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Happy Happy Carrier Carrier Accounts Accounts For For Primer, Primer, Golden Golden Gloves Gloves Prevails Prevails in in Shevlin Shevlin King Pin Next to Veeneman Juvenile in Arlington Stake Lafayette Winner Has PorchT In Saddle Again and Shows High Speed in Sharp Duel By CHARLES HATTON ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, 111., June 18. — Happy Carrier again demonstrated that he is one of the seasons more precocious two-year-olds when he eluded a jampacked field of 19 others to account for the tenth Primer Stakes before a midweek crowd of 13,677 at Arlington Park here this summery afternoon. Gerald Porch maneuvered William Veenemans tall bay son of Carrier Pigeon into contention soon after the start of this five and a half furlongs, sent him after H. P. Headleys favored King Pin, the early pacemaker, coming up to the eighth pole and subdued his rival by three-quarters of a length after a sharp stretch duel. It was four lengths back to H. Allsmans stretch -running Blen-riam, who caught the winners stablemate, Dean Cavy, right on the wire for third money. Happy Carrier was topweight of the field under 122 pounds, carrying a penalty for winning the Lafayette at Keeneland, and returned .20 in an open betting race after going over the distance in a moderate 1:06. The winner was bred by his owner, who is chairman of the board at Churchill Downs, and added 4,400 to earlier earnings in this afternoons performance, one in which he improved over his recent Hawthorne form. King Pin Made Favorite The Primer promised a sharp race and attracted a crowd that marked an increase " of 26.7 per cent over the attendance for . the first Wednesday last season. Wagering J was brisk throughout the program, and there was a good deal of indecision who of I the large stake field should have the dis- tinction of starting favorite. Early in the tote action the crowd leaned to the Veeneman entry, but ultimately made Kin Pin the choice, with the entry and Fiddle, an invader from Detroit, about equal second choices. Fiddle broke alertly enough but was caught in a flying wedge going to the far turn, and once shuffled back, was never again in the hunt. £ Starter Dickerson obtained one of his i fast, even sendoffs, but the race narrowed x down to three horses before they had gone a quarter mile. King Pin, fortunate enough l to draw the rail, went into a clear lead with £ Church sending him right along from the s start. Brooks had Dean Cavy prompting s his pace about a length back going to the a first turn, with Happy Carrier finding his t way into third place about two lengths back of his stablemate and saving ground on the rail while biding his time. I On the long turn for home, Dean Cavy t tired and fell back. King Pin proving to 1 have too much speed for him and shaking him off after he had gained along level I terms for a few strides. As Dean Cavy weakened he went out a bit entering the X stretch and Porch now moved with the 1 long striding Happy Carrier. His mount j responded stoutly, going through between King Pin on the rail. and the spent Dean I Cavy. He got to the Headley colt about the I furlong pole and the latter tried bravely 1 to stand him off, but was beginning to tire 1 - Continued on Page Five WILLIAM H. VEENEMAN— Owner-breeder of Happy Carrier, Primer Stakes winner at Arlington Park. ! ■ | I ° of : tl li ti a o o c: * A p w n 0 h to A w n H n °, H .. . Jl Vf " ™ ,] f. F J° pi 2 the jc tc to St T pj hi tr mi mile Happy Carrier Victor In Primer at Arlington Beats Out Favored King Pin in Sharp Duel; Blenriam Is Third Continued from Page One * his efforts spinning off the fractions in :22y5. :46Vs, and :59%, and yielded slowly the last yards. Blenriam once again ran like a colt who would prefer more race track, closing belatedly through the stretch and snatching third from Dean Cavy. Except for a brief flash by Yea Bama, the others were never really in it. c One of the smallest Daily Doubles on this circuit in the past few weeks was registered s when Troia won t"he first race and Madame Arcati took the second. Each of the runners t paid .80 straight and the Daily Double t was 2.40. Troia got to the front at the t half way mark, but Madame Arcati, from the Brookmeade Stable, led most of the way I be an easy winner. She was ridden by a Arcaro, while apprentice Ronnie Baldwin c was up on Troia. s A fairly good band of three-year-old 1 maidens contested the third and Hal Price a Headleys Voltage was a rather handy win- B ner over Coal Heat. Voltage, displaying a good form under the handling of Ken Church, led most of the way, while Coal I Heat was entrenched in second position 4 *e throughout. Voltage also paid .80. fc The fourth event went to Rosily, who 1 just lasted to take the money from the fa- t vored Rawlins. Rosily got to the front t early, but Rawlins, ridden by Adams, slipped through next the rail in the stretch r. and just failed to make it. Rosily was C steered by Tony Skoronski. s The consistent Porters Broom took the f fifth, which was at five and one-half fur- p longs on the grass. Grey Mike made the f pace but Porters Broom, a heavily played t to choice, was too good in the stretch. It was t second success of the afternoon for f jockey Church. i Apprentice John Heckmann, returning b the saddle following a suspension, landed v Stuyvesant home winner in the sixth race, tl The favored Mail From Home made the pace, but the Denemark runner collared s him on the stretch turn and drew out E thereafter. Etelka finished third in the a affair. tl
