Evening star., 1950-08-09
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Today sHambIetonian
Wide Open Affair If
There Ever Was One
BY the Assoeiated Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
GOSHEN, N. Y, Aug. 9.-The
silver anniversary Hambletonian,
with a record purse of $75 ,209, is
scheduled for ancient Good Time
Park today. and nobody in the
village of Goshen will try to pick
the winner.
Thirteen of the best 3-year-old
trotters in the harness world have
been entered for the event-stellar
attraction on the Grand Circuit
program. The first heat is sched-
uled to get away at 3 pm. (EDT)
Usually an outstanding sopho-
more trotter has appeared on the
scene by Hambletonian time, but
at least half a dozen horses i'm
press the railbirds this time.
Chief among these are Stars
Pride and Florican, the entry of
Trainer Harry Pownall. and Lusty
Song, champion 2-year-old trotter
last season.
THE winner is going to know
he's been in horse race" said
E. Roland Hartman, New York
railroad magnate who owns part
of Stars Pride and Florican. The
other half of Stars Pride belongs
to L. B. Sheppard of Hanover,
Pa, the shoe man who has the
Hanover Shoe Farm, whence
comes the Hanover" name given
thousands of standard bred
horses.
Can't Pick Between Pair.
But Hartman won't pick be-
tween Stars Pride and Florican.
Il wish I knew which was the
better" he said. "Florican was
the faster at 2, but this year Stars
Pride is more dependable. Flori-
can has been impatient and Jump
ing at the gate.
There's a lot of good horses in
there and it will be a tight race.
Lusty Song. if he's right, will be
hard to beat"
This is as close as any one
would come to picking the race,
which Is expected to draw a crowd
Of around 10000 to this quiet
Orange County town where Bill
Cane has been putting on harness
racing'S biggest show since 1890.
LuSty Song, from the Hayes Fair
Acres Stable, Du Quoin, H., has
been beaten twice this year by
Stars Pride-but not over a mile
track such as Good Time Park
with its sharp turns. Owner E. j..
Hayes bought the colt at auction
for $500, and he's got it back
many times over.
Odds-makers listed Stars Pride
and Florican at 2 to /. The CO.
owner of Florican is E. T. Gerry
of New York, Harriman's nephew.
Harriman's Arden Homestead
Stable sent out Titan Hanover to
cop the 1945 event, with Pownall
the driver. Pownall will be in
Florican'S sulky this time, with
John Simpson plotting Stars
Pride.
Lusty Song, to be driven by Del
Miller, is listed at 3 to l. Miller
said he thought that with luck
he had the horse to beat but ex-
pressed more concern about Flori-
can than Stars Pride.
Tom Smith, who won the race
twice. has a speed demon in Kings
Ransom, from the Coldstream
Stud, Lexington, KY. However,
Tom isn't sure his horse can ne
gotiate the sharp turns and main
tain the speed he has on the
straightaway.
Mld-WeStern and Western sup
port is going to Lord Steward. from
the stable of Ralph H. Kroening
or Milwaukee. Lord Steward holds
one close decision over Stars Pride
and was the sophomore star OF
the Western season at Santa Anita
Four Heats May Be Needed.
The field rounds out with Darr
Flashy, owned by j. j. Purcell
Nichols. N. Y; Vic Song, S. A
Wathen and son, Fort Fairfield
VT, Anthony Hanover, T. j. Zor.
now, Pittsford, N. Y; Mariner
Hanover, Ben E. hampton, New
York; Choice Hanover, C. w
Knibb, Providence, r. l.: Mighty
Express. Newport Stock Farm
South Plainf1eld. N. j.: Banter
Hanover, Ernie Roediger, Norris
town, Pa, and Stuart Hanover
Milky Way Stable, Rockville Cen
ter, N. Y.
Another coupling in the betting
ring will be Mariner Hanover and
Stuart Hanover, from the trainer
Sam Cation stable. Mighty Express
and Banter Hanover are field
horses in the betting.
The first horse to win two heats
is the winner, but many Hamble-
tonian old timers look for three or
more heats. The business could go
to four heats if three different
horses take the first three. In that
event-and it was necessary in
1882 and in 1934-the three heat
winners would go at it in fourth
heat to decide who gets the big
part of the pot. 1t will be SIS per
cent of the gross. minus a breeders
award, or $40,537.
DIM ILL