Evening star., 1940-05-21

by three pasterns and dirty fet-
lock. He cannot carry their bats.
Bimmy Demonds Track s-
Of Special Blend
Bimmy, it develops, is the kind
Of horse who hauls his own track
around with him but never gets to
use it. They frisk him at the gate
and take 1t away. His own track
Is special blend, made to his, or
der in Havana-two parts Pimlico
In the sunshine and one part Sara
toga on windy day.
Last week Bim reported for ac-
ton at Belmont. He pulled his
track out Of his pocket and spread
1t out in front Of the stewards.
IF you will oblige me-" he said,
"by laying this little article on top
OF your own track, which strikes
me as somewhat cuppy underneath,
we will get down to business"
The stewards picked up Bime-
lech's special track. and threw 1t out
the window.
"You will run on our floor and
like It," they advised him. Well,
Bimelech ran, but he didn't like it.
He lost the Withers mile by the
best part of two lengths to an OBJ
scure charger named Corydon, who
never had even heard Of himself.
Corydon was astonished to be asked
to run at all. but you have to give
him this, that he took the track
they offered without asking ques-
tions and won on 1t, coming from
behind.
Not in Some Gloss
With Former Greots
Mind you Bimelech has proved
himself good runner on the right
kind Of track. He is no third-rater.
But how can you compare him with
Gallant Fox? To date Bimelech
has expressed his dislike for the
following kinds of track:
l. Sloppy.
2. Muddy.
Drying out. -.
1. Cuppy. s> -~
s.. Fairly good.
6. Pretty good.
-. Good.
And even when he gets the
ultra-fast sort Of going that he
favors the clouds in the sky must
be right (nimbus, not cumulus) !,
and the temperature must range
between ST and So degrees Fahren-
heit. That allows plenty of lee
way, of course, but you don't al
ways get 68.
don't think he's as good horse
as Johnstown, last years early
leader, who won all the way from
6 furlongs to the mile and q half
of the Belmont Stakes in brilliant
times before he broke down. He
doesn't match Challedon, who han
died the mud and the dust alike.
And as for Gallant Fox-well, let's
quit kidding.
GoIIont Fox Was Not
Bothered by Turf
In his 3-year-old year the Fox
OF Belair won the Wood, the Preak-
ness, the Derby, the Belmont, the
Dwyer. the Arlington Classic. the
Saratoga Cup. the Lawrence Real
ization and the Jockey Club Gold
Cup. He was beaten once, in the
mud at Saratoga, by the long shot
Jim Dandy, but that didn't mean
that the Fox was allergic to mud.
He could run all day in 1t, UP to
his shoulders.
He didn't run the Withers, the
mile race which licked Bimelech
last week, but the Fox did run the
Wood of a mile and 10 yards, close
enough to the Withers distance to
prove him great sprinter as well
as a great slayer. He closed his
season by winning at 2 miles in the
Gold Cup. And that's the gamut.
However, the true beauty of Gal
liant Fox's record-and of Man O.
Wars and Sir Barton's before him
and Of War Admiral's since-vas
Its consistency. They asked him to
run, and he ran and won without
q look at the sky above or the
ground below. That is a trick
which Bimelech can't seem to turn.
Aside from that Bimmy is a good
horse, and I hope he wins some
races.