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Assault Assault Triumphs Triumphs in in Belmont Belmont Stakes; Stakes; Historian Historian Annexes Annexes La La Salle Salle Handicap Handicap Gets Head Verdict j Over Tiger Rebel Woolf Homebred Overcomes Pacemakers Early Lead in Fine Hawthorne Performance HAWTHORNE, Cicero, HI., June 1.— The Woodford Farms gallant Historian, a stout-hearted thoroughbred who can hardly remember showing anything but a fine performance, was asked for his last ounce of speed and stamina as he drove to a hair raising head victory over the Brent and Talbots Tiger Rebel in the 0,000 La Salle Handicap before a crowd of 14,767 shivering turf regulars here this afternoon. An odds-on favorite, the consistent gelded son of Lawrin-Mea shouldered the exacting burden of 123 pounds, most of which was jockey Ovie Scurlock and raced the mile and three-sixteenths over the holding, muddy track in 2:00x/5 to record the first stakes triumph of his career. It was a long, hard haul for the Woolford colorbearer to achieve that feat for only last year he was regarded as a selling plater, and it was after he was treated by the miracle drug, penicillin, that he began to show signs of real racing class. Eight lengths in back of the battling leaders at the finish was the Brown Hotel Stables Real Short, while gathering in the fourth end of the purse was Jule Finks Adelphia. Starting Gate Imbedded in Mud The race was held up 20 minutes after the scheduled starting time when the starting gate became imbedded in the deep mud and neither tractors or large Perch-eron horses were able to budge the unwieldy contraption. The fans stood shaking in their boots during the delay and when it became apparent that the delay would continue the jockeys dismounted to relieve the horses of their handicapped weight. Finally when the start was effected, Tiger Rebel, with the hustling rider, Andy LoTurco, in the irons, dashed away flying and it soon became apparent that he wasnt going to allow anything to lag in back of him. At the first turn he was well clear and Scurlock decided at that time to allow Historian to race right along in an effort to keep the flying leader from stealing away too far. As they settled away on the backstretch, Tiger Rebel kept up a steady pace and Historian was dropped Continued on Page Three La Salle Handicap Captured by Historian Is Along in Time to Earn Head Score Over Tiger Rebel Continued from Page One into the second slot several lengths ahead of the others, most of whom were placed to a drive in their futile attempt to keep up. LoTurco sought to steal away into an even longer lead going around the turn, but Historian was still there ready to respond to Scurlocks call. The moment came as they made the final curve and the Woolford star began to close the gap. At the eighth pole he was only a neck behind, but Tiger Rebel had more left than generally believed and for the remainder of the journey they battled tenaciously, with Historians final punch being too much for his front-running adversary. The Shady Brook Farm, owned by Theodore Mueller, of Louisville, and Pittsburgh, registered its second victory of the afternoon in the carolan which served as the supporting feature on the program, when Duquebne created a mile upset by soundly trouncing the Walmac Farms odds-on favorite, Wallflower, while Mrs. A. M. Creechs Tawny Lady beat Papaloi, a stab-lemate of the winner for the show. Dixianas Galloway, a particularly striking son of Count Gallanad — Tootsie Cake, who showed much promise in his debut here, graduated from the maiden ranks in the opening event when he came home all by himself over the eight two-year-olds who contested over the five-furlongs. Held at odds-on the colt finished four lengths ahead of Mrs. A. M. Creechs Masico Lad, while the Brown Hotel Stables Ramahead was another length and one -half further away.
