Evening star., 1953-03-08
Intent Captures
Distance Stake
By5Lengths
$4,000 Fans Watch
Maryland Horse Win
San juan Copistrono
BY the Associated Press

ARCADIA, Calf, Mar. t.
Brookf1eld Farms favored Intent
captured the 100000 San Juan
Capistrano Handicap today for
the second straight year. and
with the triumph went a grand
slam for Jockey Eddie Arcaro in
Santa Anita's four richest races
this season. It was the fourth vic
tory in a 100000 race in five
weeks since he won the Matur-
ity January 81 on Mark-Ye-Well.
Returning to the winning form
he displayed here a year ago,
the 5-year-old Intent, Maryland
owned chestnut, played hide and
seek for the greater part CT the
race with first one. and then
another rival.
Wins by Five Lengths.
Then, in the turn for homo in
the long acknowledgements
battle, Arcaro sent Intent into
a drive and they coasted in with
room to spare by five lengths.
The Ell Refugio Ranch of Mex
leo saddled the runner-up, Don
Rebelde, another KentuaSy-bred
who won his chief fame in Mex
leo last year. The feared Cali
fornian, Trusting, owned by
Mrs. Rea Warner, ran third,
three quarters of length be-
hind the Don.
The time was 2::55 3/5. Intent
paid $50, $4.10 amid $3.50, Don
Rebelde returned $500 and
$500, and Trusting paid $3.50.
A laundering crowd of $4,000
the largest turnout since
opening. day in 1950-watched
the race in the Windup day of
Santa Anita's 10th meeting.
Easy Ride for Eddie.
Arcaro thus finished the sea-
son with one of his greatest &C
complishments.
But where Eddie had rough
time getting Calumet's Mark
Ye-WeIl in to win the 500, 900
Santa Anita Handicap, an even
tougher time with Calumet's
Chanlea in the Santa Anita
Derby. and some task with
Mark Well in the 100000
Maturity, today's ride was a
breeze.
The problem was not too easy
as the race unfolded. of course.
Arcaro let Intent hold back off
the pace for the first phases, and
then coming down the stretch
the first time, he hooked up in a
duel with Alfred Vanderbilt's
speedy First Glance.
Intent disposed of the VAN
derbilt horse, but then up came
Willie Shoemaker on Trusting
and this pair had to be knocked
off.
Then it was Johnny Longden
and a come-from-behind Don
Rebelde. Then Trusting again.
Then the Don came back for
more as they headed into the
run for home.
But the Brookfeld horse,
owned by Harry Isaacs of Bal
timore, emerged on top and had
plenty left for the final furlong.
It was no contest in these final
strides.
Correspondent Winner.
The days supporting feature,
the $4,000 Blue Grass Handi-
cap, was won by Mrs. Gordon
Guiberson's front-running Cor
respondent over six rival 3-year-
olds, but the colt had to survive
an inquiry to achieve this tri-
umph.
Correspondent, rid den by
Jockey Bobby Summers, outsped
two other Kentucky Derby elig-
ibles, Invigorator and Merry
man, in the rush to the wire
The time for the mile was 1886 Is
Correspondent, who shared
high weight of 120 pounds with
the Rocking M Ranch's Merry
man, paid $3.50, $3.50 and $2.7C
Invigorator paid 81 and $3.50
and Merryman, $3.50.
A protest that Correspondent
drifted out in the stretch run
was disallowed after stewards
viewed movies of the race
Others in the field were Black
Rascal, De ANA. Atomic Speed
and Tee Dee Gee.