Evening star., 1954-07-18
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lbs Mile BY Winner
Only 3-5 Second Off
Equipoise's Record
By Chorles M. Egon
Sports Editor Of The Stur

out of the $161 300 Arlington
Classic this afternoon as Joseph
Gavegnano'S Errard King, win
ner of last falls Pimlico Futur-
ity, led three other colts from
the Atlantic Coast across the
finish line in the richest race
ever staged for 3-year-olds. q
Errard King, whose owner, an
immigrant from Italy, made d
fortune in the bakery business
in New England, won by 21a
lengths over william G. Helis'
Helioscope. Both colts have done
most Of their racing in New Jer-
sey. and the jockeys aboard them
Sammy 'Boulmetis on the win
ner and Joe Culmone on Hello
scope-have been regulars for
years at the Maryland tracks.
Only a nose back of Helioscope
and closing fast at the end of
the Classic mile, was, the King
Ranch's High Gun, winner of
the Belmont Stakes, Peter Pan
Handicap and Dwyer at New
York tracks in recent weeks.
Also sharing in the big Classic
purse was the Maine Chance
Farms Jet Action, the Withers
victor, who wound up fourth to-
day, a neck behind High Gun.
The highly touted Hasty Road
was fifth.
Covers Mile In Fast 1885.
Errard King, in running away
from Hasty Road, the 7-to-5
favorite in the big field of Is,
covered the mile over a lightning
fast track in 1885. That's mighty
good time. but it's still three
fifths Of a second more than old
Equipoise needed when he de-
feated jamestown here in 1892.
The winner, largely over
looked by the crowd of 36,672
that watched the race in bright
sunshine, paid $25.40, 1880
and 1920 in the mutuels after
going of at 11-to-1 on the odds
board. Helioscope, listed at IT.
toll. returned $22.2O and $12.4O
while High Gun, the second
choice at 4-to-1, paid $3.50 to
show.
Errard Kings surprising tri-
umph-it was amazing to most
Of the Chicagoans present -
earned $104.475 for Gavegnano,
whose son, Henry, accepted the
Classic trophy in his fathers be-
half after the race. The elder
Gavegnano's health has not
been so good and he wasn't
present to watch the son of
Errard-Darby Dover overturn
this speedy field. Gavegnano,
whose commercial bakeries are
centered in Winthrop, Mass, re-
Gently suffered a sizeable loss in
a fire there, but that $1O4, ATS
ought to make him forget that.
Trainer Deserves Credit.
The brilliant showing Of Errard
King, who led most of the way
after disposing of Due de Fer,
should bring kudos for his train
er, Thomas Barry, who had the
colt in great shape for his big
test. The Classic winner missed
starting in any Of the Triple
Crown races as q result of a
quarter crack suffered while win
ming the Experimental Handicap
at Jamaica last April. The colt
returned to the races June 80
vt Monmouth Park. running third
behind Peter Lane and BlesSbull
In a 6-furlong allowance race.
Little more than a week later.
he easily defeated Sweet Ver-
Ram O. War and Land
seair in another sprint at Mon
Then the horse was
shipped here with such unex-
pected results.
Barry said Errard King would
return to New Jersey tomorrow
for q stakes engagement there
and then come back to Chicago
Tor the American Derby at WASH
lngton Park on August 81.
Whether he can turn back High
Gun at that races longer dis
lance Of q mile and an eighth
is debatable.
Certainly, High Gun lost no
in today's race and still
looks like the best bet to become
the 3-year-old champion unless
Determine, the Kentucky Derby
winner, can beat him in some of
the big races yet to come. Eric
Guerin didn't get High Gun on
any too well today and the King
Ranch colt was dead last for
more than q quarter of q mile.
The race was half over before
Guerin found clear sailing and
sent him up between horses. High
Gun seemed fun Of run at the
end and probably would have
been second in another stride.
Helioscope, who, like High
Gun, is q son of Heliopolis, ran
q smashing race in the classic.
but it is doubtful IL the Helis
colt can stick it out against top
ones over q distance. The long
est of his eight races thus far
was q mile and q sixteenth and
he lost that one to the little
known Stoney Tar at Monmouth.
The big disappointment of
the classic, Of course, was Hasty
Road. who never threatened Err
rard King after a half mile.
Eve just didn't have it today. /"
Jockey Johnny Adams said.
"HaSty Road has hte speed this
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