Evening star., 1942-03-07
Best SeI|erIS
Second, With
Olympus Third
Winner Pays S32;
Turf Stars Run
Far Behind
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, March THE Rhym-
er, owned by Mrs. Payne Whit
ney, won the seventh running of
the Widener Handicap this aft
ernoon at Hialeah Park. as three
horses generally regarded as
"outsiders" left highly favored
turf favorites far behind to take
first, second and third positions,
Eddie Arcaro was the victorious
Jockey on the winner, hght-weighted
at 109 pounds.
None Of the name horses, except
for Attention. ever figured and he
wound up 18th.
Al Sabath's Alsab, las years
Juvenile champion, came home
fifth; w. L. Brann's Challedon.
champion of the year in 1899 and
40, was sixth: the favored Market
Wise, Lou Tufano's cinderella
horse" was eighth; Charles S. How
ards Midland. CALIFORNIA; big
horse, was ninth, and Pictor. Chal.
ledons running mate. was llth.
With the field horses running
one-three, The Rhymer returned
$3.50 for each 50 win ticket, $3.50
for place, and he and olympus paid
$1,000 for show. Best Seller was
S53.20 for place.
The time for the mile and quarter
was 2:05 is, more than three full
seconds off the record Mantagna set
in 1885,
Wins by Scant Head.
The Rhymer. who had won his last
two cuttings at Hialeah-the last one
through disqualification OF another
horse-did not receive a call
through more than a mile and
quarter of the race. as first Atten-
ton and then Best Seller cut out all
the early pace.
Attention was On top at the quar-
ter, but gave way to Best Seller and
Arnold Hangers Dit as the field
clicked by the first half mile. The
Bradley color bearer was still In
front as the huge field, which had
been cut to II through FIVE carly
scratches, turned for home. Down
the straightaway, The Rhymer took
over and withstood the long drive
to hit the wire scant head i'll front.
Olympus and Roy Martins Our
Boots staged fierce battle fer the
show slot. with the former lasting to
take the honors by half length.
The victory was worth S53,950 to
the winner
Arcaro's Second Straight Victory.
Second place was worth $4,000 to
Best Seller and Olympus collected
$4,000 for third. Our Boots took
$4,000 in fourth spot.
It was the second straight major
stake victory for Jockey Arcaro. Last
week he won the Flamingo for g.
year-olds aboard Ben Whitakers
Requested.
True North, from the Howe Stable,
today won his second race in as
many starts in accounting for the
first division of the $4,000 Hialeah
Juvenile Stakes. With Albert
Schmidt OF Baltimore ndnQlng Ine
reins, the son of Only One finished
a length in front of Mrs. Il. G..
Goods All Good
Ogden Phipp's Big Talk trailed
another length in taking third
money by a length and half over
the Coldstream Stables SWimmin
Hole. True North, the favorite, paid
Sc for a 50 ticket.
Jerome H. LouChheim'S Kopla, a
bay gelding who has never finished
out Of the money, led at every pole
to take the second division of the
Juvenile Stakes by length and a
half over Mrs L. Lazare's Wise Bob,
with Mrs A F. Sherman's Hosier
Wolf a length farther back in the
show slot J. C. Ellis Dreamy Eyes
was fourth.
Sterling Young, New Orleans
rider, had the leg up on the winner,
who carried 119 pounds and re-
turned $3.50 for each 50 win ticket.
The son of Okapi dashed the three
eighths in 33 As seconds.