sharp factor from the beginning and after reaching the stretch responded well to her riders urging She wore down Chubbins inside the final sixteenth and then had enough left to withstand the bid of Chronology the favorite The winners mar ¬ gin was a head while Chronology took the place a length before All Lady Chubbins which made all the pace led home the others in the field of eleven Rich Cream was in hottest pursuit of the pacemaker to the last quarter and then dropped back fast fastAnother Another longshot registered when J C Stones Santo Domingo accounted for the fourth race which attracted a field of eleven platers The Stone threeyearold was far back until reaching the turn but then began to move up steadily on the inside Brought to the outside by Willie Garner after reach ¬ ing the stretch Santo Domingo finished fast and taking the command inside the final furlong drew away to win with two and a half lengths to spare Pearl Alma set all the pace and showed the way deep into the stretch but she could not handle the winner though able to save third place a half length before Ballinderry BallinderryRay Ray Kindred who has a division of the L B Mayer horses at Arlington Park is shipping them to Narragansett Park Mon ¬ day and at that time will sever his connec ¬ tions with the stable Kindred has been engaged by Emerson F Woodward to break the yearlings on Valdina Farms in Texas


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