Evening star., 1954-11-20

geCLng scare
life Each of the six colts entered today however assigned
122 pounds whereas in 1887 War Admiral spotted the Brandy
wine Stables Masked General % pounds and 1-o20
favo escaped defeat only because Masked General bote
TO the outside fence at the top Of the homestretch
Vanderbilt had good for changing the conditions
of the Special in 193S for by doing he brought War
Admiral and Seabiscuit together in what was probably
Americas greatest match The present Pmico bgwgs
also had good restricting the 1854 3year
ods in move that could restore much Of its former glory
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IN THE FIRST PLACE the 1854 crop of 3-yearolds
unusually good despite the fact such 100000 fixtures
the Flamingo Kentucky Derby Preaknes Belmont and
Arlington Classic all different horses bowed
tendon removed before the Derby and Corela
tion Determine and Errard King also hampered by
injuries Only High Gun the Belmont winner; Fisherman
victor in the Washington D. c. International Hasy Road
the Preakness winner and Heloscope late development
stayed sound through September Then High Gun whose
championship claims perhaps the best of ALL went
too Fisherman substituted for him in the International
Meanwhile everything was shambles in the handicap
division after Native Dancer and Straight Face went out with
injuries Tom Fool who the SO Special in hollow,
non-bettng race retired after that appearance and what
left wasn't able cope with High Gun and Helioscope
equal weights Under the previous conditions for the
Special older horses carried 1875 pounds six more than
year-olds.
Pmico surveyed the situation and decided to invite
dozen top 3yearolds In effort to decide the champion
ship The loss of High Gun hurt did the later withdrawal
of Determine the Derby winner But with Heoscope and
Fisherman hand it still looks like whale OF horse race
decisive victory for either would be strong talking point
for the polls that the division titlist.
THE FIRST THREE Phnlico Specials will be long re-
membered by those who them In 1887 when Wander
blt Special his branchd, the literally
written War Admiral, Man o. Wars greatest who
eight starts 3year-old for Samuel Riddle The
Admiral carried 1913 pounds concedng 10 pounds to War
Minstrel 81 to Bottle Cap and 28 to Masked General Even
So the little champion backed down to ve cents on the
dollar Now Maryland law provides that the mutue payoH
must be at least 10 cents
Masked General and War Mnstre-both good handicap
late War a
Coming the stretch Masked General several lengths
in front and looking like winner But little Bobby Eccard
couldn't keep him boiling to the outside and the
favorte picked up least five lengths he and Charley
Kurtsinger skinned the rail then, Masked General
ran second beaten only length and half
1T WAS YEAR LATER that War Admiral got his
comeuppance from Seabscut, losing by growing four
lengths in a race the odfashoned wakup start was
used Riddles sistence The 1to-4 favorite War Admiral
was the choice Of nearly every take the track at the
start and lead all the way Instead Seabscut was IN front
by two lengths going by the stands the first time.
AS the two started up the backstretch War Admiral
ranged alongside his rival and the two raced as team until
the turn into hometretch Then George Woo and The
Biscuit drew away win decisivey in track record e
5s3s for the mile and Even without real
competition Tom Fool set new mark OF l:554s last year.
The third great Special Maryland-bred Challedon
win for the first time in 1882 He repeated in 1910 ana IS
the only horse the twice Eddie Acaro VINO
has four Specials his credit the hero OF that 80 race
as both he and Chaedon extended to the utmost to
staye off the older Kayak ridden by Woolf Arcaro will
be trying for No. today little Fisherman but ne may
have more than he can handle in HeloScope and Sammy
Boulmets