¶ Chicago, Alfred G. Vanderbilt's great Native Dancer, top-weighted (126 lbs.) in a field of eight, turned on the afterburner in the homestretch and rocketed away to a nine-length victory in the richest three-year-old race ever run, the $154,300 Arlington Classic.
¶ In Turku, Finland, Olympic Champion Mai Whitfield, pressed by Miler Wes Santee, whirled to a world record at 880 yds. in 1:48.6, breaking the old record by six-tenths of a second. Aiming for ten records in a year (TIME, Feb. 16), Whitfield has now set four (others: 500 yds., 500 meters...
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