Evening star., 1939-12-24

J. g., DECEMBER a,
clean-limbed thing and almost the
color Of gold in the sun. Thee they
were OF. a bulge of vivid silks across
the track.
Tremendous Excitement.
The lightly weighted Jeanne D'Arc
showed in front, with Now What on
the outside fighting with. Jockey
Sonny Workman for her head. She
wanted to run, and run she did.
At the stretch turn Now What
was on top by four lengths, going
easily, and a tremendous excite
ment boiled up inside Of him.
At the finish it was Now What by
half length, with Piquet, carrying
Mrs. Payne Whitney's pink and
black silks. second by a length and
a half over the early pace setter,
Jeanne D.Arc.
They hadn't hit the finish line
before Vanderbilt left his box on
the run. obviously as delighted as
boy with a bright red bicycle.
It wasn't anything new to him
to win a race, no indeed, and he
hadn't bet penny on Now What,
but this was the historic Spinaway
Stakes. and she was and Is his
favorite f1lly. Not many months
were to pass before she was to be-
come undisputed queen Of her age
and sex.
Down through the crowd he
elbowed his way, pausing not for
stares and return bumpings. He
had eyes only for Now What, and a
fine sight she was, too.
This intensity Of purpose is typi-
cal of him. He cuts through q
problem to the core.
He will outline to an aide what he
has in mind to meet certain situa-
ton. and then sit back and listen,
smoking a cigarette all the while.
After he has heard the other fellow
he will burst out suddenly with:
Nov what?"
The gold-colored filly was a
daughter of Chance Play-That's
That, so the name was more than
appropriate.
Married Two Years Ago.
Not quite two years ago Wander
bilt was married. just after winter
In California, where the news pic
ture syndicates had field day with
him. He escorted Gertrude Niesen
Of the movies to Christmas bene-
fit, danced with Joan Crawford,
went roller skating with Ginger
Rogers, was an occasional squire Of
Margaret Lindsay, and got in plenty
of horse talk with such old fanciers
as Bing Crosby and Joe Brown and
Fred Astaire.
With quiet good humor he pune
tured all the romantic movie rumors
in the spring with the announce
ment that his bride would be Miss
Manuela Hudson, a cousin of Mrs
Charles S. Howard, whose husband
owns a few race horses himself
such as Seabiscuit and Kayak II.
They have a daughter, Wendy
now, and she looks like her father
He bought a summer home at
Port Washington, out on Long Island
Sound, and a new 100000 mansion
of Maryland manor style is nearing
completion at Sycamore Farm. in
the Worthington Valley outside OF
Baltimore.
A hint Of how he spends his spare
time at this center Of his breeding
operations is given in the space de-
voted to a billiard room, bowling
alley and a movie theater.
Mrs. Emerson raced thorough
breds before her son, but on much
smaller scale Sycamore farm has
almost doubled in size since he took
1t over. It's about 1000 acres now
most of it fine bluegrass pasture.
Discovery His Best Horse.
Three stations - Discovery, thu
best horse ever to carry his colors
Tedious and 1dentify-stand there
and he has about 60 brood mares
At least 20 men are employed at the
farm the year round. and at time!
there are as many as So The horses
are trained on two tracks. One, o,
6 furlongs, is outside; the other ar
inclosed quarter-mile track.
Vanderbilt has definite ideas or
training Of horses, and on breeding
too, and he is going to carry them
out. His theories about breeding
sum up to this:
You breed a good mare to a gooc
stallion and you've got good chance
of having a good foal You car
swear to that in court. Take Galley
Slave. She's by Gino-Sally's Alley
and she holds the worlds record fol
3 furlongs-32+s seconds. Set it our
at Santa Anita.
well, she gets speed from Gino