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Reports From Foreign Racing Centers Argentina ♦ Sprinters Surprise In Isidro Classics By HUGH LYALL " Our Buenos Aires Correspondent BUENOS AIRES. — The feature events at Palermo and San Isidro last week end were both won by horses which, a month ago, were regarded as first-class sprinters. The gelding, Effendi, who on his previous outing defeated Carapalida, won the one mile Peru at Palermo Saturday; and Sunday the speedy,, Ilonka showed that she could stay 12 furlongs and defeated her stable companion Yeola in the Arenales. Both winners are trained by J. F. Fehna and were ridden by J. P. Arti-gas. Effendi, when beating Carapalida, had shown that he could get a mile in fast time and Saturday, after indulging Brescia with the lead until entering the home stretch, drew away „ to win very .easily by two and a half lengths from the provincial crack, Don Laguna," with Trigemino third. This, incidentally, was only the second defeat Don Laguna has encountered. The time, 1:36, may be considered good as, following: mid-week rains, the dirt track was dead. Effendi, a four-year-old gelding:, carried 131 pounds, conceding weight for age. This was his seventh" consecutive victory, after a second and two earlier wins, in one of which he was disqualified. When he began racing last year he was unruly and on his first two outings finished last. He is probably the most improved horse in training here today. He is by Atabor Rustom Pasha out of Mamzelle, by Adams Apple Juventas by Botafogo. Ilonka, who had surprised, many people by winning the Gilberto Lerena-mile classic in March, showed at San. Isidro Sunday that she may well have left her sprinting days behind her. She not only won over 1 yz miles but did so much more easily than her neck margin may suggest. Her stable companion, Yeola, made the running at u slow pace? while Ilonka trailed jn the field of five. In the homestretch the pair had the race to themselves. Yeola, under the whip, tired in the final furlong and jockey Arti-gas was content to win handily by a neck; but it was obvious he could"have got home by a much wider margin. Time 2:31%. The winner is by Gulf Stream Hyperion out of Idea by Ipe" Town Guard from Re-laciori by Re-echo". She races under the colors of her breeders, the Argentino farm, and may now be considered one of the three best fillies racing in this country. Atlas, "Guineas" disappointment who in that race started favorite to beat Manantial, has spent the week end in Brazil. He ran in the South American Derby at San Paulo — one of Latin Americas richest races — and won from start to finish. Favorite was the Brazilian champion, Gaudeamus, with Atlas second in, demand. The son of Aristophanes — Antinea led the favorite throughout the 12 furlongs and won by a length and half in 2:27. The winner was ridden by the Argentine „ jockey, O. Nardi, who after a dull spell over a term of years, has been riding latterly with much judgment and good fortune. He is quite in the front rank these days. Chapad, outstanding figure on the Uruguayan turf, was in Sundays field at San Paulo; but he did not make any show during the race and finished fifth. This shows how unlucky Atlas was when he was sent to Montevideo for the summer classics. He finished second in the J P. Ramirez and was then brought back here. His connections alleged that the Uruyuayan jockeys all rode the winner and that their tactics knocked Argentines Atlas out of the race. The Manantial mystery deepens. It was reported originally that he would make his reappearance against Atlas and company in Brazil. Then it was stated he would not make the journey but would be prepared for our local classics . The usually well-informed turf correspondent of "Clarin" added his flat conviction that -the son of Gulf Stream would never been seen again on any race track. And now we find that Manantial is at work and apparently going well in his gallops. His times are not wonderful — over 50 seconds for half a mile — and it remains to be seen if he can be fully wound up for a race against Carapalida, for example. If he could be, Argentines would feel they were being invited to see the race of the century. The betting machinery is moving unsatisfactorily here. Four months ago the triple event bet was introduced on the local mutuel; but it leads to much confusion and delays. The limit was reached Sunday when, after the fifth race, the public were told that 102 tickets had been omitted from the total number of winners of the first leg and had been included for the later bets. Everything may haveybeen all right; but this kind of announcement arouses suspicion. If bets are not announced before a race, they certainly should not be added after the race is won,
