Evening star., 1955-04-10
Social Outcast Wins in Campbell
As Favored Helioscope Runs Third
20-Doy Suspension to Cost Arcuro
Ride on Nashua in Wood Memorial
BY LEWIS F. ATCHIsoN

ok LEWIS T.. AICHlSON
Alfred @. vanderbilt's Social
Outcast, a come-from-beh
horse who had his mind on his
business. stunned a crowd of
21.016 fans at Bowie yesterday
by whipping three Of the coun-
trys' best stake horses in the
$75.000-added John B. Camp
bell Memorial Handicap, in
track-record time.
Rushing up from the rear,
after trailing by five lengths at
one stage of the race, Social
Outcast, a 5-year-old gelding.
fairly made the track spin as
he nosed out c. v. Whitney's
Fisherman in a blazing stretch
duel decided by the camera. His
time of 1:423s for the mile and
one-sixteenth shaved four-fifths
of a second of Country Bum
kin's track record for the dis
tance.
william G. Helis. jr.'s Hello
scope, highweighted in the field
at 130 pounds and the 1-to-2
favorite, was expected to win the
richest handicap race in Mary
land turf history. but he finished
a soundly-beaten third. 2A
lengths behind Fisherman. The
Helis color-bearer was only a
head in front of Mrs. Ethel d.
Jacobs popular Joe Jones at the
end of a grueling but thrilling
race.
Social Outcast Pays S19.40
Living up to his name as an
outsider, Social Outcast was the
longest priced horse in the field,
almost 9 to /. and returned
$19.40 and $7.40. There was no
show betting.
Fisherman paid $3.50.
Social Outcast was ridden by
Eric Guerin, Vanderbilt's con-
tract rider who piloted Native
Dancer in most of his races. and
it was strictly a contest between
Guerin and Eddie Arcaro on
Fisherman for the last sixteenth.
Neither spared the whip in the
last 100 yards, but the horses
didn't need much encourage
ment.
Guerin said he thought it was
the biggest race ever run by So
cial Outcast, who took this years
McLennan Handicap at Hialeah.
II knew he was sharp going
to the post" Guerin said. "and
I got a break on the turn when
Fisherman ran a little wide and
he tSocial Outcast) got up in
there.
Thought He Was Beaten
II thought he was beat until
the last two jumps-and then I
didn't know whether he won or
not. But this sucker really put
his nose out there"
Arcaro, who had no winners
in three tries for the day, and,
indeed, was moved back from
second to third on a disqualified
tion on a 4-to-5 shot, agreed
with Guerin's observations. He
had Fisherman right where ne
wanted him on the turn. Arcaro
said, but the horse went a little
wide and gave Guerin his chance
to come through on the rail.
Sammy Boulmetis. who had
three winners for the day, said
Helioscope was climbing"
little early in the race but
didn't give up and was going
good at the end"
Hes not fre e-running
horse" Boulmetis added, ''but he
still had something left when Joe
Jones hooked him."
Helioscope Breaks On Top
Helioscope, who won the seven
furlong Southern Maryla n d
Handicap two weeks ago in track
record time of 1:22H, broke on
top from his No. 3 post position
and raced to the clubhouse, turn
as II intending to make 1t a
start-to-finish t r o n t-running
Fisherman went
after him, but Con McCreary
slapped Joe Jones a couple Of
times on the backstretch and
sent him by Fisherman on even
terms with Helioscope.
At that point it seemed that
McCreary's tactics would kill off
both his horse and Fisherman,
but Arcaro. free to ride his own
race with no instructions from
Trainer Bill Winfrey. pulled back
and rated Fisherman into third
position ahead of Social Outcast.
Guerin, on the latter, seemed in
no hurry to 60 after the pace
maker, although close enough to
be within striking distance when
the opportunity came.
Helioscope Leads at Turn
Helioscope led around the turn
while Joe Jones, who won the
Bowie Handicap last week in a
flashy 1:344s. hung on in second
place, but now Fisherman and
Social Outcast were beginning
to move and the small but select
field came into the stretch like
q team.
The late handicapping expert
for whom the race is named
would have gotten a belt out Of
the picture as they turned for
home and the real race began.
1t was nip and tuck between
Social Outcast and Fisherman
See BOWIE, Page C-5