Evening star., 1951-07-15
|bewitch Places
To Get Title Of
Richest Mare
SO, 700 Fans Crowd
Hollywood Park for
CoIumet's Big Day
Stor Stoff Correspondent

INGLEWOOD, Calf, July IA
Proud Citation reached his golden
goal of 81 million today with a
magnificent triumph in the $780,
900 Hollywood Gold Cup Handi-
cap.
| Adding a brilliant chapter to an
already glorious story of horse
racing, the dark bay wonder from
Kentucky smashed through to a
rousing four length victory.
| And to round out a tremendous
day for the powerful Calumet
Farm stable, Citations stablemate,
Bewitch, made it a perfect picture
by racing second to become the
biggest money winning mare in
history.
Earnings Now S1.085, 100.
The win, executed before a
screaming crowd of $1,000 fans
crammed in Hollywood Park, was
worth 100000 net to Citation, and
sent his lifetime earnings to the
fabulous figure of $1.085. .760.
The six-year-old champion of
champions thus became the first
horse millionaire in the annals of
the turf, and finally realized a
dream and goal set by his late
owner and master of the Calumet
empire in Kentucky, Warren
Wright.
Third in this summer time
classic of the West was Andrew
Crevolin's Be Fleet, beaten out of
the second spot by Bewitch by a
nose in a photo finish.
Bewitch Collects $4,000.
Bewitch, like Citation on a six
year-old. collected $4,000 and
boosted her lifetime earnings to
1852 sos, passing the previous rec
ord for mares held by the late
wv. L. Brann's Gallorette at $445 =
I535.
Citation, with Bewitch and All
Blue the odds-on favorite, returned
$2.70, $2.40 and $2.10. Bewitch
So 40 and $2.10, and Be Fleet $40
The mile and one quarter race,
No. IL in the Gold Cup series, was
timed at 2.01 fat.
A roar like thunder greeted CT
tation as he entered the winners
circle to get a huge hug from
his trainer, Jimmy Jones, and
the official congratulations of 1t
Gov. Goodwin Knight of Cali
Ifornia.
The skies were bright as the
Ito horses paraded to the post ir
the late afternoon sun, and the
field swung loose from the gate
in fine fashion.
All Blue Fights 1t Out.
This was the big one for Cita'
Ition, the one the Calumets hav'
dreamed about for months
months of preparation, of worry
of misfortune and finally mount
ing success.
Jockey Steve Brooks sent Cita
Ition along easily at first. leav'
ling his stablemate All Blue, witt
Lester Balaski in the saddle, II
fight out the early pace with b
Fleet.
All Blue was taking care OF b
Fleet in great style when the!
hit the backstretch, with Clta
ltion third.
About then Citation and Brook
must have decided they Wer
wasting their time, because tn
big fellow began to close ground
He slowed Be Fleet away withou
ANY trouble, and then it was Al
Blues time to fall back behind tn
flying feet and long tail OF Clta
ton.
Kept Rolling Along.
That was just about the ract
Citation kept rolling along. an
: Be Fleet tried to get back up. H
lcouldn't-and then came tn
Calumet queen, Bewitch. Sh
collared Be Fleet a few stride
4 from the wire and just got unde
d in time to cop the second priz'
IL This was hardly the Citation c
} old, the Citation of the tripl
q crown year of 1913, the winner {
> 81 out of his A trips postwar
y going into today's struggle
But the Citation of today wa
good enough to thrash the UP
starts in today's lineup, an
{ thrash 'em good.
And the people loved it an
loved him. Forgotten for the me
ment were the setbacks after a
injury put Citation on the she
g throughout 1949 season and
: one cared to revive the memorie
8 of his four bitterest, heartbreakin
defeats by another great hors
Mrs. Charles S. Howard's Iris
champion, Moor.
2 Moor Set Track Record.
2 Moor, in fact, won the gold GU
q here last year, carrying 130 pound
10 more than Citations load tt
< Iday, and set a new track recor
: Iof 1895 which the big horse didn
: threaten today.
But today was Citations day. +
took over boldly in the compars
lively early stages of the race, an
g he was never in danger, was new
: punished by little Brooks in thi
x his million-dollar ride.
No wonder the crowd let out
= warhoop when the bright ne
= blanket was placed over his Ion
shining back. For, previously tai
ored by Hollywood Park, the brig
Z gold covering bore the Inscription
Citation. First Thoroughbred Mi
: lionaire, Hollywood Gold Gu
Today's pari-mutuel handle W
(See CITATION, Page B-5)