Evening star., 1939-11-02
ChaI|edon Earns Rest
Before Going After
Money Record
Widener Cup Might Lure
Conquerer Of Koyok II
In Pimlico Special
By the Associated Press.

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BALTIMORE, Nov. 2.-Challedon,
champion of all racing for 1889,
went on vacation today before get
ting back on the glory road which
stands a good chance of leading
him to Sun Beau's all-time high
money-winning record of $376, IA.
William L. Brann's colt still is
nearly $125, 900 short OF Sun Beau's
bank account" but this bay son OF
Challenger II is only years old
and from the way he whipped
Kayak II and Cravat in Alfred G.
Vanderbilts annual dream race"
the Pimlico Special, yesterday.
there's no indication he's going to
stop hitting the jackpot soon.
His half length victory over
Kayak in the $4,000 winner take
all special at a mile and three-six-
teenths, with Cravat a poor third,
boosted his earnings after two years
OF racing to $252,2 and earned for
him a rest, which Owner Brann
and Trainer Lou Schaefer now are
going to give him. Although plans
stu are indefinite, the chances are
Big Pete" won't have any more
work to do this year.
Might Race in Florida.
II he does any winter work after
1910 comes in, the probability is it
Will be in Florida. There are plenty
OF juicy pots at Hialeah and Trop-
ical, headed by the $4,000 Widener
Cup. Brann, who received a hand
some gold cup as well as the $4,000
from the Special, has said Challedon
will be nominated for both the
Widener and the 100000 Santa
Anita Handicap, just on the chance
he may take his Ikeable big bay to
California.
Since Kayak and Cravat, with
Challedon, are the outstanding
horses in training right now, and
since Challenger's boy whipped
both the others with gallant
stretch drive on a track not vet
completely dry from three days of
rain, his chances of picking up that
$l25, 900 aren't too tough as long
as he remains sound.
OF course, Seabiscuit, winner of
more than s300,OOO may yet come
back to the wars. but at present his
chances are remote.
Challedon had only one bad
moment against the South Ameri-
can-bred Kayak owned by Charles
S. Howard, California automobile
distributor. That came as the
three-horse field rounded the stretch
turn and Kayak made his move. AS
they Strengthened out, the California
contender poked his way to the
front. But Jockey Eddie Arcaro
went to the bat there, and back
came big Pete"
Arcaro's Ride Is Clever.
On the same track on which he
won last years Futurity and the
Preakness this spring, he drew even
halfway down the stretch, then
slowly pulled himself in front.
Cravat, Townsend B. Martins
kentucky-bred hope, was 10 lengths
back. Challedon covered the dis
tance In 1859 and paid $2.eO for 81
IN the straight betting.
Arcaro, who was part of the 100
pounds aboard Challedon in this
Welght-for-age affair-Kayak and
Cravat each carried 126Awas riding
the Brann ace for the first time
Still he rode him as though he'd
asked the horse how he'd like to be
handled.
Another neat job was that turned
IN by George Woolf, up on KAYAK.
Georgia had ridden Challedon in
three previous races-including his
World-record mile and three-six-
teenths at Keeneland last month.
He used every legal device known
to the trade to bring about the up-
set. And if Challedon had been
any less a horse, George might
have pulled the rabbit out of the
hat, at that.