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Scent Scent Annexes Annexes Myrtlewood Myrtlewood Honors; Honors; Scansion Scansion Whips Whips Magneto Magneto in in Astoria Astoria "Monaghan Sprinter Beats Due de Fer Arlington Crowd of 16,658 Sees Jamestowns Son Run Three-Quarters in 1:09 By HUGH J. McGUIRE ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights. 111., June 29. Gaining additional status to his claim of local sprint champion, Scent, racing for the J. H. and N. M. Monaghan Farms Co., of Denver, Colo., added the Myrtlewood Handicap to his record that includes tallies in the La Salle and Domino handicaps in this area. He finished third m his only other local outing, the Citation Handicap. Today the son of Jamestown Fragrance packed top weight of 124 pounds and under hard urging from Steve Brooks was ridden out to score by two and a half lengths over J. Warfield Rodgers Due de Fer. Two additional lengths away Mrs Henry J. Damms Arab Actress, the only" member of her sex in the field of six, was locked in a dead heat for third with Wal-mac Farms Vagabond King. Fastest Time on Season Scent was installed choice by the excellent midweek crowd of 16,658 and he cov- ?rnS?hf Six panels of the Myrtlewood in 1:09, the fastest time for the distance of in this area- factions were :22ts oo-season and :45. This was the fifteenth running ! of the Myrtlewood and Brooks had won it previously in 1947, astride Spy Song The winner picked up ,625 of the gross purse of 6,550.. . The field in the feature was reduced to six starters when Duntreath Farms Van Crosby was withdrawn following a leg injury during training hours. this morning Continued on Page Forty-Nine Scent Makes Good In Myrtlewood Cap Monaghan Sprinter Whips Due de Fer at Arlington With Six Panels in 1 :09 Continued from Page One and the sextet was away in perfect alignment when starter Dickerson released them. Due de Fer had his usual lick away from the gate and soon went into a clear lead while Scent moved up quickly on the inside to race next in line before Torch of War and Happy Go Lucky. This order was maintained down the back lane and around the turn as Brooks was content to permit Due de Fer to set the pace. Once straight in the front stretch, Scent was roused and he moved to and then passed the pacemaker . under pressure from Brooks, who took no chance with him when the was clear and kept him to his task !to the end. Due de Fer, while, no match for the winner, continued gamely when headed to save the place, while Arab Actress and Vagabond King staged a duel of their own with the former on the inside and came to the end on equal terms. Hears Track Record Suthern Accent, a four-year-old filly, came within three-fifths of a second of the seven-furlong track record in winning the Spy Song Handicap, an optional claiming race that came sixth on the bill. Ridden by Chris Rogers, the daughter of Billings showed high speed in racing Warless into defeat and at the end was two lengths before Big Stretch, who closed fast. Alternative, the favorite, was outrun all the way but managed to finish fourth. Suthern Accent was an outsider and paid 2.20. Some fair three-year-olds met in tffe A fifth and Teisler, heavily played favorite, was the winner. He came fast in the stretch under the urging of jockey Eldon Nelson to pass Pine Theme and Mauver-neen, who had set the pace, and won the six-furlong contest slowly drawing out. Spiriam, ridden by John Sellers, took the opening race, and Witch Way, the favorite, with Larry Gilligan up, won the I second to account for a 8.20 Daily Double. Summer Breeze was a heavily played choice over a large band of maiden two-year-old fillies in the third, but after a poor start was unplaced, the winner being Zipdedo, a first-time starter who paid 15.00. Don Wagner was the winning rider. Demree, with Willie Hartack up, beat the favored Recline in the fourth.
