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Best Seller Wins Equipoise Mile Again; Thumbs Up Is Beaten by Head As Whirlaway Finishes Fifth Galbreath and Dienst Colorbearer Charges Up From Fifth Place on Turn to Take Arlington Fixture in Thrilling Finish — Calumet Star Closes 3round After Slow Beginning HOMEWOOD, 111., June 26.— Best Seller, owned by J. W. Galbreath and R. J. Dienst, of Columbus, Ohio, won the 0,000 added Equipoise Mile for the second straight time when he took todays renewal of that eight-furlong feature before a crowd of approximately 12,000 persons at Washington Park this afternoon. Coming from behind a burning pace the five-year-old son of Blue Larkspur ran the mile in 1:37, and won by a head to take down ,800, with Louis B. Mayers Thumbs Up second and A. S. Hewitts Some Chance third, a length and a quarter farther back. Twelve horses, most of them pointing for the 0,000 Stars and Stripes Handicap, to be run here a week from Monday, took part in the ♦■ I ar ►race and the others were led home by I Valdina Farms Rounders. j J While Best Seller, who was ridden by | J F. A. Smith, was charging to his surprise i victory, the once mighty Whirlaway, worlds money-earning champion from the Calumet ir Farm stable, hauled home in fifth I i position after trailing the field over the early - furlongs and, upon pulling up, showed Is signs of soreness. I i j Thrilling Spectacle | The Equipoise Mile, bringing together i i the strongest field Chicagoans have wit- j r nessed this season, was a thrilling spec- I [ tacle every inch of the way. Ended, win- j ner . of the Myrtlewood Handicap here last J I Monday, broke out a fast pace, covering » the first quarter in :221/5, the half mile in : :4435. and six furlongs in 1:10%, and then v wilted as did Fairaris, who followed closest i: in his wake. When these leaders gave way Thumbs , Up * and Best Seller swept to the front and waged their two-way battle right down to j I , the wire. Rounders also moved up menac- j i ingly approaching the last eighth, but then I f faltered to enable Some Chance, far back | e early, to pass him for third money. j ! i Rounders finished three lengths behind t the 1941 Futurity winner. Whirlaway dropped out of contention, a as he customarily does, at the break and, | upon reaching the turn, started up on the c outside. It was evident, however, that " Whirlaway was not at his best, for his rally i lacked the steam he formerly was a able to put behind the spurts, and in finishing i fifth was still a half-length away from Rounders. Others who took part in the Equipoise j Mile were Marriage, who showed nothing, Continued from Page Thirty-Two [Bestseller Wins Equipoise Renewal Thumbs Up Is Beaten Head As Whirlaway Runs Fifth — Winner Repeats in Fixture Continued from Page One Anticlimax, Bushwhacker, Woof Woof and Air Master. So lightly regarded was Best Seller, who indeed hasnt, shown much in Chicago this summer, that he paid 8.20 fqj in the mutuels. The Dearborn Stables Overdrawn, who came over from Detroit to take part in the Myrtlewood Handicap last Monday, stayed over until today, and won the fifth race, one of the days supporting features. The son of Jack High, winner of the Jamaica Handicap earlier in the year, ran the three-quarters of a mile in 1:13%, and won by a neck, as Louis B. Mayers Kings Abbey beat Mrs. Wallace Renards Mixer a head for the place. Harvard Square, from the Allen T. Simons stamble, was fourth, after having paced the field for five-eighths of a mile. Overdrawn, ridden by Nick Jemas. closely followed Harvard Squares pace to the home stretch and then when put to a drive gradually wore down the Simmons gelding. After shaking off this rival Overdrawn stuck gamely to his guns to stall off Kings Abbey who made his challenge on the inside. Mixer turned in a steady performance and in finishing third beat Harvard Square a length. After threatening a number of times to graduate from the maiden ranks, Mrs. H. J. Damms Zacapet did so in his tenth trip to the post, when he took the dash of five and one-half furlongs that began todays festivities. Zacapet, ridden by Maurice Peters, came around Port Ballot and Sun Theen approaching the home stretch and then drew out in the drive, to win by four lengths. Valdina Clown was second and Purple Heart third, four more lengths back. Sun Theen weakened in the drive, but managed to save fourth money, but Port Ballot wound up last, having been forced to take up sharply when the winner came around him, to take command. Port Ballot was almost knocked down in the confusion and by the time he recovered, he was hopelessly beaten. Opener to Zacapet Howard Wells Luroid, like Zacapet, the public choice, was returned the winner of the six furlongs second race, under the handling of Leo Dotter. Wei back of the leaders for a half mile, the Wells gelding rallied smartly in the drive and eventually won going away by two lengths. Midall, who was never a great distance back, held on gamely in the final quarter, to be second by a neck, the same margin by which Rocket Gal, who set much of the pace, beat St. Jock for the show. Ever Flying was a sharp factor here for five-eighths of a mile, but faded away in the last eighth, to finish out of the picture. One of the Calumet Farms Lassie Stake3 nominees. Miss Keeneland, scored her second victory in as many starts here, when she won the third race, another test of five and a half furlongs for two-year-olds. Steadied along when outrun early, Miss Keeneland rallied smartly in the home stretch and Wendell Eads brought her to the end two and a half lengths in front of her nearest rival, Whirlabout. The latter won the Debutante Stakes at Louisville this spring and, although her effort today was a commendable one, it was not good enough. Doggone was third. Miss Keeneland became the third straight favorite to win today. Ruth Sidells Burgoo Maid and H. P. Headleys Tellmenow raced each other to a dead heat for major honors in the fourth race, a sprint of six furlongs, styled the Twenty Grand Purse. Tellmenow, ridden by F. A. Smith, was in front from soon after the start, while Burgoo Maid, handled by Anthony Skoronski, was up in the last stride, to get an even share in first money. The finish was one of the most stirring of the afternoon, for the next three horses under the wire, were lapped on the dual winners. In order, they were Legislator, Bolo Tie and Dr. Rush.
