Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-09
$4,000 Oaks Taken
By FiIIy Champion;
Betting Marks Fall
BY the Associated Press

OCEANPORT, N. j., Aug. g.
Grecian Queen, speedy ruler Of
the 3-year-old fillieS, skipped to
a spectacular victory today in
the $50, 300 Monmouth Oaks be-
fore a mountaineering crowd Of
42,867 at Monmouth Park.
The Texas-owned miss, pride
of Mrs. Ben F. Whitaker's rae
ing stable, took over the lead as
the field swung into the home
stretch and flashed to the wire
a length victor over the Belair
Studs Sabette. The mid-western
invader, Arab Actress, ran third,
another length and a quarter
back in the nine-horse field.
Grecian Queen, the odds-on
favorite was ridden by Nick Shuk
and stepped the mile and an
eighth over a fast track in ISL
with 1877 pounds up. The track
record of 1:50 was set by Three
Rings in 1919.
All Records Broken.
This was the richest race of
Monmouth'S 50-day meeting,
which ends Monday, and atten-
dance and betting records were
blasted all over the place as the
Dallas FLY showed the SUM-
bathed crowd why she is the No.
/ miss of the sophomore division.
The old attendance mark here
was 4O.793, set on August 9, 1852.
Grecian Queen, CLASSY Dark
Bay daughter of Heliopolis-
Obani, collected SAL, 200 by to-
days victory to shoot her all
time bankroll to SCOOPS.
Grecian Queen hackers re-
ceived $3.50, $3.50 and $40 for
So across the board.
Sabette, nosed out by Grecian
Queen in the $4,000 Coaching
Club American Oaks at Belmont
Park in June, returned $500 and
$3.50. Arab Actress, owned by
Mrs. Henry j. Damn Of Indian
apolis, paid $500 to show. Arab
Actress had won her last race.
the Cleopatra Stakes at Chicago's
Arlington Park, and was second
choice today at 5 to l.
Started to Loaf.
"Grecian Queen ran easily all
the way" said Jockey 'Shuk
afterward, "but she began loaf
ing once or twice and I had to
shake her up a bit with the
whip"
Arab Actress, ridden by w. M.
Cook, led past the stands the
first time with John S. Phipps'
Spinning Top second and Gre
clan Queen clicking along on
their heels.
Spinning Top gained a length
lead going into the backstretch,
followed by Arab Actress, the
Ride Stables Slave Girl and
Grecian Queen. They remained
in that order up the backstretch
but as they began to swing into
the final bend with about a
half mile left, Grecian Queen
and Arab Actress moved up on
Spinning Top.
Arab Actress got a brief lead
on the bend, but Grecian Queen
was pounding up alongside and
rounding into the home high
way, shot in front by a head.
then a neck, and the yelling
crowd knew the favorite wasn't
going to disappoint.
S513,516 Bet on Race.
Spinning Top was fourth. fol-
lowed by Mi-Marigold. Slave
Girl, Ming Yellow, My Truly
Fair and Script.
Grecian Queen, a four-time
stakes winner as 2-year-old,
has won the Prioress, Coaching
Club Oaks, Gazelle and the New
Castle Handicap this season, as
we'll as the Monmouth Oaks. Her
New Castle victory was a $780,
000-added affair, worlds richest
race for fillieS and mares.
Total betting on the Oaks was
$513,516. a new Monmouth one
race record, cracking the old
mark of $475,3 last August 9.
The crowd also established a
world record daily double pool of
$366,378. The former record was
$309.204, made here August 9,
1852.
The combination of Play Fid-
die ($1260), winner of the first
race and Bobby's Dream ($11.20)
in the second, paid $60.60.