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Misty Misty Isle Isle Attracts Attracts Field Field of of Thirteen; Thirteen; Arcaro Arcaro to to Be Be Astride Astride Native Native Dancer Dancer Replacing Guerin For American Derby V Jamie K. Is Declared, Paying Way to Accept Mount After Regular Rider Is Suspended WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, HI., Aug. 18. Eddie Arcaro will be up on Native Dancer Saturday in the forty-third running of the 00,000 added American Derby at Washington Park. The powerful combination of one of the worlds top riders aboard racings most spectacular thoroughbred developed today on the heels of two lightning-like developments. First, Native Dancers regular jockey, Eric Guerin, drew a 10-day suspension in New York yesterday after stewards set him down for foul tactics in Saturdays running of the Saratoga Special. That left Native Dancer without a rider. Second, owner James D. Norris and trainer John Partridge decided early this morning to declare Jamie K. from the 1 American Derby, thereby paving the way for Arcaro to accept the mount on Native Dancer. Arcaro originally had been committed! ride Jamie K. in the three-year-old event Saturday, but said yesterday he would be "happy to get Native Dancer if it was at all possible." It became possible late last night when Partridge conferred with Norris in New York via long-distance telephone. "I think were doing the right thing in taking Jamie K. out of the American Derby," Norris said. "Chicago is my home town, and I dont think it would be fair to the racing fans up there if we ran the horse after his Monday race." Jamie K. ran a disappointing fourth to Sir Mango in an American Derby prep race, Continued on Page Forty-Eight Arcaro Will Be Astride Native Dancer in Derby Declaration of Jamie K. Paves Way for Him to Accept Mount Continued from Page One arid it was apparent he didnt want to run. Arcaro said the horse was frisky and playful before the race, but seemed to lose interest once he broke from the gate., Partridge was at Washington Parks unloading platform this morning when Native Dancers trainer, Bill Winfrey, arrived to await the special railroad car which carried the three-year-old; a stablemate, Beachcomber; a lead pony; Winfreys 12-year-old son, Caiy, and two grooms, Harold Walker and Les Murray, from Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Also aboard were Bernie Everson, The Dancers exercise boy, and John Spillane, watchman. It was there that Winfrey first learned, from Partridge, that Jamie Er had been declared from the Derby. "Were out of it, Bill," Partridge said, "and Arcaro will be available to you if you want him." "We can sure use him," Winfrey answered. "Although Guerin knows the horse and the horse is used to him, Arcaro will be a pretty good substitute, dont you think?" Also on hand to greet Winfrey and Native Dancer were "Bones" LaBoyne, Arcaros agent; Bernard J. Fallon, president of Washington Park Jockey Club, and a corps of cameramen, reporters, and horsemen. The colt looked in perfect condition, as frisky as he was when he waltzed off with the Arlington Classic by nine lengths on July 18, and Winfrey added: "Hes still fresh after the Travers." The Dancer will be seeking his eighteenth victory in 19 starts in the American Derby and another 0,000 or so to add to his bankroll. He now has earned 77,420 and is the fourth leading money-winning thoroughbred of all time, topped only by Citation, Stymie and Armed. The arrival of Native Dancer was without incident, although the train was 40 minutes late arriving in Chicago. His special car was switched to another engine which transported him to Washington Park, where he was loaded on to a van and moved to Barn 3. Winfrey also said that Beachcomber, another Polynesian offspring, definitely would start in Saturdays American Derby. A gelding, Beachcomber has won the Select Handicap and finished second in the Saranac within the past month. No rider yet has been named for Beachcomber. Opens ThistleDown Office CLEVELAND, Ohio,. Aug. 18. John OKeeffe director of public relations at Pimlico and ThistleDown returned here from the Baltimore track and opened up his ThistleDown office in anticipation of the reopening on Friday, September 11. OKeeffe reports that cursory check of the stall applications for that session shows a i total of requests currently campaigning in New England, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland, Colorado and New Jersey.
