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Arlington Arlington Park Park Racing Racing Returns Returns Today; Today; Assault Assault Easy Easy Winner Winner of of Dwyer Dwyer Stakes Stakes Windfields Second In Aqueduct Stake King Ranch Colts Victory Gives Him Title of Greatest Single Year Money Earner AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 15. Still the champion, King Ranchs Assault confirmed his undisputed right to the title in the three-year-old division today when he conceded from five to ten pounds to five rivals in the fifty-eighth running of the 0,000 Dwyer Stakes, reaching the end of the .mile and a quarter almost five lengths before E. P. Taylors Windfields, and racing with his ears pricked and Warren Mehrtens sitting still in the saddle. Maine Chance Farms Lord Boswell was a length away in third place, two lengths before Mrs. Aksel Wichfelds Cable. Mrs. Alfred Roberts War Watch and Col. E. R. Bradleys Be Courageous completedthe field. Assault, who was winning his sixth race! in seven starts, became the winner of the largest sum ever gleaned by a thoroughbred in a single season when he added 0,700 to previous earnings of 99,020, earned by victories in the Experimental Handicap, Wood Memorial, Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes, amounting to a total of 39,720 for the year. Gallant Fox, who previously held the record, earned 08,275 in 1930. Assaults only defeat this year came in the Derby Trial at Churchill Downs in which he finished fourth on a muddy track, beaten by Rippey, Spy Song and With Pleasure. Crowd of 39,036 Out An overwhelming favorite with the crowd of 39,036 and applauded as he came on the track, Assault paid .80 and ran the mile and a quarter in 2:06. While this was the slowest Dwyer in recent years, the Aqueduct track has been deliberately made slower than ever before by track superintendent. Frank Keogh, who is laudably more concerned with the safety of the horses vho must run over its sandy surface than speed records. Among the notables in attendance were Bernard M. Baruch, who only yesterday announced a plan for the internationalization of the atom bomb; former Senator Robert J. Kleberg, owner of Assault, and Morton L. Schwartz, who campaigned Bold Venture, sire of the "Triple Crown" win-Continued on Page Twenty-Three 1 Assault Easily Wins Dwyer; Gains Money-Earning Title Continued from Page One ner; Dr. Edward P. Kilroe, Mrs. Elizabeth N. Elizabeth Arden Graham, Herbert Bayard Swope, Bernard Gimbel of the department store chain, and Joseph V. McKee, former mayor of New York. M. Le Comte H. De Chambure, president of the French Jockey Club, was escorted about the track by Francis Dunne, steward representing the state racing commission. The count, who has such tracks as Long-champs, Le Tremblay and St. Cloud under his supervision, displayed a rather astonishing enthusiasm for all he saw at the Queens County Jockey Club track. Windfields and Be Courageous indulged in a pace duel in this Dwyer, with the Bradley colt taking the lead on th,e clubhouse turn and continuing in the van down the backstretch as War Watch, Cable, Assault and Lord Boswell followed the leader in that order. Assault was only about five lengths back of the pacemaker midway of the backstretch, however, and obviously was full of run. Rounding the final bend Mehrtens gave Assault his head and he quickly surged up to the leader on the outside, while Wind-fields saved ground along the rail and Lord Boswell began a belated run. Straightened away for the long run home, Assault took command with authority and merely galloped to the finish, while Wind-fields, profiting by his short cut on the stretch turn, held on gamely to save the place award from the fast-closing Lord Boswell. Cable ran an even race for his minor share of the awards, while War Watch and Be Courageous were staggering at the end. Be Courageous was not urged unduly after he bore out at the final bend. Mehrtens said he never had any doubt as to the result, even when far back on the backstretch. Herb Lindberg, who piloted Windfields, said he was just up against "too much horse." Eric Guerin, on Lord Boswell, said he saved ground and had every advantage, but just could not get the job done. The Dallas News, leading paper in Assaults home state, was so confident of Assaults success that it sent two reporters and a cameraman to cover the race. "The eyes of Texas were upon him." This was the first time that Assault has ever been a favorite in New York, but his popularity, though slowly achieved, was evident as he was cheered on the way to the post and given an ovation after the Dwyer. Incidentally, Assault has been a favorite only once before in his entire career of 16 races. That was in the Preakness, in which he narrowly beat Lord Boswell. After the arce old-timers were comparing the son of Bold Venture Igual to the great horses of other years, in carefully measured words.
