Evening star., 1952-02-24
by Cherries n. lSSn

elat sbstts tditst
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 2S.-ft was
Q great day for the Greeks al
Hialeah this afternoon a. the
wellsi1ati1ed Spartan val6f, ewned
by William q. Heiis, jfu son or
the late Golden Greek" ran OF
with the S69,906 Widehef Hands
cap, leading every step Of the way
In the ifiilesahds zauafteF Grind,
The bettihgest ef6Wd In Fl0fs
lda's racing hist6fy=the $3.50
fans Wh6 iEhyfed a series Of
showers vvagefed q total OF 0s,lb4,s
bSB for the tracks fiFst % million
day==ifAde Spartan Val6r A iTa
t9sae fAv6flte and the feufsveAfs
OLD ffBtii New Jersey never save
aHy OF HE baekefb A seconds
very As he W6ii BY alt ieheths
ever ,@feek BhiB fFefii the bf6eka
meade btAblel
Another Oh leHsths back Was
the Maryland MapatheAepI Pis
lahteFI Whe passed 4 let OF tired
hafses N the stFeteh 10 hhlsh
thHaI nearly A leHgth ahead Of
The stFHggllHg oil eaHiteI,
spartan valeF Wins 1900,
Owner Helis ealleeted Sbl 400
tor his eelt's brilliant VieteFV,
Spartan ValeFr leekea HHeH 40
Just another speedy sHFinteF until
a few weeks ager got a lot OF
help fFem his af=yeaF=ela rider,
fFeekiea Jimmy steHt, who leakg
mere Irish than Greek Stout, Whe
has been riding horses on the biz
time for 81 years, had been In
eight Of the IL previous Wideners
and the best he ever did before
was third on Stagehand In 1899,
But Jimmy, a New Jersey native
himself had no worries about any
jinx this afternoon,
Just as he did In the McLennan
Handicap two weeks ago when he
first proved he could go a distance,
Spartan Valor left the starting
gate like shot from his adj
vantageous No. 4 post position.
Coming by the stands the first
time, the brown son OF Attention
was d length In front, but Cali
Over and Mass o'dold were In
full stride and pressing the pace.
setter None OF the others was
close
oolhe up the baekstFeteh, Stout
let out q f1oteh and Spartan ValoF
opened up O tW0.ieheth lead on
Gall over while Mass a. Gold
dropped back and ReaFie Nash
moved up A bit with Greek shib,
Greek Ship Genes Up Fast,
Az the for turn, Spartan ValeF
was three lengths In trent and
running easily, but Greek Ship
was eehiiHG fast and appeared
10 have an outside chance Once
The leader turned for home, heWs
ever, II was evident that nethlnG
was gelhg 10 catch him, The
tepsWeighted BreekRaade horse,
esFrylng lga pounds Al compared
With I'D TOR Spartan Val0r, made
up only half 4 length on tho paees
setter In the stretch nun,
PllAAter, reKt 10 last In Tho
hhrly running, started moving At
The Tor turn, but II WAA much Too
late then, Az Nick Hhuk, hla rider,
put NJ vt Just wasn't far enough"
Spartan VAl0r paid Aa,T0, 0b,aO
and Aa,70, Greek Bhip, which
want Of Al 0 10 1, returned $40
and Ab,i0, Whlle Filaater, 4 iastos
| ohanee, paid 90,a0 10 show,
Track Fast Despite Rain,
The track WA fast despite The
intermittent rain, but the time
WIS not particularly impressive,
gi0s,i, This WA mere than \ full
second slower than the Wldeher
record Bet four years AHB BY nj
ono, another eAssbrlhter,
The fABH appeared 10 be truly
run ana sueh Wtllsbaeked h6rseA
IA Alerttd ana YlldIS had no esS
euses Whatever Both Wefe Wells
blaeed IN the ascend hIaht e0lfa
Ut) tbe baekStretehI but They Faaad
fapldlg III the 6treteh and W6uHd
ufl elAhth ana flhthl respectively
Spartan val6r'S vlet6rg Wab A
gPeat Break IDF F'raIheP f'FaHk
Fa9Fe Italian, thal Creek
l0p Sam HllaFeth back IN the
lbs0s when Harl sAnde and HAs
YePhe FaL9F WeFe the t9b RIDERS
f9P the HaAe0eaS. stable Incl.
dentallyI Spartan VAleF was ioaJed
NJ the Halls st9ek farm NJ JebSs