Evening star., 1950-06-18
Ca|umet's Star
Loses Third in
Row toRiVaI
Defeated by Neck as
Victor Breaks World
Mile and Eighth Mark
BY the AsseeIatsd Press

ALBANY. Calf. June l7.-IriSh-
bred Moor made 1t three in a row
over mighty Citation today. win
ming by neck in world record
Shattering mile and an eighth at
Golden Gate Fields. The time was
/ minute ASS seconds. clipping
SIS of the old mark.
Roman In was third.
The 5-year-old son of Nashul-
iah. sold by Ali Khan to the late
Charles S. Howard, proved his
superiority with tremendous
stretch run after trailing the Ave-
horse field until the far turn.
Citation had moved into second
place early in the running. At the
far turn. he moved up on the
pace-settin On Trust. The pride
Of the Calumet Farm. all-time
money winning champion.
charged into the lead as they
rounded the turn for home.
LOngden up on Moor.
Meanwhile. Moor. under urging
by Veteran Jockey Johnny Long
den. was flying as they came into
the stretch.
He picked up Citation and they
battled head and head to the wire.
Roman In was several lengths
back. On Trust ran fourth and
Stepfather fifth and last.
Moor beat the cid record jointly
held by Indian Broom. Shannon
II and Citations Stablemate. Coal
town.
Moor paid $3.50 and $3.50, Cita-
tion. the 3-to-5 favorite. returned
$2.20 for place. There was no
show betting.
The setting for the third clash
between the two great handicap
stars was the $4,000 added 49erS
handicap. The victory was worth
$6,940 to Moor. bringing his total
earnings in IL starts in this coun-
try to $l72,740.
24,790 See Race.
Citation picked up $4,000 to
boost his all-time record winnings
to $926.630.
A record crowd for the meeting,
24.790, turned out in sunny
weather to see the race.
When Citation, the public ia
vorite, came onto the track, the
throng gave him a rousing round
of applause. Most of them were
roofing for the Calumet comet as
Steve Brooks brought him into
contention in. the early part. And
they were pulling for him as the
field charged the stretch for home,
but Moor was not to be denied.
He had been trailing in last
place by about eight lengths but
was running easily In hand. When
Longden gave the signal, the for
eign star was ready.
He came up on the outside with
a thrilling burst of speed and
suddenly was challenging the then
Citation. In the final
six feet. Moor had more than Cita.
ton.
The fractions for the race were:
23.2 for the quarter, 46.3 for the
half. 1898 for three-quarters and
1:34.4 for the mile. Citation was
leading at the mile.
Citation Packs I28 Pounds.
Only two weeks ago. Citation set
a new world mile record Of min
ute 1885 seconds.
Citation packed 1913 pounds to
1913 for his keenest rival today. It
was the most equitable weight diff
ferential of their three meetings.
When Moor defeated Citation by q
length and quarter in the $780,
600 added Santa Anita Handicap
over a mile and a quarter, he had
a 22-pound weight pull, 1872 to ITO.
A week later. in the $50, 1000 added
San Juan Capistrano over a mile
and three-quarters. Citation gave
Moor a l3-pound advantage, 1870 to
lit. The Irish-bred won by a
nose.
Both horses are nominated for
the $50.000 added mile and a
quarter Golden Gate Handicap
which will wind up the meeting
next Saturday.
1t was the eighth time In 81
starts that Citation had finished
second. He won the other 20.