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High Voltage Hard Driven To Annex Delaware Oaks Turns Back Hen Party by Neck Under Eddie Arcaros Guidance By PALMER HEAGERTY Staff Correspondent DELAWARE PARK, Stanton, Del., June 18. Reaffirming her superiority over the current crop of three-year-old fillies, High Voltage, from the Wheatley Stable of Mrs. H. C. Phipps, this afternoon drove to a well-earned neck victory over Louis Lee Haggin IIs Hen Party in the 17th and richest running of the Delaware Oaks. Just a half length off the place horse was Arnold Hangers Rico Romance, part of a four-horse entry, another of which, Rico Reto, finished fourth. The victory, which was worth 7,040 of a -9,625 gross purse, was of no surprise to the large crowd of 23,938, but it took the saddle mastery of one Eddie Arcaro to have 4he grey Ambiorix Dynamo filly home on the front end. The victory was the fourth in six starts this year for High Continued on Page Eight High Voltage . Wins Delaware Oaks Is Under Pressure t To Whip Hen Party Arcaro Plays Strong Role j In Neck Tally by Wheatley n Stable Filly Before 23,938 Continued from Page One Voltage and sent her seasonal earnings to 23,090. That figure, combined with the 67,825 she won last year when acclaimed - the juvenile queen, gives her lifetime earn- c ings of 90,915. Her mutuel return was t .00. Time for the mile and a furlong s was 1:50. c Victory in the Oaks was the fourth for 1 Arcaro, who won previously with Piquet, Tangled and Gallorette, while trainer Jim c Fitzsimmons was winning his fourth Oaks. All of Mr. Fitz winners Wise Lady, Vag- rancy and Bonnie Beryl were for the Be- lair Stud, this being the first score for the s Wheatley establishment. Folowing the race, Arcaro stated that he J had gone to the front a bit sooner than desired and that his mount tired in the final stages of what was her hardest race s under his guidance. Ovie Scurlock, who handled Hen Party, offered no excuses but J reaffirmed the feeling of all when he said j that the race was a keen one. Maine Chance Farms Myrtles Jet, mak- 3 ing her second appearance of the year, as- sumed pacemaking honors goings to the first turn but was unable to shake . off Smart Devil, who, as a runningmate for Hen Party, handled her honors creditably. She forced the pace of Myrtles Jet and then had to call it quits after about five furlongs. Smart Devil sailed to the front leaving 1 the backstretch and attained a clear ad- 1 vantage on the turn, while High Voltage ; and Hen Party, who had raced together : to that- point, commenced their rallies. When High Voltage moved in front of Hen Party, the latter dropped back noticeably. High Voltage drove to the front at the furlong pole, following which Smart Devil faltered imder pressure. Rico Romance, however, responded brilliantly for her bid, while Hen Party again charged from the outside. Weakens in the Stretch Moving into a daylight advantage in midstretch, High Voltage appeared headed for a clever score. She weakened, however, and was strongly roused to stave off the surge of Hen Party, as Rico Romance proved unequal to the task despite a strong performance. Houghton P. Metcalfs Roman Rocket turned in the fastest mile and a sixteenth of the meeting and came within striking distance of High Scuds track record when he took the fifth race in 1:42. Sent to the front at once by Frank A. Smith, the six-year-old High Velocity gelding set his own pace under rating and, after getting the six furlongs in 1:10 and the mile in 1:36, still had enough in reserve to win easily with a final sixteenth of :06. He was overlooked in the betting in a wide open affair and returned 8.40. In second position behind Roman Rocket ! was Mrs. James V. Stewarts Rustic Billy, beaten three lengths as second choice in the wagering. Rustic Billy held Mrs. Arthur Whites Battle Wave safe by a neck, while the well-played Rock Cottage, from the Thorncliff Farm, finished fifth behind William L. Huntleys Rosemary B. Walter M. Jeffords Policeman Day, who still races like a, green two-year-old despite over a dozen starts, regained some of his admirers in the fourth race when he was a six-length winner with a mile and a sixteenth in 1:44. Moving to the front under Tony DeSpirito in the run along the backstretch, the Challedon three-year-old drew clear to the stretch, then drifted out badly. He was kept to energetic handling through the home lane and steadily increased his advantage without fully extending himself. The .20 favorite won over Mrs. Henry A. Parr, HI.s Coalport and Brae Burn Farms Robin Hood.
