Evening star., 1951-03-04
Battle Morn7O 10th otHioIeoh:
Calumet HumbIed on Coast
Loneden Rides Great
Race in Cop Victory;
Next Move Second
BY the AssocIoied Press

ARCADIA, Calf, Mar. "a
California combination of Moon
rush and Jockey Johnny Longden.
putting on gallant wire-to- wire
performance, raced to an upset
victory in the 14th running of the
famed 100000 Santa Anita
Handicap today,
The two, sweeping under the
wire to the roar of $4,000 fans,
outgamed the highly-regarded
Alfred G. Vanderbilt filly, Next
Move. second. and Clifford Mooers'
lightly-respected Sudan, who fin
ished third in the field of IA hard
running thoroughbreds.
The triumph was the third tn
the series for the 41-year-old
Longden, and brought a gross Of
100000 to the red and orange
silks Of Moonrush's owners, Miss
Anita King and Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Luellwitz of Los Angeles.
The favored entry of All Blue
and Bewitch, making Calumet
Farms third bid for the top prize
in the golden gallup, ran out of
the money.
MoOnruSh Pays S22.90.
The battle down the stretch was
between the pace-setting, pace
holding Moonrush, and the run
ner-up all the way, Next Move,
with Eric Guerin aboard. 1t pro-
vided a smashing finale to the
mile-and-one-quarter battle that
otherwise lacked the luster and
dynamite of previous runnings
of the big cap.
Moonrush paid $22.90. $11.50.
and $8.40; Next Move, $3.50 and
$3.50. and Sudan, $770. Time
for the grind was 2:0235.
The Argentine Repeluz came up
to grab fourth.
It took a photo to establish
Moonrush officially as the victor.
but the result was never in doubt
among those looking down on the
finish line. The margin was
about a neck.
Moonrush, packing ia pounds
to 116 for Vanderbilt's 4-year-
old 1850 queen of the fillies, was
the first horse to win the hun
dred grander in virtually wire-to-
wire fashion since a long shot
named Bay View achieved the feat
in the 1941 running. Next Move
appeared to have collared the
5-year-old California horse in the
duel down the stretch, but Moon
rush came on again and stayed
in front.
Jockey Duel Magnificent.
Guerin and Longden both went
to the whip and both put on mag
nificent jobs of horsemanship in
the drive to the finish. In the
end it was Longden who seemed
almost to force Moonrush in front
! in the final strides.
Louis B. Mayer, the movie mag
nate, was a happy spectator fer
couple of reasons.
For one thing, he bred the
winner before he went, out of the
business a couple of years ago.
For another, he escaped injury
earlier in the day when a man
who threatened to blow up the
track-but had only harmless
railroad torpedo to do it-ducked
into his box and was captured
after a spectator threw chair
| at him
Police took into custody Paul H.
Salzburg, 40, who identified him
self as q longshot bettor who had
been losing consistently. Mayer
was shaken. but uninjured after
a brief scuffle.
The big surprise for the crowd,
largest by 500 for the current
meeting, was the failure of the
Calumets to threaten, and the fail
ure of Great Circle, winner of the
fantastic Santa Anita Maturity
and net prize of $144,325 on
February 8, to carry through on
the big thrust he made for the
lead.
Calumets Sixth and Seventh.
Bewitch, with Steve Brooks in
the saddle, came in sixth and All
Blue, with Eddie Arcaro up, fin
ished seventh. 1t was quite dis
appointment to the proud Calu-
NETS, who failed with Armed in
1947 and last year with a triple
threat of Citation, Ponder and
Two Lea.
Longden, who won this event
on Mayors Thumbs Up in 1945
and on the late Charles S. How
ards great Moor a year ago, sent
ItAoOAAk AoAA AAOt O11tO UllC pave, DIS
expected, and Next Move quickly
joined in the chase.
Moonrush had built up a lead
OF three lengths by the time they
pounded down the backstretch,
and Next Move was still the near
est to the flying leader. Great
Circle made a move from about
fifth on the outside as they hit
the far turn, and the Great Circle
supporters waited for him to come
on. They waited in vain.
Coming into the stretch, Moon
rush still held a comfortable lead,
but Next Move was coming a.
flying. The Next Move hackers set
(See SANTA ANITA, Page B-5.)
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