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JOCKEY WENDELL EADS Who rode three winners on Arlington Park Satur ¬ days program V v jVrt1 SHINE ONIGHT REPEAM MATRON HANDICAP FENELON AND REQUESTED DINNERS AT AQUEDUCT Whirlwind Finish Enables Hobson Filly to Duplicate 1940 Triumph TriumphPink Pink Gal Is Beaten Length Before Large Arlington Crowd as Montsin Runs Third Kansas Annexes Honors in Secondary Event Eads Stars in Saddle SaddleARLINGTON ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 111 June 28 Bringing the crowd of more than 25000 to its feet with one mighty roar as she came charging out of the pack from next to last around the bend for home Shine ONight William C Hobsons great daughter of Man oNight Noahs Daughter became the first doublewinner in the history of the stakes when she repeated her 1940 victory in the eighth running of the 7500 added Matron Handicap onemile event for fillies and mares which featured the first weekend program at Arlington Park The courageous Hobson filly who put up a stubborn finish to be beaten only a neck by Shot Put after getting to the front in the mile and threesixteenths of the La Salle Handicap at Lincoln Fields in her last start turned in a different kind of race today as Steve Brooks elected to wait with her and she came from fromfar far back off the pace established by Mrs John Marschs Blue Delight to have a length in her favor as she held off the belated challenge of the Arcturus Stables Pink Gal through the final furlong in speed ¬ ing the distance over the slow track in the exceptionally good time of 138 138Hyman Hyman Friedbergs Montsin saved ground along the rail through the stretch to pick up the show award only a head in advance of the Woolford Farms Silvestra SilvestraReceiving Receiving comparatively little support in this wideopen race Shine ONight paid 1080 for 2 to those who supported her as she accounted for her first victory of the year The 6875 which was her end of the purse ran her earnings for the year to 8575BLUE 8575 BLUE DELIGHT BLAZES FAST PACE PACEBlue Blue Delight had a world of early speed as she took the track out of the gate and clipped off the first quarter in 23 the half in 46 and went the threequarters in 1114S over the kind of a track which pre ¬ vailed today before she started to tire when straightened away for the final drive As she made the early pace over a track which had been dulled by the heavy showers which fell during the night it was the Woolford Farms Silvestra who provided the early con ¬ tention Proud One was right at hand but when the winner came charging up on the outside these two had nothing left with which to be a factor in the final drive driveSteve Steve Brooks gave Shine ONight plenty of time to find her best stride and never asked her for any display of speed until the turn turnContinued Continued on fifth page ROSS HIGDON The Woolford Farm conditioner Avas the leader in the 1000 trainer award contest at the end of the first five days racing at Arlington Park Higdon had twenty points and Howard Wells eighteen T II Heard Jr and D Womeldorff were tied for third with fifteen points each SHINE ONIGHT WINS MATRON HANDICAP AT ARLINGTON PARK PARKHobson Hobson Filly Beats Pink Gal and Montsin Kansas in Front FrontContinued Continued from first page pagefor for home was reached When called upon that courageous Man ONight daughter picked up horses rapidly and smashed home with a length to spare as Pink Gal was re ¬ sponding to a drive from Vedder with a dis ¬ play of speed which threatened the winner winnerThe The Calumet Farms Proud One was the disappointment of the race Because of her New York accomplishment she was made the favorite but she had nothing left for the finish and folded up fast in the stretch stretchWendell Wendell Eads young apprentice rider for the Calumet Farm stable was the saddle star of the first half of the card when he booted home the winners of the first second and fourth races The Charleston 111 rider won the opening event with E E Irbys Torch Stick accounted for the second race with Mrs L H Thompsons Wicked Time and kept Millsdale Stables Kansas going to get the verdict in the close finish which fea ¬ tured the fourth race a mile allowance event for threeyearolds which was the supple ¬ mentary attraction on the card cardCARY CARY PURSE TO KANSAS KANSASIn In the fourth which was known as the Gary Eads allowed Kansas to settle into his best stride as Flying Torpedo showed the way to the field leaving the back stretch The horses bunched together as Cadmium assumed SL brief lead going into the far turn and the crowd roared its approval as it became evident that every horse in the race was in a position to make a winning move around the turn turnTurning Turning into the front lane Kansas as ¬ sumed command by a slight margin as Cad ¬ mium gave way temporarily to Happy Pilot in the close order of racing which prevailed All five horses were right together flashing past the finish line with the exception of Flying Torpedo who had dropped out of it altogether altogetherKansas Kansas had a length in his favor as he earned brackets for the third time this year in negotiating the mile in 138 Happy Pilot and Cadmium dead heated for the place award as the former was tucked in at the rail and couldnt get out The winner paid 8 in the mutuels mutuelsValdina Valdina Farms Valdina Melia qualified for her engagement in next weeks 10000 added Lassie Stakes over a field of twoyearold fillies which included three other nominees for that feature when she drove to victory in the fifth race the Brookwood Purse a five and onehalf furlongs allowance race The bay daughter of Granville Sunmelia came from off a busy pace established by Miss Q to lead Famed another Lassie eligi ¬ ble a length and a half as she reached the end of the journey in 107 An outsider in the wagering Valdina Melia paid 2120 for 2
