Evening star., 1948-02-29
On Trust Beaten
In Photo Finish
Before $1,000
Double jay Is Third;
Victor Picks Up
TotoI Of $102,500
BY the Associated Press

ARCADIA, Calf, Feb. 28.-Talon.
the colorful come-from-behin son
OF the pampas. rolled through on
schedule today to capture the $780,
900 Santa Anita Handicap.
Charging down the stretch in one
OF the most exciting finishes of this
rich winter-time classic, the hand
some Argentine caught California
bred On Trust in the final lungs
for the wire to win by the barest OF
noses in photo finish that had
the $4,000 fans in an uproar.
Double Jay, the speedy 4-year-old
from Delaware, ran third in this
11th edition of the Hundred Grand
er and William G. Helis' mare,
Elpis, finished fourth.
Talon, as iron gray as the clouds
hanging low over the scene, came
from behind in exactly the same
man. er as he did in conQuering
virtually this same field two weeks
ago IN the $4,000 San Antonio
Handicap.
This time the windup was more
dramatic, the race more important,
and the purse greater-$1o2,50 500 net
to add to his previous earnings of
$168,075.
Talon Last Out of Gate.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro, taking his
fourth outing in the golden gallop,
gave the favored six-year- Ar
gentine a masterful ride-but one
that must have brought heart trou-
BILE to the owner, socialite r. N.
Ryan of New York.
Dead last in the field of IA at the
start, the big pride of the pampas
Jagged behind around the clubhouse
turn as r. S. Howard's Glass Day
and the lightweight Brabancon
burned up the pace. Talon continued
to trail the procession until the
far turn.
On Trust, with Johnny Longden
in the saddle, made his move near
the far turn-and SO did Talon.
Glass Day hung on to the lead and
then On Trust forged into the
front near the turn for home.
Then came the call from the roar
ing throng, Here comes Talon
and Talon, swinging wide on the
outside, his dappled gray legs beat
ing out tempo of absolute con-
4fidence ~, went on to overhaul the
flying on *fflist in battle down the
stretch.
He caught him just at the finish,
and many thought 1t might even
be dead heat for the top money.
More than 100000 had been bet on
Talon to win-and the photo gave
him the decision by nose.
On Trust, owned by E. o. Stice Of
Eagle Rock, Calf, was a length
to the good of Double Jay.
Autocrat Big Disappointment.
Intermittent sprinkles earlier in
the day gave the crowd a dampen-
ing, but the track was fast. The
time was 2:03%-as compared to
the track record of 2:01As hung UP
by the great Seabiscuit in winning
the 1910 Cap.
Arcaro said Talon can go through
the smallest opening I've ever seen
on a race course At the three
eighths pole he got through, just
how I don't know. But we did get
clear an eighth out and you saw him
do his running. We just did get up.
I was very tight the first part and
I figured we were pretty lucky"
Longden said: ut was the most
honest race On Trust ever ran. He
was giving his all at every stage
of the race and never gave up. 1t
was just the bobbing of the heads
at the wire that beat him. His
head was down and Talon's was
up"
Here's the way they finished be-
hind the top four-Amble In, Glass
Day, Flasl1co, Brabancon, Bridal
Flower, Miss Doreen, Autocrat, En-
deavor II, Terry Bargello and Sham
non II.
Biggest disappointment was Auto
crat, owned by Bert Baroni and
Dominic Battalina of Reno, New.
The favorite in the early betting
$4,000 had been chucked in by the
third blink of the pari-mutuel
lights-he wound up a distant 11th.
Autocrat's performance was worse
than his three previous trips to
the post in this race.
Great Win for Arcaro.
The win was a great one for
veteran Arcaro. He rode Gusto to
eighth place as Azucar won the
Inaugural Cap in 1885. he finished
fourth with the aging AZucar in
1896, and last year did no better
than seventh with Texas Sandman.
The handle for the race was
1901 ,316-far below last years rec
ord Of $1,044. 1871.
The gross value of the race was
$139, 800, with $4,000 going to On
Trust for second, $4,000 to Double
Jay for third and 5000 to Elpis
for fourth.
The win was Talon's seventh in
30 starts at Santa Anita.