Evening star., 1950-03-29
Long-Shot Winnings
Cut General Bettinq,
Laurel Vets Say
By Lewis T. Atchison

A bumper crop of long shots,
such as Laurel produced yester-
day, may be good advertising for
the track. and may lure hundreds
more of the get-rich-quick fra
ternity to the park today, hoping
to make a kill, but it doesn't help
the betting, according to the old
hands. The big pay outsiders
bounded home like wild horses
and, if you like to dream about
such things, a So parlay on the
first three winners would have
netted over $4,000.
But it isn't good for the busi-
ness" one oldtimer explained. "1t
puts too much money in the hands
of too few people. Take the 43
lucky persons who cashed in on
that $782 daily double. I'll lay
odds all of 'em tucked at least
S700 of it in their shoes and had
a good time with the rest. Now
when you take $4,000 out Of cir
culation like that the track suf-
fers."
This veteran observer, who has
cashed some healthy wagers him.
self, says it's better to give every
body a little kale and keep it cir
culating.
Here are the winners who sent
the long-shot players home happy
yesterday:
/. Handy Man, $3.50, 5000,
5000.
2. Night March, s27.2o, s1s.4o,
$7.40.
3. Abbottstown. $3.50, s15.4o,
$3.50.
5. sandlot, s4s.60, s12.4o, s4.2o.
7. Battle Clamp. $17.80, $500,
s5.40.
L. Guy Bedwell, who has been
racing at Laurel since the place
opened in 1911, says the rough
spring weather, coming after an
extraordinarily mild winter, has
retarded horses that wintered in
this area. He ran Fancy Answer
In the first, Gallant G. I. in the
third and Supper Date in the fifth
and Gallant G. rs show effort,
worth 1920, was the best perform
ance of the trio. Bedwell thinks
all three will do better.
Narrator, show horse IN the
fourth, is the property of Justin
Funkhouser, master of O'Sullivan
Farms, who gave his good stallion,
Rodney, to the Virginia Horse
mans Association recently. The
Virginian is taking a flyer in
steeplechasing this spring and has
placed Wingy and three German
horses not eligible to race on the
fiat, under the wing of Trainer
Kent Miller, leading jumping
trainer.
Laurel officials are pleased with
their new turnstiles, which give a
count Of attendance as accurate as
possible and still keep the fans
moving. There we're reports that
the machines caused a jam open
ing day when almost $4,000 fans
turned out. But, as Publicist Dave
Woods observed, the only time you
don't see lines of people at sports
affair is when nobody shows up.
Mike Mafale, the smart little
Jockey, was press box visitor yes
terday and reported that Lolling
had to be scratched after tying
up" during a morning workout.
Although Representative Tom
Underwood of Kentucky has rep
utation of being one of the wlsest
men in the ways of a horse on
Capitol Hill, he hasn't yet been
sighted at Laurel. He formerly was
secretary of the National Associa-
ton of State Racing Commissions
Until another stable claims the
honor, Mrs. w. H. Labrots Balkan
trained by R. F. Curran. gets the
nod as the biggest horse cam
paigning at Laurel. The 3-year-
old bay colt by Supremus-Wa1
Land, stands better than II hands
and is a handsome animal.
Art Rooney, whose Shamrock
Stable horses are in the capable
hands of Jimmy MCGEE, is due al
Laurel tomorrow for visit of sew.
era1 days. The owner of the grid
iron Pittsburgh Steelers has had
a hard time getting his clubs af-
fairs in sufficiently good order te
slip away for a couple of davs.