Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-08-19
Revoked, 20to1,
S56,350
Horse Of Year Beaten
By Durozno; N. Y. Coin
Is Pocketed by HeIis

NI1iChbo, Aug. 16.-ReVOKed 4
2-year-old son of Blue Larkspur.
owned and bred by DR.. Eslie AS
bury, Cincinnati, Ohio, surgeon.
and almost a 20-1 shot, romped
home surprising four lengths win
ner in the $50 $50 Washington Park
Futurity today.
The spectators had hardly re-
covered from the shock when
Busher, the to favorite. seeking
honors as the horse of the year"
failed in the $4,000 added Beverly
Handicap. The winner was the
4-year-old Durazna, at odds of
nearly II to l. Busher finished
third.
The crowd of 81 900 made unde-
feated Spy Song. seeking his fourth
consecutive victory, a l to 5 favorite.
Spy Song finished fifth. The re-
suit produced some astonishing
mutuel payoffs.
Safe Reward Is Second.
Revoked paid S4l80. $500 and
$40 40. Norman w Church's Safe
Reward. which finished four lengths
behind IN second place. paid s13.40
and 500 80 and Mrs. Louise DON
ovan's Fighting Frank, which was
three quarters of a length farther
back in third place returned so to
show
The big show price resulted from
a terrific plunge on Spy Song to
show
Away none too we'll and unable
TO improve his position for lack OF
racing room, Spy Song never was
a factor. Fighting Frank took an
early lead. Bur Revoked came fast
through the stretch under a good
ride by Jockey Al BCdiou.
DR.. Asbury. who owns Forest Re
treat Farm in Carlisle, KY, came
to retain Revoked quite by accident.
AS yearing the youngSter was sold
at last falls Lexington. Ky. sales
to Trainer Max Hirsch of New York
for SAL GOO, second highest price of
the sale. Hirsch later felt he had
not received full value and Breeder
Asbury took back the youngster
The payof came when the winners
share OF the Futurity purse was
$50 TOO.
BroWnel Combs Durazna. sus-
pected until today of being only a
Splinter, IAN the mile and eighth in
l:5l2s to win the Beverly by two
and half length. H P. Headleys
LetmenoW was second.
Durazna paid $3.50, $1,000 and
$500 while Letmenow was S12 and
$3.50 and Busher, 1920.
Combs OF Lexington, KY, also
a breeder of horses, pulled down
so 225 as result of Durazna S
victory.
Second in Row For Helis.
NEW YORK, Aug. 18-For the
second straight Saturday William
Helis' colors flashed home first in
a big New York stake race as his
Olympic Zenith won the $4,000
added Saratoga Handicap today
before 38,7O1 at Belmont Park.
Running next to last in the 10
horse field at the mile post the
strawberry roam four year-old colt
closed fast in the stretch and won
going away by two lengths in one
of Conn McCrearys typical come
from behind rides. A week ago
McCreary won the historic Travers
aboard Helis' Adonis at odds of
$3.50 for 81.
Mrs. Ed Mulrenan'S favored First
Fiddle. fresh from his victory in the
Massachusetts Handicap, barely
managed to save the place by a
head over Sam Feinbergs lightly
regarded Ariel Flight, an entry with
Eurasian
Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Stymie, win
ner of the Brooklyn and Butler
Handicap. ran out of the money,
coming in sixth behind Megogo and
Bright Gallant. Bon Jour, Bank
rupt. Eurasian and Halle brought
up the rear
Ariel Flight Early PAGER.
Ariel Flight set the pace until the
mile but yielded the lead to Megogo
entering the stretch First Fiddle
moved up to second and Olympic
Aenlln 10 Jour at THIS stage, but the
Helis colt, under l08 pounds, had all
the best of it in the stretch duel.
In earning a purse of $37,l00.
Olympic Zenith ran the mile and
one quarter in OOPS and paid $40,
$500 and $3.50 across the board.
First Fiddle returned $500 and $3.50,
while Ariel Flight paid $50.
Vera S. Bragg's Mist O'Gold,
$3.50 favorite, won the secondary
feature. the winner-t ake-all Sara
toga special by liz lengths over
Our Bully who closed witt a rush
under McCreary Condiment was
third in the six-furlong sprint down
the Widener course.
The mutuel handle for the eight
cord u,oc OCT