The Washington times., 1938-04-04
Look to Vanderbilt

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Perhaps if anyone not too far
removed from the nearby racing
picture can do more to carry out
the concepts of the solid Vir-
ginian breeder and racer, that
man is young Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt, with an immense
racing establishment in Mary.
lands famed Worthing' Valley,
is little by little commencing
to be looked upon as one Of
the valuable minds in the thor
oughbred industry.
Not yet having reached his
thirtieth birthday, this scion Of
a famous family is a devoted
horseman who has made a thor
ough study Of the sport and
who is by no means merely In
dulging q hobby.
His serious attitude toward
the improvement Of the breed is
established in the fact that he
has been named a vice president
of the Maryland Jockey Club,
as well as a member Of its board
Of directors.
This is the club that oper.
ateS the historic Pimlico track
at Baltimore, which happens
to be the oldest racing organ.
tzation in Maryland, and indeed
one Of the Oldest in the country.
It's annual PreakneSS for 3.
year.oldS goes back to Civil War
times and in truth antedates the
Kentucky Derby by several
years.
Coming Along
Too, Vanderbilt is a member
Of the board Of the Belmont
track and this fact further quail
ifies him as one of the likely
. leaders of racing among tn e
younger devotees who will some
day come along to assume the
leadership given the game by
such older StalWartS, say, as Jo-
seph Widener, William H. Wood
ward and, of course, the late
Admiral Grayson.
Young Vanderbilt has been
tutored to the sport by as astute
q head as the training ranks
poSses-B1d Stotler, who for
years mas been in charge of the
young millionaire'S string.
Vanderbilt and Stotler are in
separable, and more like pals
than employer and employee.
Up at the peep of dawn with
q stop-watch IN his hand, Van
derbi!t evadec none Of the dis
comforts which are entailed in
being the head of a great racing
menage, such as clocking the
early morning workouts.
Men with years Of racing back.
ground declare Vanderbilt to be
q sound horseman, which
coupled with his prominence
and influence, make him likely
to eventually be an influence in
the sport.
Mr.. Lust Is In
Sidney Lust, the perennial
chairman of the Fathers-Sons
Banquet Of the Washington
Hebrew Congregation is at my
coattails again.
This time he announces the
fifteenth anniversary Of these
dinners which have ever taken
on = sporting hue, due to the
fact that athletes from the
many phases Of sport always
adorn the head table.
Big names like Ruth and
Gehrig and Johnson and Cronin
and Greenberg have in times
past graced Mr.. Lust'S BANQUET
board, with readied fountain
pen for autograph purposes
This Is mostly kids party you
know, and kids still dote on
those original signatures.
This year the youngsters will
be feted on Sunday, April "a,
and for the first time no ball
clubs will be in town.
However, a generous sprink.
ling of stars of other sports
have been invited, not the least
Of which are pro football play.
ers Charley Malone and Tuffy
Ieemans. as well as Pittsburgh
famous Marshall Goldberg.
Best Of all, the youngsters
from the Jewish Foster Home
will be on hand to touch elbows
with their athletic idoIs-which
sight alone makes the banquet
most worth while.