Evening star., 1937-02-28
N|PS SEA BISCUIT
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Richards Great Ride Down
Stretch Decides-Indian
Broom Is Third.
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bI Iile lOOO VI
Mount Baldy.
Rosemont's race was an amazing
achievement Far back in the run
to the first turn, Richards first moved
up the speedy son of the Porter
Garden Rose as the field swung out
of the back stretch at the far turn.
Up to this point, the pace had been
Get by Special Agent and the favorite
was running tenth. He moved to sixth
coming around the bend and at the
top of the stretch was fourth, about
four lengths back of the flying Sea
Biscuit.
1t didn't seem possible that Rose
mont could close this gap. for Sea
Biscuit was running true and straight
with never a sign of faltering. In
the closing yards. however. Richards
clearly outrode Pollard and continued
the spectacular streak of stake VIC
tories that he started last Spring at
Bowie
Indian Broom also ran smashing
race and at one point in the stretch
drive it appeared that he might win
the big pot, but he couldn't cope with
RoSemont'S closing rush. He finished
length back of the two leaders, and
two and half lengths in front of
the tiring Special Agent.
Time Supply a Disappointment.
NEXT came Mrs r A. Carreaud's
famous Time Supply, second in
the handicap last year and third in
1895. Time Supply was one of the
races big disappointments. although
he had not been working well and few
Of the experts had picked him.
Still his class and reputation we're
such that he was heavily backed by
the crowd, his closing odds being
slightly less than z to l. Time Supply
broke slowly, but gained steadily going
up the back stretch and finally wound
up fifth, length behind Special Agent.
The rest of the field finished as
follows
Don Roberto. sixth; Red Rain, sew
enth; Grand Manitou, eighth: Gold
Seeker, ninth; Water Splash. tenth:
Golden Eye, eleventh; Chanceview,
twelfth: Mr.. Bones. thirteenth Star
Shadow, fourteenth; Accolade, ff-
teenth; Rushaway, sixteenth; Box
thorn, seventeenth, and Sablin, eigh-
teenth and last.
The race was run under ideal wealth.
er conditions and brought out crowd
that poured money into the stotaliza-
tor. At the end of the fifth race
total of S791,9 had been wagered
and this was swelled by s396,553 in
the handicap. This brought the han
die to nearly 81 100000 and made it
certain that the pre-race predictions
Of S1,500,000 were bit conservative.
Track Whipped Into Shape.
THE track management performed
wonders in getting the racing
strip in condition following Thursdays
heavy rain. AS result, the track
was nearly fast, as is evidenced by
Rosemont's time. This was nearly
2 seconds faster than Top Rows time
in winning last years rodeo. and only
three-fifths of second back of Azu-
cars track record for the distance.
The management battle to dry out
the track for the big race precipitated
an interesting controversy here. Young
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, whose
great Discovery Topped in the handi-
cap last year, started the tilt by con-
tending that the efforts to get a fast
track might be just a bit unethical.
His point was that nature should be
allowed to have its way-come what
may in the way of fast or muddy
track. One of his Arguments was that
II was Just as unethical ~ dry up a
track that didn't want to bt Irv as it
would be to turn hose on a fast
strip for the benefit of horses that like
mud.
Vanderbilt's howl-if it could be
termed anything so undignified-was
occasioned by the fact that only a
short time ago he spent $4,000 to
acquire Chanceview, superior mud
der. Chanceview had just beaten
Indian Broom and some other crack
stake horses by IL lengths in the mud.
The movie people went hook, line
and sinker for Chanceview in the
future book and he might have been
the favorite today, instead Of Rose
mont, had the track stayed muddy
So maybe there's something to VAN
derbilt's argument after all.