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Jarrin John Wins Arlington Hurdle Ginny Bug Second Over Heres Why Dent Jumper Ends Up Four Lengths Before Favorite; Only Four Complete Event By HUGH J. McGUIRE ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, 111., June 24. Ably handled by amateur rider Thomas Rankin, of Lexington, Ky., P. L. Dents oversized Jarrin John turned back the favored Ginny Bug to annex the fifth running of the Arlington Park Hurdle Stakes here this afternoon. Odds-on in the wagering, the mare, which won. the event last year, was closing ground at the conclusion of the two mile test over nine hurdles, but could not overcome the long lead established by the representative from Louisville. The latter, which made his first trip to the winners circle in two years, ended the eight-year-old mares skein of four successive wins on the Midwest Hunt Racing Association Circuit by four lengths in the time of 4:08. Four lengths behind Ginny Bug, Guilford Dudley, Jr.s Heres Why, from Nashville, Tenn., finished third. Tiring at the finish, Menippus, owned by the local amateur rider, A. D. Plamondon, m., finished fourth and last. Nine hurdlers went postward in the ,000 added race and casualties befell five of the starters. First to come down was Harry M. Rhett, Jr.s, Port Call, when he fell over the first hurdle, sending jockey James Glass to the hospital room for observation. Running out on approaching the stretch flight of hurdles, P. T. Cheff s Lassy Bar lost amateur rider Marshall Buder." E. T. Lotze, Jr.s, Local Run; P. T. Cheffs The Deacon, and William Hails Mountain Blue were pulled up. Grand National Rider The latter was ridden by Leo McMorrow, who rode Russian Hero to win the English Grand National in 1949. The race, worth ,105 to the winner, was for chasers which have started on the Midwest Hunt circuit and was staged by A. D. Plamondon m., and George Van Hagen, midwestern officials of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. The Jock, a test at six furlongs for three-year-olds, endowed with a purse of ,000, was the best of the races on the dirt track, and it brought together a half-dozen rather flashy colts in a prep for the Warren Wright Memorial on July 2. The winner, after a. quick trip in i:10, was E. Gay Drakes Game Dogoon, who led in Calumets Trentonian by two and a half lengths. It was a tight fit for the lessei awards as Trentonian was only a nose before"- Sidney G. Babbitz Speed Rouser, who heldXIr the same advantage over John F. Becks River Gate. Henry H. Mundys Corpick was next wliile Mrs. Joe Tomlinsons Irish colt, Ballydonneii, -making his first start in this country, trailed. The six-year-old Bold Man, making his first start here, defeated a band of capable sprinters in the sixth race. His winning margin was four lengths over War King and he was ridden by Dave Erb. Charier, the favorite, set the pace, but Bold Man overtook him in the stretch. The distance was six furlongs. The Daily Double paid 78.20 when Miss Zami, a first-time starting two-year-old filly, easily took the opening race, and Bonnie Inez nosed out Brassy in the second. John Heckmann rode Miss Zami, who is owned by the Spendthrift Farm. Wiliie Hartac!- was aboard Bonnie Inez. Jockey Hartack scored his second .victory of the day when he was successful on Bobtag, an outsider, in the fifth. He had the gelding close to the early pace from the start, took command in the last eighth and held the favored Colleoni. Ap-prentice John Sellers rode a good race on Kentucky Kid to nose out Chance Alarm, with Hartack up, in the fourth.
