Evening star., 1952-11-18


spring. in hurry He gambled that his strip
hold up-and is loser, temporarily, at least
MacPHATL'S MOURNFUL SUMMATION when the Bowie
opener Cancelled after the sowest
6-furlong races in years. contained these words:
Horses have been working this track
told the best strip in country Then overnight
It's bad that nobody wants to ride it, don't
wrong but I intend to find out"
Could be that during those no rain
but only Indian weather the deuge
day and, bang, no track.
The riders didn't have to study conditions long
Jockeys the good boysIra Hanford Willie Boand
ley Woodhouse Sammy Boumetis Bobby Permane Joe Gull
Willie Passmore Arnold Kirkland and Joe Renck-ddn
even bother to remove their street co<aes
THREE REFUSED TO RIDE in the first race run off nearly
hour and half late Six pulled out of the
Some of the horse players sensing than fog that
responsible for Jockey changes gathered group
under the jockeys room after the first race and shouted
questions.
The better riders still dressed for the street. leaning
from the windows They ready head
places possibly Florida Downs
but sort of morbid curiosity detained them
lesser lights insisted rng their necks they wanted
the results.
One gentleman trying to make buck bitterly hecked the
Jockeys "You amt pma donnas you?" he shouted
A rider retorted, "Only hafers riding today"
bah, you amt halter. You amt a quarter
miller"
WHEN ANNAMAE L. SLIPPED and threw Rider Abelardo
Herb Lindberg turned from the window WELL that
it, the veteran jockey said AS the riders trudged
from the track meeting called They all began
at once The overwhelming majority all for refusing to
ride Some ew kids looking for few dollars break"
odtimers like DeLara willing They only
Ing anyway that time 2025 the proved
Lndberg punched half dozen wire coat hangers and
beat path to table in the Mounting
he yelled Shut up! Will you shut let Listen
anybody with knows that track isn't fit
We've done share We've given They got
in their daily double Now, listen to There
racing. Anybody here rides he's out of the guild"
That ended it. Ira Hanord, who take off
his hat told groom Pack my tack Culmone already
out of the door, Lndberg and Permane Jimmy Lynch
followed closely Those who had ridden
to wash off the mud.
1T WAS NOT ONE of MacPhails good days The old
pomoona touch that put him in class with Rickard
Matt Wnn and Cash-and-Carry Pyle missing
only the collapse of the track and the fog There
general air of confusion.
you this the He's dead game. If
he dropped tear understandable didn't
his Office allow the track tell
of the cancellation He climbed to the public address micro
phone himself and did it,
There light applause the gesture the
booing far louder They praise Caesar
up booing him.
IN THE MEMORY of veteran racing folk
to close down curta at least three other times
in its 38year history but yesterday the first time
a strip being unsafe
Back in April, 1924 heavy snowfall Cancelled day
racing Another time Supt Dick Pending attempted
soften hard track by watering it. The weather cold
the water turned to ice The third time heavy fog
program short after only three four
MacPhai, confident he had the best strip in the
country cruelty hurt by the term unsafe" applied
to his track "1s unsafe than Garden stae?" he
demanded They raced there when the track
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