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.-M.A-J..I..M..I , Gets Up Near Wire to Beat Ruhe by Neck at Homewood ROBERT J. KLEBERG High Scud carried his King Ranch colors successfully in the Spartan Handicap at Washington. King Ranch Colt Covers Mile In 1 :34; Sub Fleet Finishes Jhirdy Mark-Ye-Well Fourth By J. J. MURPHY WASHINGTON PARK, Homewood, 111., Aug. 24. A number of strong contenders for the rich Washington Park Handicap to be run Labor Day showed their wares in the featured Spartan Handicap here Monday afternoon, and the winner came from an unexpected sourse when High Scud, owned by King Ranch and ridden by jockey Steve Brooks, was triumphant. The four-year-old colt, forced to race on the outside all the way, got to the front near the end to defeat the fast-closing Ruhe from the Hasty House Farm stable by a neck, while Ruhe, racing coupled with Oil Capitol, nipped Dixianas Sub Fleet by a nose. Calumet. Farms Mark-Ye-Well, a lukewarm choice over Cyclotron, was a strong going fourth in the mile event that was run in 1:34. High Scud, in taking his second purse of the meeting, paid 8.60 and earned ,000 by his victory. Second Avenue Makes Pace A field of 11 came out to vie for the 0,000 purse, and Second Avenue, winner of the Michigan Mile at Detroit, made the early pace, with the speedy Cyclotron, a Calumet cast-off, close up. The pair led Coffee Money by a good margin down the backstretch, with Cyclotron on the outside, and the latter did not show in front until they rounded the stretch turn. The pair were just about spent as the eighth pole in the stretch was reached, and Coffee Money took over, but then came the big charge. High Scud, who broke from outside post position and rounded the last bend in the middle of the track, moved up. Sub Fleet, who had been required to ease slightly before reaching midstretch, was again in full stride, and Job Dean- Jessop sent Ruhe into a narrow opening next the rail, while Mark-Ye-Well, in the clear well out from the others, was going strongly. It was a Continued on Page Forty-Three High Scud Runs One Mile In 1 :34 at Washington Gets Up Near End to Whip Ruhe By Neck in Blanket Finish Continued from Page One good horse race as they came under the wire, with the first four horses all going fast and gamely. It appeared as if Mark-Ye-Well might have won it had he been closer early. He is a horse with a fair amount of speed, while Ruhe, who was back of him in the first part, is expected to run from behind. And Sub Fleet also might have been more dangerous but for the slight trouble in the stretch. However, nothing can be removed from High Scuds performance as he was forced to race wide. The Spartan topped a good Monday bill that was viewed by a crowd of 14,443, and the weatherman continued to smile on Washington Park climatic conidtions, being all that could be desired. Patrons who journeyed to the course expecting to select a few long shots were doomed to disappointment as favorites won with regularity during the early races. The Daily Double paid only .00, the shortest of the season for that combination, as Canary Island, an odds-on choice, took the opener, and Royal Stream, winner of the second, was just a shade better than even money. Twelve-horse fields paraded in both events, but neither favorite had much trouble. Roman Spy, a half-brother of the noted stallion Spy Song and Washington Park Futurity candidate, was the public choice in the fourth and graduated from the maiden ranks with the third choice, Major Event, being second and the second choice, Bright Liberty, finishing third. It was the first success for the well-bred colt from Dixiana, and he was ridden by Don Scurlock. The very consistent Air Mail was heavily played in the fifth and with Arcaro in the saddle registered by one and one-half lengths over the long-priced Chailcote. It marked the ninth success in 15 starts for Air Mail this year, and he has been out of the money but once that time in the mud. Air Mail is a six-year-old gelding owned by Warner Jones, Jr. Arcaro brought him from sixth place to get him to the front a furlong from home. The lone exception to winning favorites in the early races came when Rose Bouquet took the third, and she was the second choice. American Plan, the favorite, made the early pace, but Rose Bouquet, ridden by Dodson, came along to pass her in the stretch and click by four lengths.
