Evening star., 1936-08-31
REFUSES TO SHIFT,
RIDES GRANVILLE
Headed for Turf Fame by
Decision Not to Leave
Woodward Stable.
~ the Associated Press.

JOCKEY JIMMY STOUT passed
up q flock of tempting offers
from others last Winter to re-
- main with Sunny Jim Fitzsim-
mons. It proved to be wise deci-
sion. for it gave Stout the chance to
ride William Woodworth's Granville
in all his big engagements. And since
the son of Gallant Fox is well on the
way to clinch 3-year -old honors of the
current season, Stout is destined to
earn an important place in turfdoms
hall Of fame.
Things did not break any too well
for the Granville Stout combination
early in the season. They did all
right in a cheap overnight race at
Jamaica, which served as Granville's
s-year-old debut. but ran into trouble
in the Wood Memorial when Teufel,
with Eddie Litzenberger up, beat them
by a nose. In the Kentucky Derby
Stout was tossed when Granville
stumbled shortly after the barrier
went up. Stout allowed Ira Hanford
to pick his mount off with Bold Ven
ture right under the wire in the
Preakness. Firethorn won nose de-
cision over Granville in the Suburban
Handicap.
Granville found himself in the Bel
mont when he caught Mr.. Bones at
the last sixteenth pole and beat him
by a nose in another close decision.
Then came the Arlington classic, just
about the only race which Granville
won by a comfortable margin. Here
he held a two-length margin over
Mr.. Bones. In the Kenner Stakes,
Granville went back to his old ways
and came dangerously close to being
beaten by Memory Book.
Told EN- In Travers.
TN THE Travers Stakes Granville
= gained a nose decision over War
been fouled several times en- route.
Granville ran a great race to win the
Travers He just about convinced
every one that he was the best horse
of his age, performing like a real
champion where horse with less
courage would have quit Aside from
the fouling which hindered Gran
ville's progress there was the muddy
condition of the racing strip to con-
tend with.
Granville never was considered a
good mudder, but in the Travers the
game son of Gallant Fox showed that
he could run under any conditions.
OF in iI1St
about the same shape it was on the
memorable occasion few years back
when Gallant Fox lost decision to
. l00-to-l shot, Jim Dandy, in the
Travers.
He again proved he can step in the
mud by giving Discovery trouncing
in the two-horse Saratoga Cup race
last Saturday at the Spa.
Granville, like Gallant Fox and
most of his get, is a notorious loafer
when in front. He will run his head
of to catch the other horses in the
field, but once up with them he is
satisfied to ease up and stay with the
leaders. That is the main reason why
almost every race he has taken part
in this year has resulted in a close
flnish-on most occasions, too close
for comfort.
Jockey Must Labor.
STOUT's task OF bringing Granville
- down under the wire first has not
been easy. The horse has won only
under the hardest sort of riding on
the Jockeys part. The decisions the
Granville Stout combination dropped
this season might possibly have been
averted had the jockey taken to the
whip earlier or continued to force
his mount to the utmost every inch
of the last furious drive down the
stretch. There were occasions when
Stout might have started his bid
sooner but that's merely Sec
ond-guessing. The fact is that Gran
vile has proven he can run if he
wants to. Stout's job is to make him
want to at all times.
Stout should know the horse better
than any one else. Certainly he has
had ample opportunity to get ac-
quainted with Granville. And under
Stout Granville has not run a really
bad race all season.
The wholesale fouling on the part
Of the jockeys at Saratoga, the ex-
hibition in the running of the Trav-
ers being fair sample, calls for Sc
we're disciplining by the stewards.
Several jockeys, consciously or uncon-
sciously, have hindered other mounts
with the free use of their whips The
riding in general has been altogether
too rough to do the game any good.
Turfmen agree that it is about time
the ruling body took steps to stop
these unfair tactics. The evil is Ger
tain to grow until it is cut down with