Evening star., 1950-07-16
Your Host Fades
To Third, Trails
Bed O. Roses
Victorious Ross Colt
Catches VunderbiIt's
FiIIy Close to Finish
BUTLER HANDICAP won by Loser
Weeper as Three Rings is Disqualified.
Poee BIS.
BY the Associcted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
CHICAGO, July 15.-Greek
Song, a chestnut colt owned by
Donald T. Ross. Wilmington, Del.
charged from ninth place to win
the $77,275 Arlington Classic by q
nose today in possibly the most
thrilling finish in the history oi
the race.
Under a masterful ride by
Jockey Orvie Scurlock, Greek Sons
closed with a tremendous stretch
drive to conquer Alfred G.. Van
derbilt's small. but courageous
f1lly, Bed O'Roses, only filly in the
10-horse field. "
Your Host, winner of the
100000 Santa Anita Derby and
"a badly beaten favorite in the
Kentucky Derby, finished third, @
length back OF the leaders.
Fourth place went to Clifford
Mooers' Hawley. Oil Capitol, St
favorite, numbered in sixth.
A crowd of 26.052 witnessed the
thrilling finish.
Victory Worth $5S,95O.
Greek Song earned $58,950 fol-
his stirring triumph, which gave
him two stakes victories in sue
cession. He recently scored in the
$4,000 Dwyer Stakes at Aque-
duct. He now becomes a factor in
the scramble for the 3-year-old
championship of the year.
His owner is president of Della
ware Park and also president OF
the Thoroughbred Racing Asso-
Citations.
The chestnut son Of Heliopolis-
Sylvan, by Royal Minstrel, covered
the mile and a quarter in 2:01A.
Expertly handled by Scurlock,
Greek Song was held of the blist-
ering early pace set by William
Peavey's Wisconsin Boy and Your
Host, who raced head and head
until the stretch turn. Then Your
Host went into the lead momen-
tarily. .t
The winner returned 5000, $6
and $4.20. Bed O'Roses paid $3.50
to place and $3.50 to show. The
show price on your Host was $40.
At the finish, Hawley, in fourth
place. was eight lengths back of
Your Host.
Then came H. P. Headley's Lotto
white. Tom Gray's disappointing
Oil Capitol, Hasty House Farms
Lot o Luck. Wisconsin Boy, Sam
E. Wilson, jr.'s Air Mail and Re-
verie Knoll Farms French Ad-
miral.
Greek Song Sixth At Mile.
Greek Song was back in ninth
place after six furlongs. He moved
up to sixth at the mile and then
turned on the power going into
the stretch. He moved up to third,
two lengths behind Bed O'Roses
which had moved to within a head
OF the leader, Your Host.
Bed ORoses, champion filly of
1949, was ridden by Nick Combest,
who took her into the lead as they
Strengthened out for home. There,
Your Host, with Johnny Gilbert
up, began to fade, so far as Bed
|ORoses and Greek Song were con-
cerned.
They both swept by the Cali
fornia star, Bed o. Roses on top
by a length and a quarter at the
eighth pole.
She was still in front by a mar
row margin at the 10th pole, and
driving hard as she neared the
finish line. Greek Song got up
in the last few strides and fin
ished with more left than the
little f1lly.
Greek Songs time for the race
was the third best performance
in the records of. the event.
Omaha, the winner in 1895, and
Shut Out, in 1912, were clocked
in 2:01 rs. But Why Not, win
ner in 1947, did it in Greek Songs
time.
Porter's Broom Wins Whopper.
Porter's Broom, owned by the
Chicago restaurateur, Ray An
kenbauer, accounted for the sup
porting attraction the $4,000
Whopper Purse.
Porter's Broom beat Calumet
Farms great 1illy, Two Lea, by
half a length. Fred w. Hooper's
Ocean Drive was third and Ponder
the other half Of the Calumet
entry, finished fourth in a six
horse field.
Ponder, winner Of the classic
last year, as well as the Kentucky
Derby, was flying at the finish.
Porter's Broom led all the way in
the 6-furlong dash and was timed
in 1909 As, only three-f1fths of a
second slower than the track rec
ord. The winner paid $12.40 and
$500.
The Calumet entry returned
$2.20. There was no show betting.