Evening star., 1952-02-24
Santa Anita Winner Whips
Irish Colt by -Four Lengths
BY lhs Assssialsa pisss

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ARCADIA, Calf. Feb. 2S-Keh-
tueky's Hill Gail upset the highly
favored Windy City II today,
whipping the irish colt by f6uf
lengths Tor @ smashing victory III
the rich Santa Anita derby.
Scoring O revenge triumph f6f
the iaeifss he took In two pfevis
Gus clashes at Santa Anita, the
Calumet Farms dark brown bay
son OF Bull Lea drew down the
handsome purse Of 99s,000 Out ei
10 Dot Of 9i40,606i
huhhlhs back 10 The fern he
showed 90 one OF the NAti6h's cut.
| STANDING juveniles lAst year. Hill
Gail, Wifi jeekey fed Atbihsefl
abeAfdI fah Windy CITY III late
|the Hf6uha as they entered the
stretch afia pounded on aewA u
The WIfel
eaiifafniazbFea AfFeBl q held
hePseI Ahlshea thlfa IN the Aei6
OF Ia eeitsI
Fhe tliAs for the mile aAa eReI
Ielghth hNtHFe was lIbp HatI
TW9zIs9Fse Rattle,
Hill Gall, seeeha eheiee IN thf
bettiHg by the eFeWa OF b9,999
Rewarded his baekeFs with a pay
IeH OF kli,49, ssi99 and Ra,eeI
Windy 6ity II, ka,Tl and ka,FAj
AFFeK, OIL 30,
Al expected, the derby seen de:
Velepea into a battle between Hall
Gall and the irish whiFlWiAd, Fae=
Inc for Mrs, Gus AuellwitE OF Aee
Angeles,
Jeekey Eddie AFeare got Windy
City of In speedy fashien from
his No, 4 post position, He was
second TO the guiek-bfeaking
Haltafre, but soon got TO the rail
and on top Of the field,
The King Raneh's Mareador
CLOSED In fast behind Windy City
and Hill Gall hung back briefly
about fourth or fifth. Soon he
began to move up, and In the
struggle down the back stretCh, II
was Windy City In front by a
length, then three-quarters, and
at the far turn the lead had dwin-
died TO q head.
1fill Gall Takes Lead.
lfeading toward the stretch, At.
lGihs6f got the Kentucky colt 0At
IN front, and gathering if16fnen.
tuifa, besah TO draw away. IL Wal
Inc contest In the Anal fuFlehej
merely q matter Of how faf Hill
uail Weuid eutdlstanee Wihds
city,
indian Lamb, racing for Lei
Me6ey, pulled UP 10 threaten thl
EuhneFssup for q illement, bu
Tailed 20 haha on and AFFeg
eWned by Mrs, derden duibePsel
OF Sacramento, ealifn grabbed thl
show pesitienr
The vieterV, sixth In II START
for Hill Gall, sent the colts allr
time earnings 10 $4,000, anf
redeemed the faith sheWn by hil
trainer, the astute Jimmy Jones
Twice before Windy City hae
humbled the 6alumets==a iirsl
over W. Ally, A Clean, with I'LL
dAil third, and two weeks age
when Hill Gall ran 4 disappointing
sixth,
The Windy City faction wal
ereAtfallen, particularly tho erowd
that Wagered Alb7,04l on The
irish colts nose 10 win,
Loss Third In Nine starts,
The loAa was hin third In nina
Htarts=-four races In this country
al this track, and ilve races IN
England, ireland and France last
year,
The order OF ihlSh behind The
f0urthsplAge indian Land wabI
MArgAd0F, Cold Command, Ned
thAraer, Ais Fair, Dark COuht
IiieltHhrB, 1'lHer Blf, Bih0ke screen
whittier ana hlhHlyi
AreNr0 was somewhat .tiystlhea
Iby windy 6lty's performance
lfaylhH ridden him IN oil hlb taeel
IN thls country Afeaf0 hAld ''fblS
llltlE h6fse hhb A lat 0f Potential
dualltyI But he really aldh't Fuh
we'll any part 0i u t6dRyI
"sQmebNlhh liuht hAve hABs
lien NJ ,R)l, R9lhH lht9 Tho hrst
tuPn, and / had 10 'seDd' him much
more thaR ordinarily w6Hla be
necessary,
iIEieWeVeFl when ! started 10 get
after ,hIm he really keBt tFylHR
eHnStaneesl
seRle observers theuRht they deu
lsee SANTA ANITA, FRge R.4l