Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Traffic Judge
Wins After -Four
Straight Places
BY JOSEPH b. KELLY
Star Racing Editor


MAYS LANDING. N. j.. Sept.
3.-With no Swaps or Nashua to
contend with this afternoon.
Clifford Mooers' TRAFFIC Judge
lived up to his role of favorite by
winning Atlantic City's $4,000
added Ventnor Stakes on the
grass with ease.
Making one bold move from
eighth on the back stretch, Haf-
fic Judge won by three lengths
under Eddie Arcaro. Cedar
Farms Our Dance, coupled in
the betting with Breckenridge
Longs Westward Ho. finished
second. a half length ahead OF
Akbar Khan. a 26-to-1 shot.
With nearly $4,000 riding on
his nose, Traffic Judge paid $500,
$3.50 and 1920 across the board
and ran the mile and sixteenth
in 1:432s. just four fifths OF a
second slower than the track
record held by joey Boy.
The 3-year-old lost to Nashua
in the Arlington Classic but was
a close second and finished in
the same spot behind Swaps in
the American Derby.
A disappointment in the race
was Mrs. Irving Gushen's Star
Rover, the second choice at 3D.
He had the lead briefly in the
early stages but faded and fin
ished ninth and next to last
ahead of Westward Ho, who also
did little running.
3O,376 Attend Program
A holiday weekend crowd OF
30,376, considered excellent in
the cloudy. threatening weather
backed Traffic Judge with rare
and Arcaro rode the
colt in thesame manner.
Aeschylus gained the early
lead; Star Rover then assumed
command. but was later replaced
by Craigwood. Half way down the
stretch, Arcaro steered Traffic
Judge to the outside and the colt
began picking up the leaders.
At the top of the stretch Traf-
fic Judge had the lead and Arcarc
cracked him several times with
the whip. In the home lane it
was apparent it was just a ques-
ton of the margin of victory for
the heavy favorite. Our Dance
also made a late rally but did
not have the speed to match
Traffic Judge.
Traffic Judge Earns S21,125
After four straight seconds,
Traffic Judge earned a winners
share Of S21,125.
Arcaro, who rode Nashua in his
100000 victory over Swaps in
Chicago, was applauded with
Traffic Judge when he returned
to the winners circle although
there were a few inevitable boos
directed at Americas No. ! money
rider.
Wagering reached $2.50s.s10 on
the eight-race program. 1t was
the largest handle of the current
meet.
William Myers Pyiades, a q
year-old colt by Orestes III and
Cannobie Lee, won his second
straight victory of the meeting
by winning the $4,000 Spartan
valor secondary feature by three
quarters of a length from
Decathlon.
. Due to his excellent time in
his previous race of I'll fiat
for six furlongs-the best time
for the distance of the meet
Phyades was favored and paid
$3.50 straight after surviving a
claim Of foul. 1t appeared that
Decathlon had actually fouled
Pylades but Jockey Joe Culmone,
who rode Decathlon. lodged an
objection which the stewards
threw out.
Trio Stables Laffango, making
his first start since breaking
down at Bowie this spring, reeled
off three quarters of a mile in
l:1lA to take the $4,000 Case
Ace purse which preceded the
Ventnor Stakes.
Backed down to 81 40, Laffango
won by two and a quarter lengths
and was the fourth successful
favorite of the afternoon.
Saint Oregon, paying $3.50,
captured the opening race and
started a 5000 Daily Double
which was completed by Colbert
at $17.20. The winning numbers
were 8 and 5.