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...that price, he was definitely a horse to beat. Phalanx, lagging less than usual, had just copped one division of Jamaica's $40,000 Wood Memorial. He ran the mile and a sixteenth, apparently under wraps, in 1:43 4/5. His jockey, long-nosed Eddie Arcaro, is the best stakes rider in the business and he is just as intent as Calumet's Ben Jones on winning his fourth Derby...
...Churchill Downs, Phalanx & Arcaro will keep a sharp eye on several other hopefuls, including Elizabeth Arden's mud-loving speedster, Jet Pilot (10-1) and Double Jay (8-1), who was rated by many as last year's champion two-year...
...beat was slow-starting Stymie (TIME, Nov. 4); the way to do it was to hold back as long as Stymie did, then beat him in the stretch run. Sometimes riders see the wisdom of their instructions at the time, but change their minds later. Daring little Eddie Arcaro is the best rider in the business because he attunes himself to each horse's temperament and capacity, knows just when to ask its best. At the first turn, Stymie and Assault were 15 lengths behind the leaders. When Stymie finally let go, Arcaro clucked to Assault. They whizzed...
Baltimore fans cheered; next day the fans cheered again when Arcaro rode Cosmic Missile to win the $15,000-added Marguerite Stakes. Then Arcaro returned to the irreverent New York tracks, where he is booed whether he wins or loses. Booing Arcaro is part of the fun of attending horse races in New York. Fans holler out cracks about his oversized ears and long nose ("Banana Nose!" they shout). Says he: "The damn fools don't know what they're booing about ... of course I don't like it-I'm human...
...Unloved Arcaro, who is expected to win and damned if he doesn't, has earned a million dollars at 30. Unlike most jockeys, he has hung on to a lot of it. In his 14 years of racing, he has once been ruled off all tracks for a year for rough riding. This summer he decided to take life easier. He quit as contract rider for the famed Greentree Stable, now sleeps until 9 a.m. instead of rolling out at dawn to gallop horses. His only flaw as a jockey: he sometimes tries to ride cheap horses...