Evening star., 1950-06-25

moved up on the outside. followed
by the Calumet Farms pride. AS
Greek Song Upsets Mil Prince in
Dwyer Stokes. Poge B-5
they charged into the stretch.
they picked up light-weighted On
Trust. who had led from the start
and at one time held a lead Of
nearly 10 lengths.
Noor's winning margin was
three lengths over Citation. Cita-
ton was a length ahead of On
Trust. The winner was the ods-
on favor paying $3.40.
Three Had Held Record.
Noor's time cut 12s seconds
from the previous worlds record
of 1895. held jointly by Coal
town, Shannon II. the Australian
invader of several years ago, and
st. Andrews II. a British horse.
1t was Noor's second world rec
ord performance within a week.
Last Saturday in defeating Cita-
tion by a neck. he hung up a new
mark of l:46 AS for the mile and
one-eighth.
Moor was flying in the stretch
while a Northern California rec
ord crowd of 80 300 cheered on the
5-year-old son of Nasrullah.
Johnny Longden was riding easily
in the saddle while Steve Brooks
whipped Citation furiously in the
closing strides.
Mrs. Charles S. Howard's VIM
ner carried 127 pounds, one more
than Citation. who had spotted
his rival varying poundage in
their other meetings.
Instead of it developing in0
strictly a tWo-horse race. On
Trust, the highest money winning
California bred ever, went out to
steal the show. He carried only
l03 pounds and Jockey Ray York
made the most of 1t to get his
mount far out in front.
Two Watch Each Other.
Meanwhile. Citation and Moor
jockeyed for position. the two
riders watching each other closely.
Moor made the first move. coming
around the outside on the turn for
home. Brooks brought Citation
into contention Immediately. and
the two of them drove down the
stretch, picking up the tiring On
Trust steadily.
Moor had the better of 1t all the
way in the run for the wire. His
dark brown hide cleaning in the
sun, he ate up the distance in
giant strides while the American
champion tried valiantly to close
the gap. But the flve-year-old son
of Bull Lea, world champion
money winner. didn't have it. He
managed t. catch On Trust in the
late stretch but Moor was off in
the distance and going away.
The latest of the memorable
clashes between the two great
handicap stars proved the superb
ority of Moor in indisputable
fashion. When he wanted to run.
he overlook the leader and drew
away with amazing case.
The victory was worth $32.950
to Moor and boosted his American
winnings to $205. 500, Citation
earned $4,000 to increase his
worlds record to $938, $50. 1t
made five wins in IL American
starts for Moor.
The Irish horse also started 10
times in England, winning four
for a total of 7,052.67 English
pounds. He was third in the 1948
EPSON Derby.
Citation now has won 20 and
ran second nine times-seven
times in California.
There was no place or show bet
ting on the race due to the f1ve-
horse field. 1t was the first time
since he and Citation have met,
that Moor was the favorite.
Esprit De France ran fourth and
Stepfather was fifth. Old Rock
port and Mocopo were late
scratches.
Farewell to California.
Noor's decisive and thrilling VIC
tory stamped him as probably the
greatest handicap star in the coun-
try. It was Citations farewell to
California racing but he leaves
one world record here anyhow.
On June 3. he set a new mark
of one minute 33asths in the Gold
en- Gate Mile. Citation will be
shipped shortly to Arlington Park.
where he will go after the magic
million dollar figure in earnings.
Moor previously had whipped
Citation over mile and quar-
ter in the 100000 Santa Anita
Handicap, by length and quar-
ter. In that race. Citation carried
1872 pounds to Noor's ITO.
A week later IN the $50 900 San
Juan Capistrano over a mile and
three quarters, Moor carried lit
to his rivals l30 and won by
nose.
Longden Says He's Champ.
After today's race, Longden said
Of Moor:
Hes champion. I never rode
q horse who deserved that title
any more and I don't believe