Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-13
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS STANN
How Some Races Get Lost
lANCIS STANN

IN LOUISVILLE 1T IS considered safe to remark that
no horse will be disqualified in the Kentucky Derby until
his rider is found standing rival jockey with
revolver in his fist at the eighth pole Yet at the rate
stewards have been dsqualifyng horses in bigmoney
in recent years there's guarantee that won't
happen at Churchill Downs of these fine May after
Eddie Arcaro twice has finished first in a 100000
in less than month-and has been disqualified both
times On Dedicate he appeared to have easily in last
Saturdays Atlantic City Handicap but Arcaro and Dedicate
observed foulng and placed dead ast-a 3to5 shot,
too Eddie drew Today suspension as result.
RhubarbS at the finish line are beginning to involve
Arcaro pretty regularly On July 20 he and the horse
Alhambra disqualified in the Arlington Fuurity be-
of stabemates rule infracon Back in 1886 there
was similar wave of fouls claimed and some sustained
including the Pmco Futurity Here again. figured Arcaro
Eddie was riding the favored Privileged, who beat
out the Marylandowned Maey in tough stretch battle
Harry Richards who rode Matey claimed Arcaros mount
bumped him several times and Richards backed up
by the stewards Privileged disqualified and Arcaro
drew sx-month suspension A few years later Heady
Eddie drew full year for admittedly trying to knock
Vincent Nodarse the fence after Nodarse had cut
Eddie of during the early part of a
SOMETIMES YOU WIN. sometimes you lose. Arcaro
also has prohted by disquacatons such the 1856
Wood Memorial-it 100000 then-when
Golf Ace with Tony DeSprto had his taken down.
Golf Ace did interfere with Head Man, 19-to2O
mount but Head Man beaten horse at the time.
Eddie also profted July 10 at Hollywood Park when
Old Pueblo declared the winner of the Saret Stakes
and $4,000 net after Strong Ruler disqualified Then
two days later Arcaro and Alhambra disqualified
out of the $150075 Arlington Futurty because of in
fraction by Olymar, stablemate.
No horse has been disqualified in the Kentucky
Derby aforementioned but probably should have
been. Remember the SO Derby? That Brokers Tip
versus Head Play down the stretch Don Meade up
on Brokers Tip and Herb Fisher Head Play The two
horses bumped repeatedly during the stretch and the
two riders failed away at each other with their whips
Brokers Tip first under the wire and the finish
stood although both jockeys suspended 1t the
only race Brokers Tip and he broke down in the
Preakness week later Charley Kurtsinger rode Head
Play in the Preakness and easily.
A YEAR LATER-in May l934-came one of the more
pubicized disqualfcatons Much of the publicity due
to the successful Broadway play, Three Men Horse
lot Of it predicated the 1884 Metropolitan Handicap
at Belmont Park.
That the in which Mrs John Bosleys
beaten Chase Me, who had a half dozen races in
Maryland the previous fall after being family pet until
late in his fourth year. finally tangled with Equipoise the
handicap champion
Equpoise Sonny Workman's a-tme favorte
Chase Me crossed his legs coming into the stretch fell and
broke leg and destroyed Equipose went to win
by three lengths but he notorious rail lugger and
Workman couldn't keep him going straight SO he was
disqualified and MIR Khayyam declared the winner.
Equipoise disqualified two other occasions
during his career-once 2year old in 1880 after he
defeated Vanderpool in the Youthful Stakes at Jamaica
Vanderpoo ruled the winner and went on to win Is
straight races before he finally lost at Bowie.
Equipoise disqualified third time at Santa Anita
In the lakewood Handicap his next to last race in 1885
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