Evening star., 1945-06-10
Gets Early Lead,
Merely Breezes
ToWin $64,85O
Arcuro's Third Victory
By Biggest Edge Since
He Rode WhirIowuy
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finish line swinging on the bit, he
enjoyed the biggest margin of VIC
tory since Whirlaway won by eight
lengths.
p Hoop Jr. ran all but the first quar-
ter mile on the rail, where the 60
ing was heaviest, but he stepped the
distance in 2:07-the slowest time
since Gallant Fox needed 2:07a5 to
win over good track in 1890 The
last time the Derby was run over
muddy track, in 1929, Clyde Van
DUsen was clocked in 2:1025.
Arcaro's victory, scored with
colt that cost Hooper s10,20O as a
yearling, tied him for jockey honors
in the Derby with Earle Sande and
Isaac Murphy, each OF whom rode
three winners.
Hoop Jr. was the favorite parading
to the post but by the time Reuben
White gave them the word to 90,
the huge throng had established
Pot O. Luck as it's choice, apparently
remembering the two previous tri-
umphs of Wright's colors and one
additional by Trainer Ben Jones.
Hoop Jr. Pays $40.
AS the result, the well-built colt
trained by Ivan Parke. who himself
twice rode in the Derby but never
tasted the fruits of victory, paid
s940. $500 and 81 across the board.
A 81 place ticket on Pot O. Luck re-
turned s4.80 and a show ducat $3.50.
Darby Dieppe paid 81 to show.
A total of s776,4 ,408 was wagered on
the race, surprising the previous
high of s694,870 bet in 1926 when
Bubbling Over won.
Breaking from near the outside
on the large field, Hoop Jr. needed
only two cracks of Arcaro's whip to
send him bounding past J. K. Hous-
sells Bymeabond. He swung straight
down the middle of the track, where
the going was much better, opened
a two-length lead as he passed the
judges stand and then went over
to the rail.
Bymeabond Chases Hoop.
AS Hoop Jr. rounded the first
turn, with Bymeabond a length
back, Alexis, from Henry Lunger's
Christiana Stable, was running
smoothly in third place. Pot o.
Luck, Darby Dieppe and Col. C. ".
Whitney's well-backed Jeep were far
back, with the latter out in the
middle of the track.
| Swinging into the backstretch,
Arcaro still had tight hold on the
! relns with Bymeabond holding to
second place. Alexis found the pace
too swift and dropped back as Air
Sailor moved into third and Fight
ing Step, owned by the Murlogg
Farm, entered the scene. Mean
time, Doug Dodson on Pot O. Luck
and Melvin Calvert on Darby Dieppe
gradually were closing in, but Hoop
Jr. still was long way up front.
Hoop Really Rolls In Stretch.
There was little change in their
positions as Hoop showed the way
out OF the backstretch, rounded the
final turn and pointed his nose to-
ward the finish line. Almost, as If
he was shot out of a cannon. the
Sir Gallahad offspring shook of
his competitors. Bymeabond quickly
called quits as Pot O. Luck and Dar-
by Dieppe came charging up to get
into the money. They were running
! strongly at the end but so was
Hoop Jr.
Jeep also closed fast to finish
fifth but he was beaten four lengths
by the fourth-place Air Sailor. Then
came Bymeabond, Sea Swallow,
Fighting Step, Burning Dream, bid
ding for E. R. Bradley's fifth Derby:
Alexis, Foreign Agent, Misweet, the
only f1lly in the race; Tiger Rebel
Bert G, Jacobe and KenilWorth Lad