Evening star., 1947-07-27
Mats Rally to Defeat Indians 84 for Fifth Straight
Cover Up Wins
AtHo||ywood,
TiesU!. 5. Mark
4-Yeur-OId Finishes
Mile and Quarter in
Two Minutes Flat
BY the Assoeiofed Press

1NGLEWOOD, CALF, July 26.-
Cover Up, spanking chestnut A.
year-old, captured the eighth run
ming of the 100000 Hollywood Gold
Cup today, soundly thrashing II
rivals by Az lengths in near world
record time before 1886 fans
crowded into Hollywood Park.
Ridden by Jockey Bobby Permane,
who flew here from the East for
the race, Cover Up never was far
off the hot pace set by Burning
Dream and, taking command at the
head of the stretch, drew steadily
away to make a show of the field.
Burning Dream, with Johnny
Longden aboard, finished second,
holding off a belated challenge by
the favored Harry M. Warner prize
package, Honeymoon, who finished
third.
Ties American Record.
Cover Up, owned by Zack T. Ad-
dington of Phoenix, Ariz., and pur-
chased at forced sale last year for
S24,500, ran the mile and one
quarter in minutes fiat, breaking
the track record by two-fifths of a
second and tying the American
mark hung up in 1918 at Belmont
Park by Wisk Broom II. The world
record of 1:594s was established in
1899 by Saint Andrews II at
Brighton, England.
The winner paid $21.70, $8.10 and
$3.50. Burning Dream, owned by
Mrs. j. P. Adams, San Francisco and
Newport, R. l., socialite, paid $7.40
and $410, and Honeymoon, the ia
vorite as an entry with Paper Boy
for Warmers WI ranch, paid So.
The crowd bet $572,631 on the
midsummer Hollywood classic, a
drop from the $669,032 wagered on
the Gold Cup last year. Attendance
also was below last years 49, ,141 and
was the third highest in Gold Cup
history.
Burning Dream Takes Lead.
The start was good, and as the
pack passed the grandstand Burn
ing Dream was in the lead, with
Lets Dance and Honeymoon just be-
hind and Olhaverry. runner-up for
the favorite role, last.
Longden kept Burning Dream in
front down the back stretch and
around the far turn, with Cover Up
within a length of striking distance
and Lets Dance and Honeymoon
battling for the third spot.
Coming into the stretch Perfnane
let Cover Up loose and he sailed
past Burning Dream. Honeymoon
made a move at the Dream, but
couldn't hold on and finished third,
with Lets Dance, owned by Dan
Chapel of Miami, Fla, fourth.
Twelve candidates started. See
Tee-See was scratched because of
bad ankle.
IT could have gone to the front
any time I wanted to-" Permane
said after Mrs. Earle Warren, wife
of CALIFORNIA; Governor, presented
the trophy in the winners circle.
Every little thing I asked of him,
he responded perfectly"
Bred BY Louis b. Mayer.
Cover Up, son of Alibhaii out of
Bel Amour III, was bred by Louis
B. Mayer and sold privately to w.
L. Sandstrom. who then sold him to
A i hr;1
1t was Cover Ups first important
stakes victory and the $73,500 first
money ran his earnings up to
$149,805. His most recent good ef-
fort was bang up second to Burn
ing Dream in the American Handi-
cap July 4.
The order Of finish behind the
first four was Paper Boy, Autocrat,
Triplicate-failing to repeat his 1916
win-El Lobo, Please Me, Texas
Sandman, Olhaverry and Monsoon.
Fastest Electrically-Ti Timed.
Turf experts described Cover Ups
time of 2 minutes fiat as the fastest
electrically timed mark for a mile
and one-quarter.
The 1898 record of st. Andrews
n has been disputed because part
of the race over the horseshoe
shaped Brighton course was down.
hill.
The American record of Whisk
Broom II was hand timed and has
been disputed over the years.
Cover Ups time today was claimed
to be "the world record according
to modern timing methods"
"And I believe he could have done
it faster if he'd got the whip a
little more in the last furlong,' de-
clared Owner Addington.