Evening star., 1939-12-24

and stay, too, for Gino's dam was
Teresina, and she was on the staying
side, and 80 I'm going to send her
to the court Of Discovery. I guess
everybody knows how he packed
weight and weht q distance.
"One Of the greatest thrills ever
got was when Discovery ran second
in the Derby. The next year he was
the champ Of the handicap horses. I"
Although Vanderbilt's stable won
$4,000 in purses this year, 1t still
cost him money.
He thinks the coming crop OF 2
year-olds the best he has ever had.
There are three colts and three fillies
by Discovery.
"They all act like they can rum"
he said.
Never Drinks Liquor.
Some purely personal notes about
Vanderbilt:
He smokes cigarettes, never a pipe
or a cigar He wears battered,
turned-down-brim hats which must
be the despair Of his wife He
never drinks liquor, but consumes
great quantities Of coffee.
He Is the only member Of his
family really devoted to racing
George" he says, wouldn't walk
across the street to see a race" and
OF Gloria Baker Topping, one Of
cafe societies glamour girls not too
many seasons ago, "she Is very
casual about it."
He adds, rather wistfully, that
mother likes the races once in q
while though" He doesn't play
golf wouldn't have a yacht
around likes prize fights be-
cause they come at night and he
still can attend the races in the
afternoon.
He is rabid tennis fan, and
plays fierce games with his wife
on their private court at Port WASH
ington likes to attend the
matches at Forest Hills.
Football is problem to him
"They play when the big races are
on" he points out Pro foot
ball games on Sunday encourage
him. AS his schoolboy handbook
would indicate. he likes to gamble
=. Crap games have an irresistible
lure. except those around the sta
bles.
Bets 81 With Help.
Say, that money means some
thing to them. 1t may not to you
They shoot for blood" The
only way he CANDLES any more
with the help is on the speed ot
the untried coming 2-year- -olds, anc
the limit on those bets is 81.
Il beat everybody on them this
fall" he said, proudly.
It's been almost a year since hi
made bet on the races. Thinking /,
out, he decided there wasn't any
percentage -. 1T was pretty damn
silly all the time I spent trying tt
figure out a winner"
An average day during racing sea.
son begins at S am, doesn't enc
until evening Rain doesn,
deter him, and he actually enjoy.
sloshing around in the mud
He has taken an increasingly activ,
hand in the training of his horses
One day at Empire last summer
j. B. Partridge watched Race Rider
one Of Vanderbilt's horses win, ane
said: alfred will like that. He!
been training that horse himself
you know P. S.-Alfred die
like it, too.
He likes New York chiefly because
it enables him to go to the theatel
-. Almost every night he is Broad.
way bound with his wife after.
ward, like as not. they end up a
midnight for q snack in the Stork
81 or the Monte Carlo.
Friend Of Oscar Lavant.
He likes theatrical folk man,
a stranded trouper, they say, ha
called on him for funds and got
welcome wire in return He play
the piano, after a fashion ON
of his favorite friends is Osca
Levant Oscar" he says. "wil
sit and play by the hour. I nk'
that"
He likes to drive his own automo