Evening star., 1941-03-02
Victor's S Sfablemate,
Gel Off, Captures
Second Money
Hash, Fourth, Is Almost
AS Disappointing as
Bradley Fovorite
BY GAYLE TALBOT

MIAMI. Fla. March lit was
just as we'll that old Col E. r. Brad
ley was too i'll to come over to
Hialeah Park today for the master
of Idle Hour Farm would have seen
his beloved Bimelech shut out in
the s50,000 Widener Cup race -
beaten by a Bradley castoff and two
others.
The winner of the classic before
a dazed crowd of 21,500 was Big
Pebble, bred by Bradley and sold
just over year ago to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed S. Moore of Sheridan, Wyo., for
$4,000. In beating his stablemate,
Get Off, by head in roaring
finish. Big Pebble today returned
s5l 800 on the investment and must
have nearly broken old Col. Brad
ley's heart.
Bim Never on Top.
Bimelech, the top-heavy favorite,
never reached the front as the field
of IA fought it out for a mile and
quarter. This was the race he was
to have won to cap his brilliant
career before his retirement to the
breeding farm. The only time he
even threatened was just before the
turn into the stretch, when he
moved into second place, a neck
back of the leader at that stage,
Cherry Jam.
AS they entered the stretch Get
OF was in front, and he clung to his
advantage until about 40 feet from
the finish, when Jockey George
Seabo pushed Big Pebble past his
stablemate to win. Get Off was a
length ahead of Haltal, which COM
pleted the humiliation OF BimeleCh
by racing past him in the final 18th.
Big Pebble Pays s34.60
The crowd, chilled by a cold north
wind, was so certain Of Bimelech's
victory that it set a betting record
for a single race in .878
and if BIN had won he wouldn't
have paid peanuts. Big Pebble, which
finished second to Many Stings in
last years Widener. paid s34 so each
to the delighted few who held 81
tickets on him.
This was Bimelech's 18th race,
and today was the first time he
failed TO place.
On the far stretch Bimelech
forged ahead of Haltal after hard
effort, and there was hope among
the bettors as he moved up along
side Cherry Jam. But it was short
lived and as they rounded the last
bend and came tearing down in
front of the grandstand it was evil
dent that Bimelech was through.
Hash, firm second choice in the
mutuels. was nearly as great dis
appointment. He was back in the
pack all the way and came up only
at the last to. finish fifth. beaten
three lengths. The others in the
order of their finish were Joe
Schenck. Royal Man, Snow Ridge,
Sickle T. Shot Put, The Chief,
Corydon, Ringie and Cherry Jam.
Get Off Pays Off Handsomely.
Get Of paid handsome s26.50
for finishing second, and Haltal 81
for Il show. Big Pebbles time was
2:024s. a second slower than the
Hialeah track record. He was next
to last at the start and still was
there at the half mile. Seabo moved
him UP to eighth at the three-quar-
ters, sixth at the mile and had him
third going into the stretch.
Big Pebble and Get Of obviously
worked together on Bimelech toward
the last. Get OF raced around the
leaders as they neared the final
turn and headed sBim off as the
Bradley star started to go past the
weary Cherry Jam. Then came Big
Pebble. picking his way through the
field with a rush, to take up the
JOB and finish it.
Seabo. who had claimed all year
that Big Pebble should have won
the 1910 Widener. was jubilant as
he dismounted. I'VE had good luck
today he yelled. Hes a fine
horse"
The Moores bought Big Pebble
just before last years Widener, so
that their colors might be in the big
race