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Argonaut Handicap Chart HOLLYWOOD PARK Inglewood Calif June 1 Neil S McCarthys Australian horse Shannon n commands new respect in handicap circles here today as a result of his Memorial Day victory in the 50000 Argonaut a ruri of a mile and a sixteenth which engaged some of the leading con ¬ tenders for Hollywood Parks 100000 Gold Cup to be decided on July 17 He has not yet shown himself to be the great horse which reports from the antipodes had him in fact he received weight concessions from all his rivals on Monday but he ac ¬ complished his task in workmanlike fashion and he may yet earn back the 100000 which he is reported to have cost his present owner ownerSince Since his arrival in this country last year Shannon n has scored two victories both of them in stakes At Bay Meadows this spring he won the 10000 San Fran ¬ cisco County Handicap setting a new track record of 155 for a mile and threesix ¬ teenths and then came his victory here His total earnings in the United States now amount to 42280 of which he earned 32400 in capturing the Argonaut ArgonautSecond Second to Shannon n in the holiday feature was the Montrose Stables Mafosta who with 124 pounds on his back conceded 12 to the winner while E O Stice Sons On Trust with 126 pounds was third and the Brolite Farms With Pleasure with 125 was fourth Others in the stake were Frank Frankels Flashco Baroni and Battilanas Autocrat the WL Ranchs Stepfather and the Pan de Azucars Olhaverry OlhaverryShannon Shannon n ridden by Johnny Adams raced along in fourth position behind Ma ¬ fosta With Pleasure and On Trust while in hand to the home stretch and then was brought to the outside to make his bid The Australian responded willingly and in the final eighth began to dispose of those in front of him Near the end he caught the pacemaking Mafosta and plodding on eventually won by a length and a quarter the same margin by which Mafosta led On Trust under the wire With Pleasure was a distant fourth while the others were well strung out at the end of the journey journeyExcept Except for the unpreparedness of Step ¬ father at the start the race was truly run The WL Ranchs horse broke poorly and that misfortune kept him ever from reach ¬ ing a really contending position positionOlhaverry Olhaverry who was striking for his sec ¬ ond Argonaut victory was a dissapoint ment He dropped into last place soon after the start and stayed there thereThe The Argonaut was witnessed by the larg ¬ est crowd ever to attend Hollywood Park The attendance was 71789 while the larg ¬ est previous turnout was the 63347 which turned out for the Memorial Day program in 1946 SEVENTH RACE 1 116 MILES Seeteesee 118 Artillery 121 June 21 19471414 Seventh upwardJ C SeventhC A H 1 running ARGONAUT HANDICAP 50000 added 3yearolds and upward J V U I O Gro vaW 5555oo Net vaue tt wnner 32400 second 10080 third 7500 May 7500May 3148 Hoi fourth 5000 Mutuel Pool 553448 Index Horses EqtAWtPPSt V 1a StrFin Jockeys Owners Odds to 1 SHANNON II W7112 1 4 44 4 44 48 HJJ Adams N S McCarthy a215 MAFOSTA a215MAFOSTA wb6124 7 2 14 13 nj 13 2U J Gilbert Montrose Stable 480 ON 480ON TRUST wb4126 4 3 33 3 35 3h 34 J Longden E 0 Stice Sons a215 WITH a215WITH PLEASUREwb5125 2 1 24 23 24 2 43J J Westrope Brolite Farm Z75 FLASHCO Z75FLASHCO wb4116 3 5 7 74 7 74 5J R Neves F Frankel 845 AUTOCRAT 845AUTOCRAT wb7117 5 6 63 62 6 5h 6J J Nichols Baroni Battilana 990 STEPFATHER 990STEPFATHER wb4114 8 8 51 53 5 6h 2J L Balaski WL Ranch 945 OLHAVERRY 945OLHAVERRY wb 9 117 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 0 Grohs Pan de Azucar 830 a 830a Coupled Shannon 11 and On Trust TrustTime Time 22 46 110 136 142 Track fast 2 Mutuels Paid Odds to 1 ij in 70it f SHANNON II aEntry 630 340 320 215 70 it MAFOSTA 460 420 130 110 I ON TRUST aEntry 630 340 320 215 70 60 Winner 60Winner B h by Midstream Idle Words by Magpie trained by W Molter bred by Kiarora Stud Australia AustraliaWENT TIMEStart WENT TO POST526J OFF AT 526J CALIFORNIA DAYLIGHT TIME Start good from stall gate for all but STEPFATHER Won driving second and third the same SHANNON II held his position for about threequarters while in hand responded to pressure thereafter and wore down MAFOSTA in the last sixteenth The latter had speed made the pace under good rating saved ground and held on well but could not withstand the winner ON TRUST was in close quarters soon after the start quickly recovered was put to pressure after threequarters and held on well WITH PLEASURE followed the in hand moved up when roused on the second turn and weakened FLASHCO made up some ground pace STEP ¬ FATHER broke poorly raced wide and tired OLHAVERRY was outrun
