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Yea Yea Bama Bama Driving Driving Arlington Arlington Victor; Victor; Cold Cold Heart Heart Storms Storms to to Repeat Repeat Score Score iFashions Own Pace Over Heavy Strip Red Speed Second to Daniel Colorbearer While Favored Meditate Winds Up Third By CHARLES HATTON ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, 111., June 23. — Yea Bama, carrying the Tom Daniels yellow and green, drove out of the gloom of a gathering storm to a well-earned tally in the Woodford Purse, feature of an interesting Monday card here at Arlington Park. Jockey Job Dean Jessop was driving the leggy bay son of Alabama with all the skill at his command to maintain a three-quarter length advance of B. W. Landys fast-closing Red Speed at the end of this allowance test for two-year-olds. It was three lengths back to the tardy even-money favorite, Calumet Farms Meditate, who had the riding services of Eddie Arcaro, and Bienville was fourth in a field of eight. Yea Bama had flashed a nice turn of early speed before fading out of the Primer and was the aggressor all the way in this event, traversing five and a half furlongs of heavy racing surface in 1:09%. He was second choice to Meditate and returned 0 for the usual in the "tote." Meditate stumbled a time or two pulling up and may have bucked in the race. Good Crowd Despite Weather Despite a thundershower this morning, and a threat of heavy weather later in the day, 12,815 turned out for the afternoons sport. The Woodford had somewhat more significance than the other races, for it brought out a quartet of Futurity eligibles in Oil Gusher, Aldenson, Meditate and Lead Pad, the successful Yea Bama being an absentee from the nominations. This was Yea Bamas second purse in eight starts, as he had earned his racing diploma back at Churchill Downs. The Woodford posed a question of running down the Daniels colorbearer from the beginning. He broke swiftly out of No. 7 and put a length and a half on Lead Pad and Red Speed in the opening furlong, where the favorite was a bunch runner. Johnny Adams allowed Red Speed to drop out of it several lengths as Lead Pad chased Yea Bama to the far corner and well into the turn, giving up after a half in :49%, and leaving Yea Bama three in front. Yea Bama made rather a wide arc into the stretch and at this juncture Arcaro had Meditate running at him with Adams closing on Red Speed. For a brief time coming to the furlong pole, it seemed the choice might deliver, but he hung under Continued on Page Three j i _ _ die ie I- 119 19 * f Z~ y 119 19 j s - t ti s I H ~ ? " I a B to o a a y Q s y d d t- y of f i, ~ n T in n * a ■[and e e to o a a • ,_ K r in n n k„ t- w s, is io ;s te a •- ig te n ;r it it it be ir in n e - Yea Bama Drives Home First at Arlington Park Takes- Woodford Purse on Heavy Strip From Charging Red Speed Continued from Page One the whip the last eighth. Red Speed was far from through, however, and had Jes- sop extremely busy with Yea Bama riglit down to the finish, where his lead had been whittled away to a diminishing three parts of a length. Job Dean Jessop made it two straight saddle victories when he came back with Ruthred in the sixth. Jockey Johnny Adams shook off his slump when he rode Isle Sea to victory in the first race. It was a maiden affair at seven furlongs and, after Mybless had opened up an eight-length lead at the half-j way mark, Isle Sea charged on him through the stretch to pass him and win going away. Mybless, although weakening, saved second place from the fast-closing long shot on the wire. Jacktown, an outsider ridden by the ap-ii prentice Billy Gummow, led from start finish in the second event. The colt was length in advance of the field before they had taken a dozen strides and enjoyed an advantage of five lengths at one stage, but was all out to hold Seasoned. There was a delay following the race when jockey Gerald Porch, who rode Seasoned, lodged a foul claim, stating that Jacktown had interfered with his mount at the start, The claim was not allowed. The Daily Double from Isle Sea to Jacktown paid 89.20. Another surprise came about when Clear £ Sweep, a two-year-old son of Tiger, took the third and paid 07.20. Jockey Paul J Bailey had Clear Sweep away quickly, and d although the colt was headed by the fare vored Sids Pride after going three-eighths, * he took the lead away from his rival again ~j in the stretch arid was the winner by one and one-half lengths. Coherence, who suf-;- .7 _ fered some interference, was third. It " marked the second start for Clear Sweep, who was beaten off in his previous en-•- _* " deavor, which was run at Lincoln-at-:e Hawthorne.
