Evening star., 1946-08-25
Owners Of Colt
Collect $83,450
After Big Upset
PeIlicIe, 81, Second, ,
2A Lengths Back;
The Dude Is Third
BY the Associoted Press

SI14CA1o, Aug. "a. - Eternal
Reward, a little brown colt going
to the post at odds OF SOL 80 to 81,
scored one of the greatest upsets
in racing history at WASHINGTON
Park today in winning the s1O2,25O
American Derby.
Closing with terrific rush on the
rail under the handling of young
Bobby Campbell, the son of Reapinp
Reward-Forever Yours finished two
and three-quarters lengths ahead of
Hal Price Headley's Pellicle. 81
shot, while Mrs. Al Gaal's The Dude.
held at 13-1, was nose behind in
| third.
The winner, owned by Louis
Augustus and Charles Nahm.
Louisville (Ky) insurance brokers
and given just the barest outside
chance against one of the finest
fields of 3-year-olds. returned the
staggering price of s205 so for a 50
ticket to win. Campbell urged
Eternal Reward on to clip a fifth of
second off the Derby record of
2:02+5 established by Fighting Step
last year.
$4,000 Watch Race.
The upset was accomplished be-
fore a crowd of $4,000 against such
stars as Honeymoon, Louis B.
Mayors filly and winner of seven
nationally important stakes races
this year; Dixiana's Spy Song, Mrs.
Gaal's Arlington Glass winner. the
Dude, and eight other top runners
of the 1916 campaign.
Honeymoon. 80 favorite, finished
a poor ninth. Spy Song, second
choice at 3 to /, finished eighth.
Augustus and Nahm received s83,-
$50 from Eternal Rewards victory.
Those in the crowd who took a
chance on the outsider also COL
lected 5000 for place and $40 for
show. Pellicle paid $940 to place
and $6 to show and The Dude re-
turned $500 to show.
Eternal Reward, bred by the late
Mrs. Ethel v. Mars of Chicago and
purchased from her by the present
owners, picked up the richest Amer
lean Derby check of all time. The
race had its inaugural in 1884.
The victory of Eternal Reward.
who was scoring the first major
victory of his life, is comparable
to jim Dandy,s- 10o-1 upset of CAL
liant Fox ID the 1880 Travers' Stake.
Betting Record Broken.
Wagering on the race broke the
Illinois record for a single event
when the total reached 1858 ,572.
The previous high was 1892 ,668,
established July 20 of this year at
Arlington Park for the running of
the Arlington Handicap.
Until Eternal Rewards pavoff.
Reveille Boys return of $113.08 in
the 1880 American Derby was the
high. mark for major race.
Eternal Reward came from a colin
try mile back to win. He had only
three horses back of him in the
backstretch as first Air Rate and
then Spy Song went to the front.
Honeymoon, who reared at the start
and later met interference, never
was in contention.
AS the field thundered around the
stretch bend it was Spy Song on
top by half length, with The Dude
challenging briskly and with Pleas
ure third. Eternal Reward was
seventh.
The Dude Takes Lead.
Halfway down the stretch, Spy
Song began to sulk and started to
back up. The Dude then took a two
length lead, while Revoked moved
into the No. spot.
Eternal Reward found a hole on
the rail and slipped through. Clos
ing swiftly, he overhauled the leaders
and won going away.
The days secondary feature, the
$4,000 George Woolf Memorial for
Juveniles at 6 furlongs, went to
Clause c. Tanners Colonel OF in
photo finish with r. c. Ellsworths S
Hubble Bubble. Mrs. Fred w.
Hooper's Education, the favorite,
finished third after bearing out down
the stretch. Ridden by Willie
Bailey, Colonel OF paid $1,000 and
was clocked in 1.1lk.