Evening star., 1949-07-24
Ace Admiral Breaks
World Record Set in
1920 by Man O War
By the Associoted Press

ARCADIA. Calf. July %
Speed horse Ace Admiral, break
ing Man O. Wars 29-year- -old
world record. won the $50.000 Sun
set Handicap today as the Holly
wood Turf Club meeting ended
with a flourish.
The classy Maine Chance Farm
4-year-old. uncorking a burst of
speed that sent him to the finish
line a 6-length winner in a wire
to-wire performance. eclipsed the
American and world record for
mile and f1ve-eights set in Sep
tember, 1920. by the great Man
O. War.
Historian Tied Mark.
The record, later tied at the
Hollywood meeting of 1916 by His
torian. was 2:404s. Ace Admiral
clipped a full second off the mark
with a clocking of 2:304s.
Mrs. Elizabeth Graham's crack
colt carried 122 pounds today as a
getaway day throng of $4,000
looked on. Man o. War packed
1876 pounds on that memorable
1920 day at Belmont Park. His
torian packed 121 in his feat.
There wasn't much to the Sun
set running except Ace Admiral
and his famous rider. Johnny
Longden. The Ace broke on top
of the field of 10 starters. built the
lead to length and half as he
pounded past the grandstand the
first time, widened it to four
lengths over a then persistent On
Trust, and raced in six lengths
to the good over longshot Natural.
The well liked Dinner Gong.
owned by Abe Hirschberg of San
Francisco, was third.
Ace Admiral was coupled with
On Trust and the Irish importa-
ton, Esprit de France, in the
betting, all being trained by the
meetings leading handler, Willie
Molter. The entry went off IA
vored.
The Ace paid $3.50. 1910 and
$3.50. Natural, owned by Edward
Lasker and ridden by Apprentice
William Shoemaker, paid $3.50
and $4.90. Dinner Gong. with
Jack Westrope in the saddle. paid
$500.
Ace Admiral's triumph was
worth $34,650 net to Mrs. Gra-
hams well-heeled Maine Chance
Farm stable out of the Sunsets
gross value of $4,000.
Beaten by Solidarity.
The victory partially eased the
Aces second-place performance
last week in the 100000 Holly
wood Gold Cup fixture, won by the
California-bred Solidarity. The
latter did not run today.
Maine Chance bought Ace Ad-
miral for $50,000 at the Keene-
land, KY, sales in 1916. He was
bred at the White Oaks Farm of
Miss Mildred Woolwine near
Franklin, Tenn.
The Ace has won several rich
stakes. including the 100000
Santa Anita Futurity last Janu-
ary. His earnings today brought
his winnings to $258,125.
II really believe that colt could
have run at least two-fifths of
second faster" Longden said.
when we came by the stands the
first time he saw the crowd and
it bothered him a little. So I had
to slap him across the face cou-
pie of times. But we didn't have
any trouble on the turns. He just
ran"
Best Race of His Life.
IT think he ran the best race of
his life today" said trainer Mol
ter. about the world record-I
think it happened because there
was no speed in the race to go
with him."
fractions on Ace Adm1ralS tour
of the strip were: 1895, .4725,
1.11h, 1865, 2.012s, 2.2645,
2.39A.
The order of finish behind the
first three: Pretal. Chloe II, On
Trust, Honeymoon, Esprit de
France. Lurlile B. and Stepfather.
1t was photo finish for place
and show, with Natural getting a
nose verdict over Dinner Gong,
and the latter a head in front of
Pretal.