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4 Eddie Arcaro Day At Arlington Park Presentations to Be Made Famous Jockey for Feat Of Riding 3000 Winners ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, HI., June 27. Eddie Arcaro, Americas master jockey, will be the winners circle hero at Arlington Park tomorrow, even if none of his mounts hits the wire first during the gala racing card, which features the 0,000 added Equipoise Mile. A seasons record crowd is expected to pack Arlington help honor the brilliant little rider on Arcaro Day, an afternoon set aside by Arlington Park Jockey Club to celebrate Eddies 3,000th victory. Arcaro hit that coveted mark last Tuesday with Brook-meade Stables strawberry roan two-year-old filly, Ascent. The ceremonies will be staged on a special stand in the winners circle, with presentations being made by Stuyvesant Peabody, Jr., chairman of the Illinois Racing Board, and John D. Allen, president ofArlington Park Jockey Club, and Ike Bassett, midwest manager of the Jockeys Guild. Jimmy Durante, star of the show world, will act as master of ceremonies. Arcaros agent, Mel "Bones" LaBoyne, also will be honored. Began Riding in 1932 The occasion marks a high spot in Arcaros riding career, which began officially in 1932. Now 36, he has had over 15,000 mounts, with a near 20 per cent of them winners. He has won every major stake on the American racing calendar, including five Kentucky Derbys, two "Triple Crowns," five Belmont Stakes, four Preak-nesses, the American Derby aboard Citation and Hill Prince, and the Arlington Classic with Shut Out. His mounts, over the 21 seasons, have earned nearly 3,000,000, and six times Arcaro has been the nations.No. 1 jockey in money won by thoroughbreds he rode. Another side to Arcaros personality is his leadership in the Jockeys Guild. He is national president of the group and since his administration, the Guild has grown into a highly respected, progressive organization in the thoroughbred racing industry. Oddly enough, Arcaro Day was the brainchild of one of the original trustees of the Jockeys Guild, Benjamin F. Lindheimer, executive director of Arlington Park and Washington Park, who aided Arcaro and his fellow jockeys in building the Guild into a top-level segment of the sport.
