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Arnolds Actor Defeats Fast Work at Beulah Veteran Gelding Hard Pressed In Dell Restaurant Purse COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 26. After racing prominently from the start, E. D. and O. O. Mattinglys Arnolds Actor accounted for the Dell Restaurant Purse, best offer- ing at Beulah Park this afternoon. R. W. Roots Fast Work raced to second place, with Skipper Z. coming from far back 1 to beat the others home. Arnolds Actor displaced Burman from the lead rounding to far turn and was never headed thereafter, but was hard , pressed nearing the end to earn a half- length victory from the strongly-finishing Fast Work. After suffering early interference, Skipper Z. finished a creditable third. At the conclusion of this race Karl F. Tracht presented the Dell Restaurant trophy to O. D. Mattingly, co-owner of Arnolds Actor. The races were contested over a fast track. The weather was cloudy and unsettled throughout the afternoon, but a crowd of average proportions was on hand to witness some keen sport. Bar Way led throughout the fifth race, but it was only by the shortest of margins that she lasted to. stall off Bob Hi. Apprentice jockey F. Redmon luckily escaped with a shaking up when his mount, Ring o Love, fell when midway of the stretch. Leo Clous Leicester left the maiden juvenile ranks when he came from behind through the stretch to snatch victory from Bonanza Lou and Darby Donna, the early leader, in the last few yards of the initial dash. It wasa rousing, finish. Another keen stretch struggle developed in the third event, in which Swing Queen wore down Royal Broom, the pace maker, and Miss Persel during the last 70 yards to win drawing clear. False Card was a bang-up fourth.
