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gracious gentlemen ever associated
with racing.
Johnny Kramer, Burch's assist.
ant and "the only man who car
walk half hour in 20 minutes
as his boss put it, predicted Bold's
victory four days ago.
But not for publication" he
told a little group of newsmer
who gathered at the stable after
the race to hoist glass of cham.
pagne. II only told Dave Wood.
(Pimlico publicist)."
The stable hands weren't a,
pleasant. Didn't see nothing ir
the paper about him (Bold) this
morning" one observed. "Whyn1
they pick i'm in the newspapers:
1t sounded like an honest ques.
tion after watching Bold run
away from his field winning by
seven lengths. Red Smith of the
New York Herald-Tribune sug-
geSted "he ran a bold race" and
wondered if there was any signi-
f1cance in the name. But Burch
said they just couldn't find any.
thing to fit with Little Rebel and
decided Bold was as good as any,
thing.
Arcaro pro;cnL
Eddie rode a perfect race. ,
the trainer said referring to jockey
Eddie Arcaro's ride. II told him
II he had to take the lead going
to the first turn to do it, nut give
nm a rest on the back-stretch, ;
That's what he did.
II told (Joe) Culmone the same
thing Monday" continued the
trainer, barking back to the three.
horse Preakness Prep in which
Bold lost a neck decision to
Alerted, "but h. didn't do it,
Bold has had a habit of bear.
ing out on the turns, but q spec.
ial blinker. longer than the com.
mon variety. is used on his right
eye and it keeps him looking in
where he's supposed to run. Ur
to now he's had trouble changins
leads. too, and has gone into thu
turns on the wrong foot, which
caused him to bear out.
Burch said Bold wasn't en-.
tered in the Derby simply be.
cause he hadn't trained well. bur
that he was in perfect shape fol
the Preakness. The horse hae
all the usual 2-year-old ailments
such as coughing spells, bowec
splints, ETC., but with only 81,
races under his belt the trainer
thinks BY Jimminy's Son has dis.
played the qualities of a gooc
handicap horse. Winning the
Preakness was old hat for Arcaro
He was more concerned about
catching a SAT train for New
York in the Jockeys room. al.
though he was grinning like 8
circus clown when he brought
Bold into the winners enclosure
to receive the traditional wreath
OF black-eyed susans.
Il wanted to rate him." Eddie
said, but I had to let him 60
He got too rank (surly, in race
track language) and I didn't want
to fight him.
Somebody asked when Arcaro
thought he had the race won
that he saw him look around
at the 18th pole. You never know
in this kind of race" he replied
They say all these 3-year-olds
are even, SO if you can drown 'em
the farther you beat 'em the
better it makes your horse look"
Refuses Comparisons.
Arcaro, who has just had book
published under his name, II Ride
to Win" refused to compare BOLD
with Hill Prince, Christopher
Chenery's 3-year-old champion
last year when he rode to victory
in the Preakness after losing on
him in the Kentucky Derby.
You can't compare any of these
3-year- with Hill Prince" he
said.
Ray Adair. who rode the second
place Counterpart, a nearly 26 to
l shot, said he thought the race
was all mine at the 5l16th's pole.
The c. v. Whitney color bearer
was running well at that point.
But Bold just ran away from
u.s." Adair added. II had no ex-
Ted Atkinson, currently the
leading rider in New York, was
plainly disgusted with his mount,
Big Stretch, who was coupled with
Hall of Fame as the Greentree
Stable entry. Big Stretch, gener-
ally regarded as a potentially
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