Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-18
Ga|dar Runs Second,
Mel Leavitt Third
In Stop at Jamaica
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 17.-Fish-
erman took a fancy to the slor
and mud at rain-Swept Jamaica
today and scored a smashing
four-length victory in the $685.
090 Gotham Stakes. but two
other tough Kentucky Derby
rivals he was supposed to have
met were missing.
Fisherman the wiry, little
brown 3-year old from the New
York stable of C. v. Whitney
was the 1-to-2 odds-on favorite
of a. chilled. damp crowd of 81
392. and he never let his back
ers down although he was only
sixth after the first half mile.
But Fisherman swept around
the leaders near the top of the
stretch and soon took command
as they Strengthened out for
home. Jockey Hedley Woodhouse
whacked the son of Phalanx-
Crawfish once with the whip an
eighth of a mile from the finish
as E. M. O'Brien's Galdar
splashed up to challenge and it
was all over.
Galdar Easy Second.
Galdar, also eligible for the
100000 derby at Louisville two
weeks from today. finished five
and half lengths ahead of Joe
w. Browns Mel Leavitt.
The Gotham lost much of it's
pre-derby interest with the
withdrawal of r. S. Lytle's Cor
relation, the big California colt
who is the current 2-to-1 favor
lite in the derby future book
and Joseph Gavegnano'S Errard
King. winner of last Saturdays
Experimental Handicap. Trainer
Noble Threewitt said Correla-
ton was scratched in favor of
the 100000 Wood Memorial
here next Saturday. He did not
want to run the horse in three
straight, tough races.
Errard Kings trainer. Tom
Barry, withdrew his horse be-
cause of the track conditions
and will send him to Kentucky
for the Derby. Errard King de-
feated Fisherman in the six
furlong Experimental last week. |
Correlation Works Out.
Correlation. however. made an |
appearance before the crowd and |
worked out a mile and an |
eighth. The track officials an
nounced his time as 1854 fiat |
but other checkers caught the
Florida Derby winner in 1:544s. |
Fisherman's time for the
Gotham's mile and a sixteenth
was 1:46Hs compared with the
1:44l5 made last year by Native
Dancer in the first division while
Laffango took the second divi-
sion in 1:44.
Fisherman, an entry with |
Catspaw. returned $500. $3.50
and $3.50. Galdar, a 14-to-1
shot. paid $500 and $3.50. Mel
Leavitt. coupled with Bobby |
Brocato, returned $500 to show.
All of the starters carried 120, |
six pounds less than they will
in the Kentucky Derby.
Quick Lunch Takes Lead.
The Wheatley Stables Quick
Lunch, not named for the Derby,
took the lead at the start and
was followed by Coastal Light,
a stablemate of Errard King.
Woodhouse rated Fisherman
carefully around the first turn
in fifth place and then dropped
back to sixth. AS they shot down |
the back stretch toward the far
turn the Brae Burn Farms War |
Piper moved in front with a
slight advantage over Coastal |
Light and Quick Lunch.
AS they swept into the last |
turn, however, Fisherman began |
to close in on the leaders and |
1t was quickly evident who was
going to win.
This was the second start of |
the year for Fisherman, and
Owner Whitney and Trainer Syl
Veitch now must decide whether
to enter the Wood next week or
wait until the Derby. Veitch had
said it would be too hard on the
colt to run him on four straight
Saturdays.
Jockey WoodhouSe said, 81 was
clear all the way. and hit him at i
the eighth pole because he
started to loaf. He came right |
away and won as he pleased"
Fourth to finish was Ogden
Phipps' Privacy. followed by |
Coastal Light. Bobby Brocato.
Quick Lunch, War Piper, Wood