The Washington times., 1935-08-14
GLEN MCCARTHY
AT THE RACES

Just a week from today, that
Narragansett Special, at a mile
and a quarter. Will it be for so
grand added, or just 25? Depends
upon how Omaha comes out of
the Travers at Saratoga this Sat
urday. If okeh, then he goes to
Narragansett, and the race will be
a 50-grand affair. But if he walks
out of the race a bit tucked, or
with a feverish leg or bruised foot,
or what-not a horse may fall prey
to, then he will not go to Nara
gansett, and the big Rhode Island
race will be for 5000. But it will
be grand horse race, with or
without Omaha.
Ever get so excited trying to
root a winner home that you fell
from chair. steps, or fence? Hype
Igoe, famed boxing writer, once
wagered on Barry Shannon at EN-
pire City, getting 10 to l. =. then
stood on the high lawn outside
Empires lower turn, with Train
ers Tom Healey and Jack Joyner,
both of whom declared Hank
ODay, the 1-to-2 favorite, was a
cinch, and joshed Hype no end
for his lack of hoSs sense in think
ing Barry Shannon stood any
chance with Steed like Hank
O'Day. But Barry led all the way,
with Hype running thither and
yon, waving his arms, jeering at
1!ealey and Joyner-and sudden
ly tumbled head-foremoSt into a
deep ditch between high lawn and
track rail. And was still sitting in
the ditch, roofing loudly, as Barry
Shannon flashed home winner by
two!
Couldn't See
Billy Magrane and I once stood
on O high stool-'tWas Derby day
at Seattle, with the grounds and
stands packed, no place else for
us to see a race. And the only
way we could maintain balance
on the stool was to put arms
around each other. Bill had 5000
on his horse at to l, I had
hundred on another at IL to /.
The two horses fought it out. nose
to-nose, from the head of the
stretch-with Bill and I roofing
our adenoids out to the two
jockeys, gesticulating wildly with
our free arms. Two strides from
the finish we lost our balance,
sprawled to the ground, Bill rag
ing at me for roofing against his
horse, and betting me $50 while
still on the ground that his had
won. But when We got to our
feet-my number was up!
And then there's Billy Ames,
live-wire publicity director at Mar
ragansett, who once fell from
high fence at an English track
and liked to have ruined himself
physically the while his choice at
long odds was getting up by a
Whisker to win a fortune for Billy.
All In Fun
'Tis all in fun when you win
such bets, but semitragic when,
like Vincent Treanor, placing
judge at New England tracks. you
start running along the roof of
the grandstand with your 10-to-1
shot winning, you yelling madly.
unmindful of where you're going
and fall two flights of stairs,
only to get to your feet and see
that your horse was second! He
tired in the final strides, the form
chart said. But Vince was tired
for weeks, from trying to walk
with strained and sore muscles.
AT NARRANGANSETT-Lady Car
rot looks best in first. Takus in second,
fourth. Star Porter In fifth. Mettle in
sixth, Last Romance In seventh and Idle
Along in eighth.
AT LINCOLN FIELDS-COntinuity in
first, Night jasmine in second, Field
Day in third, SisOwen in fourth, Cloud
dor in fifth, Brains in sixth, Exponent
In seventh and Uncommon Gold In
eighth.
AT sARATOGA-TransitL Lady in first.
Spinach in second, BrannOn in third.
BlOOdrOtt in fourth. Maerial In fifth and
Spanish Way In sixth.
AT DADE PARK-DOubIe r In first,
Grattan in second, Dora May in fourth.
MuchO GustO in fifth, The Aenead in
sixth. Major Smyley. ParIays. Sixty
Straight, Place On, BIOOdrOOt and Span
ish Way.
You have to rack the stakes
book records to find a horse who
scored as sensational, phenome-
nal a victory as Grand Slam regis
tered in the recent Arlington Flu
turity. You may count upon the
fingers of your either hand all
the horses who left the starting
post in a stakes event with any
thing like as much the worst OF
it as Grand Slam had in the Ar
lington race. yet came OF, to win