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Ariel Streak Gains Impressive Sprint Score at Sportsmans Makes Early Pace Loses Lead to Flaming Bush and Comes Back to Whip Foe FoeBy By J SWEENEY GRANT GRANTStaff Staff Correspondent SPORTSMANS PARK Cicero HI April 30 Ariel Streak fiveyearold son of Ariel Game and Yellow Streak carried the col ¬ ors of the CharMar Farm to an impressive victory in the unnamed sixth race one of the more attractive supporting events to the featured Alsab Purse The winner dis ¬ played unusual gameness for a member of the claiming category when he relinquished his early lead to Nate L Raffelmans Flam ¬ ing Bush then came again near the finish to register by two and onehalf lengths over the latter One and onequarter lengths separated the runnerup from Marion H VanBergs Rose Bed W T Roses First Bar was fourth fourthThe The winner was well ridden by jockey Tom Osment and sped the five furlongs in 100 Ariel Streak returned 980 in the straight tote pool poolAttendance Attendance of 12606 12606A A crowd of 12606 passed through the turnstiles to witness the afternoon of sport Clear skies and a fast track continued to prevail in the Chicago sector as the tem ¬ perature remained ideal Those in attend ¬ ance wagered briskly on the earlier races as the racing was fairly f ormful ormfulThe The field for the sixth dash was sent on its way without undue delay Rusty Lad broke in front but retired immediately thereafter and was never prominent during the rest of the race Ariel Streak found his best stride as the group swept past the stands for the first time as Rose Bed and First Bar offered the early contention contentionJockey Jockey Osment kept his mount on the outside during the run down the back stretch as Flaming Bush with Don Wag ¬ ner in the irons loomed up repeatedly next the rail On the far turn the eventual winner drifted out a bit which permitted Flaming Bush to momentarily take the lead Once straightened for the stretch run Osment went to the whip and Ariel Streak responded by regaining command and gradually drew clear Rose Bed raced evenly through the late stages but when subjected to urging was unable to seri ¬ ously endanger the leaders leadersMarion Marion H VanBerg sent out the winner winnerContinued Continued on Page Three Ariel Streak Gains Impressive Sprint Score at Sportsmans SportsmansContinued Continued from Paae One Oneof of the first race in the 10yearold gelding t Phantom Heels The aged campaigner led j throughout under the adept handling of Tony Skoronski and reached the close of f the sevenfurlong assignment in 128 four lengths before W A Mikel and Mr and Mrs George B Holmans Wood H A half length farther back came Mrs Evelyn M Hansons Obstinate Si The winner paid 960 straight straightA A Daily Double payoff of 5820 was 3 formulated when Mr and Mrs J E Hills 3 Jo Ted scored a frontrunning victory in i the second Apprentice Billy Gumnow astride the winner was never compelled to y subject his mount to pressure as the Hill racer bested his closest rival Streamliner from the W J Schmidt unit by five e lengths J Nobles Melanie was along in i time to annex third honors as Ben Fogel sons favored English Star was fifth Jo a Ted was timed in 129 after which he re ¬ turned his backers 780 in the straight t tote pool poolIn In one of the more thrilling finishes of f the day R A Connells Merry Sweeper was s up in the final strides to eke out a nose e decision over Arthur Kelems Gallant Tuck It was a half length farther back to Bern ¬ ard W Ladys Worcester who edged R i Campbells Reade Castle by a similar mar ¬ gin Jockey Charles Burns guided the win ¬ ner to the end of the seven panels in 128 J5 i He rewarded his bakers 840 for each 200 0 investment
