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• . Arcaro Owns Derby Record Book Seeks Sixth Win • On Jewels Reward I-I . Master Making Nineteenth Appearance in Rose Run; 12 of 1 8 Mounts Favorites By BOB NORWOOD : In Slay of 1931, when Babe Ruth and Herbert Hoover were stUl on the job, and foal certificates had yet to be made cut on. the Messrs. Hartack and Shoemaker, a man named Clarence Davison save a kid named Eddie Arcaro a leg up on a horse at the old ThistleDown track in Cleveland. Today at Churchill Downs, a man named Ivan Parke -will give this same Eddie Arcaro. note 42, a leg up on a horse named Jewels Reward in the 84th Kentucky Derby. In the intervening 27 years, George Edward Arcaro has ridden in over 20,000 iac.es. won over 4,000 of them, and his mounts have earned over 3,000,000. But Hore important than mere statistics, the same Arcaro has come to be synonymous xsitlfc everything that is great and good and colorful in the sport. In jockeys rooms throughout the country they refer to Eddie respectfully as "The Master." Coveted Souvenirs As: far as the Derby goes, Arcaro owns the record book. This will be his 19th appearance in the Run for Roses, a race hes •won. with Lawrin 193ft, Whirlaway U9411. Hoop, Jr. U945, Citation 1943 and Hill Gail -1952. This is no idle accomplishment, for the Derby is the toughest race o£ them all to win, as underlined by the faet that 12 of Eddies 18 mounts went off as- favorites. Among his souvenirs, Arcaro has ridden six Preakness winners a record , seven Belmont Stakes winners a record, and is the only rider to capture the Triple Crown twice — with Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948. Aside from being the greatest "money" lider this country has ever produced — hes at his absolute best when the chips are on EDDIE ARCARO — After Deiby win No. 6 today. the Dne— Arcaro: is a great person, highly [respected for his character and his professional ability by horsemen, off icials and the press Eddie is never too busy for an interview, or to sign an autograph, as he demonstrated for the umpteenth timelast spring, when, he stood outside the "jocks room at Pimlico following his Preakness win on Bold Ruler and. signed programs, overnights; photographs and what-have-you for a solid half hour. • _ The Master also is held in the deepest admiration by his colleagues, many: of whom he- has helped, not only as president of the Jockeys" Guild, but as-a. human being: The Guild would not be the organization it is today if Eddie hadnt guided it through some difficult situations. Even now he spends long hours at rehearsal for the annual show staged, by the riders at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York each fall, to raise money for the Guilds" welfare fund. Thoroughly gregarious, Arcaro loves company of every kind-, but is perhaps clos- |: i Continued ca Page- 21 D Arcaro Holds Derby Riding Record of Five Winners Continued from Page 6D est to Toots Shor. Don Ameche, Tiny Nay-lor and Sammy Renick. Highly intelligent, hes an excellent speaker, and delivered a particularly well-received address to the National Press Club in Washington a couple of seasons ago. He is one of racings keenest analysts, but his interests are so varied . that he can discourse with equal authority on oil, the theater, politics or just about any subject you can name.
