Evening star., 1951-04-15
rbyChoice Badly Beaten;
YiIdiz Out of Chesapeake
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, April 14-Sonic, a.
rambling black colt from the vast
King Ranch in Texas. put the
upstart Uncle Miltie in his place
today by winning the $27.500 Ex-
perimental Handicap No. 2 before
a wildly yelling crowd of 4o,35l.
1t was an amazing upset. J. j.
Colando's Uncle Miltie had
soundly thrashed other top three
year-olds last Monday to make
himself the top horse in the early
Kentucky Derby calculations. To-
days crowd had backed him down
to an odds-on 7 to 20. But Uncle
Miltie let them down badly and
finished eighth in the field of 10.
Jockeys First Stake Win.
Sonic. given a superb ride by
young Jockey Jack Colaneri of
Troy, N. Y, was content to let
Hal Price Headley's Jumbo set the
pace until the stretch. Then he
turned lose Sonic, son of Blue
Larkspur-Split Second, and the
colt headed for the wire and a
half-lengtf victory. It was Cola
neri's first stake triumph.
Jumbo nosed out the Phantom
Farms Nullify in a tight photo
for the place. Nullify took the
show by a length before Jack
Amiels Count Turf. Eight of the
starters were Derby candidates.
Sonic, which had won his only
other 1851 start, was clocked in
1:44B for the mile and one
sixteenth. He returned a healthy
$3.50. $11.50 and 81 across the
board.
Jumbo paid even better for
place, fat $60.60 and $23.40,
while Nullify, not eligible for the
Derby, returned $3.50 to show.
$261,601 Bet on Favorite.
1t was only a little more than
i've lengths back to Uncle Miltie
in eighth place. but the result
was a major defiation for the
crowd which bet $261, ,601 on the
colt. OF this, $165, ,040 was to win.
In all, $458,8i7 was bet on the
race. It also was d blow to Owner
Colando, the New Jersey banker,
who sat in the clubhouse prone
made not far from a table where
Milton Berle and a party gath
cred. The colt was named for
the television. screen and stage
comedian.
Sonic was the lightweight in
the field under only los pounds
compared with 1875 for Uncle
Miltie. Uncle Miltie had the out
side post position and was near
the end of the pack most of the
way. He was far from the rail,
getting all the worst of it, so there
could be some excuse.
Jumbo, which almost pulled an
other upset for Headley, stumbled
|at the gate, but quickly grabbed
the lead and remained there until
Sonic took over inside the final
sixteenth. Jumbo carried 10
pounds. Nullify 119.
Jumbo Hurt at Start.
Basil James, Jumbo's rider, said
the colt got "a deep cut on his
quarter from coming out of the
gate. which surely cost him the
race" The injury caused Jumbo
to bear out in the stretch run.
Last year the King Ranch,
owned by Robert j. Kleberg, won
the Derby with Middleground,
and Sonic appears the stables
main hope so far this year. But
he'll have to carry i26 pounds
with all the others in the Derby.
He just didn't run his race, "
said Hedley Woodhouse, who rode
Uncle Miltie. He was not the
colt that have been riding" Last
Monday he easily beat Battlefield,
the 1850 juvenile champ, and
Greentree's Big Stretch, another
Derby threat.
Sonic netted $18,500 for the
race. He started only three times
last season. winning once.
Battle Morn finished fifth, Pur
Sang, sixth; To Market, seventh;
Hall of Fame. ninth, and Pictus,
10th and last.