The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-09
7hESpOrting
World
By
JOHN A. CLUNEY
Posing All
EurIonq Poles

Last Saturday three jockeys rode
both halves Of the daily doubles at
different tracks. At Narragansett
Park George Seabo won with Beauty
Blen and Short Cake and the double
paid 5000; at Garden State Park
frankie zehr won with Rapidamente
and Study Period to make a double
worth $3.50 and at River Downs
jockey w. Farrell won with Nabroj
and Pine Trail, o double paying
$3.50 Bing Crosby did q neat
dodge around the Jockey Club rule
Of naming horses. The rule says a
name can't be used again until
sixteen years after horse is dead.
Well, Bing had young colt sired
by Ligaroti and evidently In hurry
to meet Bob Hope for q broadcast
when reminded he had to name the
morse, he said to just add "two" to
the fathers name, the equine
equivalent Of cir" The name came
out as "Ligarotito" which, properly
pronounced, is "Ligaroti Two"
When Hal Price Headley's good filly
Askmenow won the American Derby
last week end she added another
triumph to her remarkable racing
record. BY virtue Of that victory
she became the first Ally or mare
to earn eligibility to Pimlicos famed
Pimlico Special. Mort Mahony,
the veteran pari-mutuel manager,
says the biggest bet he had ever seen
placed in the machines was q wager
Of $4,000 cash on Count Fleet to
win the Belmont Stakes last June.
The man came to the 500 wiz SOW
and plunked down sixty six one
thousand dollar bills. In return,
fourteen minutes later, he received
$50 little pastehoards. The mile and
the half Of the race took two min.
utes, twenty-eight and one fifth
seconds and It took Just that much
time for the man with the PASTE
boards to realize So on his see, 600
investment. He made q net profit
OF $500 and he was paid off with
the same thousand dollar bills he
had originally handed In plus three
more and three one hundred dollar
bills. Charley McLennan, racing
secretary and Handicapped at q half
dozen Of the leading race tracks In
the country, gives q mid-season es-
innate Of the leaders In the various
Thoroughbred Divisions.
2-year-old colt: Lucky Draw.
3-year-old colt: Count Fleet.
2-year-old Ally: Cocopet.
3.year.old Ally: Aslmenow.
Best handicap horse: Market best
mare: Vagrancy.
Best steeplechase horse: Elkridge:
best sprinter: Apache.
About an hour and q half from
New York's Times Square Is one Of
the most complete, and certainly
one Of hte loveliest, old horse breed
ing farm in the country. It Is
Rancocas Farm near Camden, New
Jersey. This old place Is thoroughly
stepped in the traditions Of the
Thoroughbred sport in American
from the fabulous days Of the Loril-
lardS, original owners, down through
the amazing career Of trainer Sam
Hildreth, who handled the horses
OF Harry Sinclair-most recent oc-
cupant Of Rancocas. Today Ran.
cocas is leased by the Garden State
Race Course at Camden and used
by them as an auxiliary stabling
place. Diversion OF man-power
has hit the race track in the Stable
OF Navy Lieutenant A. G. Wander.
bilt. His second-string OF horses now
racing at the Garden State track
IN Camden, N. J. Is being trained
by Michael McGrath. Mike" as his
boss used to call him, was Wander
bits first-string chauffeur and was
known as the best open road driver
IN the country. One day Vanderbilt
boarded a train in New York for
Los Angeles and Mike showed of in
the long, sleek Packard. When Van
derbilt stepped OF the train In
California there was Mike in the
Packard; he had driven nonstop
and non-sleep from New York to
the West Coast. but that was
several years before the war. i.
Eastern racing followers are wait
ing for the Vests two sensational
runners. They are A. c. Ernst's
Alorter, best juvenile seen in the
important Chicago racing sector.
and Messrs. Devereux & Farrell's
Bold Captain, currently the Horatio
Alger Of the equine world. Each
summer sees similar situation with
Chicago racing developing some of
the best horses Of the year. Most
notable Of these in recent years was
AlSah