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Stop Stop Gap Gap Wins Wins Arlingtons Arlingtons Olympia; Olympia; Six Six in in Tremont Tremont as as Aqueduct Aqueduct Opens Opens Jumbo Gives Way# Winds Up Fourth Red Top Farm Colt Driven To Finish Before Spur On, Grass Fire Under Duhon By J. J. MURPHY Staff Correspondent ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, HI., June 21. — Today was the longest day in the year, and it must have seemed without end to the favorite players who witnessed three odds-on choices go down to defeat in succession. The greatest blow of all came in the featured Olympia Purse when Jumbo, conqueror of last years two-year-old champion, Battlefield, in the Swift Stakes at Belmont in May, failed to finish in the money. The honors were taken by Stop Gap, a speedy and hard-running son of Grand Slam, from Irving Florsheims Red Top Stable, with George Gerbers Spur On finishing second, and the Brown Hotel Stables Grass Fire, third. Stop Gap showed good speed from the start and, clinging to the rail, scored without benefit of whip, but with jockey Melvin Duhon slapping him The six-furlong race started out as if the "chalk" players might be right for once. Jumbo lost little time in getting to the front and when half the distance had been traversed, enjoyed a length advantage. He was unable to cross to the rail, however, as Stop Gap held that position. When the latter proved adamant, Jumbo, with 120 pounds, showed signs of weakness. Spur On became a serious threat after entering the stretch and for a brief instant it seemed as if he was destined to take command, but jockey Duhon kept hard at work and Stop Gap was courageous and at the end, the Red Top representative led by a half length. Favorites Fare Poorly Fate decreed that jockey Doug Dodson should be more or less the "goat" of the day. Through no particular fault of his own he happened to be aboard the three losing heavily-backed horses. Only favorite to win was Timus, who, under the guidance of jockey Keene, was an easy victor in the third event. The track was not at its best to begin with, and a drizzle that fell throughout most of the afternoon did not help. The races, despite the gloomy weather, were witnessed by a crowd of 8,976. Favorites were exceptionally unfortunate in the early races. Four of the first five failed and their defeat can partially be blamed on their tardiness in the early stages of the contests. Each of the losing quartet, namely, Dance Band, Imperial War, Easy Lad and Amour Amour, were forced to use up considerable energy get-Continued on Page Forty-Four Stop Gap Drives Hard To Win Olympia Purse Forces Favored Jumbo to Wilt And Beats Spur On to Finish Continued from Page One ting to contention and faltered in the final run. Jockey Bob Baird was an especial nemesis of the choices, a pair of his mounts conquering two who were quoted at odds-on. Baird rode the three-year-old Jammu to victory in the fourth race, in which Easy Lad finished third, and bounced right back with the two-year-old Miss Jato, to trim Amour Amour in the fifth. Both Easy Lad and Amour Amour ended up in third place. Miss Jato, owned by denary Farm, was making her first start since she won by over six lengths at Churchill Downs, and Baird exuded confidence as he had her under slight restraint down the back-stretch, while Amour Amour, who experienced some little difficulty in getting to the front, was making the pace. After rounding the stretch turn Miss Jato displayed her superiority in going to the front and she was victress by almost three lengths, with Hadnt Orter easily disposing of the tiring favorite. Easy Lad. a son of Bull Lea, was making the second start of his career and was heavily favored on the strength of fast workouts. He was away rather slowly, then moved up strongly nearing the far turn, but weakened perceptibly in the stretch. Jammu, wearing the silks of Louis Lee Haggin II, president of Keeneland, was making his first start and led all the way. He was bred by his owner, and is by Revoked, out of Jumma, by Colorado Kid. Dance Band, in the opener, lacked early speed but saved ground to loom up strongly I next the rail nearing the stretch turn. Adams then steered to the outside of several horses and although Dance Band fin- i isheu well he was unable to overtake Rip- . pling Hit, who saved ground in the stretch. Imperial War in the second reached a fair contending position from a rather slow start, then faded. Mr. Wiggins, the winner, was rather fortunate to defeat Stormy ; Waters, the second choice. After opening up a wide margin in the early running, Mr. , Wiggins drifted out in the stretch, with Stormy Waters, who had started off slowly, going out with him. It seemed to many as if Stormy Waters, a Bob McGarvey-trained two-year-old, was best. The race was f/r maidens and Mr. Wiggins had started four times previously. j
