Evening star., 1946-10-27
Victor in Gallant Fox
Now Next 70 Whir|y,
Top Coin Farmer
BY Sid FEEDER
Associated Press Sports Writer


NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Bargain-
baby Stymie skyrocketed into the
fabulous half million dollar set in
money earnings at Jamaica today.
The greatest bargain in turf his
tory-claimed for $500 by the
Brooklyn pigeon fancier, Hirsch
Jacobs, just four years ago-came
from next to last to laugh his way
home by three lengths and in track
record time at that in the Gallant
Fox Handicap, the East's richest
handicap race.
And with the SIS, ,050 he picked
up, he not only became the second
horse ever to 60 over the half
million dollar mark as he boosted
his earnings to $516,285, but he
zoomed up to within $44,876 Of
Whirlaway's $751; ,161 bankroll at
the head Of the parade.
Argentine Horse Second.
All Of the years big leaguers-all
but one of the top candidates for
horse-of-the-year honors-were on
hand to take their turn at bat to-
day. The only one missing, the
mighty Armed, is retired for the year
anyway.
There was Lucky Draw, the rec
ord-wrecker, odds on in the betting
today of his seven wins in eight
starts, the last five in a row. There
was the clubfoot comet from Texas,
Assault, Triple-Crown champ of the
3-year-olds, and Pavot, high-geared
but inconsistent winner of nearly
$500 900. And, If 1t was going to be
case Of South America, take 1t
away" there was the Argentine
rhumba runner, Rico Monte.
And Stymie was just about the
biggest big Lacquer of them all as
he came home swinging on the
bit, with Rico Monte charging up
to take second place from Assault
by two lengths. Pavot dropped to
sixth, and Lucky Draw, leading con-
tender up to now for the horse-of- :
the-year bauble, faded badly to
eighth in the field of IL in this
mile-and-five-eighth grind after
taking a brief lead at the end OF q
mile.
Too Far For Lucky Draw.
The breeding of Jack High, on
his fathers side, came out in Lucky
Draw in that final three eighths as
the 4-year-old comeback kid" took
his first shot-and missed-at dis
tance of more than a mile-and-a-
quarter. It was the rudest kind of
shock, too, for a large portion of
the 38,4l9 cash customers who
burned up" $252 ,473 on Lucky Draw
in the mutuels-$172,4 ,449 in the win
pool-to make him to A favorite.
AS a result, Stymie got away at
$1230 for 50, since he'd been beaten
three times previously this season
by Lucky Draw, although this time
there was a long weight-shift in
his favor, as he toted 1875 to the
comeback kids 1923.
He won just as he pleased, with
Basil James, the whoop-de- do
booter from Sunnyside, Wash,
never hustling him until after the
field went a mile, then sending him
around the pack to take command
as they rounded the stretch turn
and headed for home. And that's
all there was to 1t as he waitzed to
the wire in 2:424s, knocking one
fifth of a second of the Jamaica
standard.
Assault Sixth in Winnings.
For assault, the $500 third-place
money boosted his earnings to $780,
345-including $4,500 in nominator' s
awards in his Belmont and Freak
ness triumphs of last spring-and
moved him up to sixth place on the
money winning list.
The clubfoot comet took one shot
at the big pot as he and Stymie
moved up together to look Lucky
Draw in the eye ree-eighths of a
mile from home. But he just didn't
have enough to make it last as his
fellow Texan went on to the front
and Rico Monte passed him In the
stretch to take second place.