Evening star., 1954-05-03
Determine Won't Run
In Preakness; Next
Appearance on Coast
BY The Associoted Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, May s.
Determine, the Kentucky Derby
winner, will not run in the
Preakness at Pimlico May %, it
was announced today by the
thoroughbred's trainer. Willie
Mo1ter.
Molter, who said he was speak
ing for Owner Andy Crevolin,
said, eve don't want to push our
luck too far"
The trainer said Determine
would be returned to California
by plane, leaving here Wednes-
day. He said the Derby winner
would be given couple of weeks
rest before running at Holly
wood.
Ray Work, who rode Deter
mine to victory in the Derby,
left by auto with his wife today
for California.
Crevolin could not be reached
Immediately for comment.
First Gray to Win.
No gray ever won the Derby,
and many have tried, until
Determine, a mite of a horse
out of Alhamora, Calf, came
from second place in the stretch
to hang length-and-a-half de-
feat on Hasty Road Saturday.
Fifteen other 3-year-olds, in
cluding the favored Correlation,
were up the stretch eating the
dust of the leaders as Determine
reached the end of the mile and
a quarter in 2:03.
The little colt, who got his
name because his owner was de-
termined to find a good one, is
not eligible for the Belmont
Stakes, third race of the Triple
Crown.
To watch the son of the i'm
ported Alibhai in action at the
feed bin you would think he
would soon eat himself out of
house and home. But, although
he is munching on something
almost constantly, he is as
trim a little horse as they
come. And his oats, hay, and
water were shipped from Cali
fornia so that the colt would not
have any cause to argue over a
change in his mann
Detests Work.
AS for work, he deteSts it and
shows his dislike by refusing to
extend himself during morning
trials.
That's the reason we didn't
let up on him during the winter"
Molter said HE dislikes work
so much that we don't ask much
of him between races but we
race him as often as possible"
But when it comes to competi-
ton he lives up to his name. It
took a track record of 1885 for
a mile to beat him in the Derby
Trial. And five days later in
the Derby itself he reversed that
decision by a bigger margain.
York Rates Him Well.
Hasty Road, a speed demon
from Allie Reuben's Hasty House
Farm Of Toledo. Ohio, stepped
to the front soon after the start
but York never had little De-
termine farther back than third,
ready to strike when he gave
the word.
The Crevolin gray, who resem-
bles Native Dancer in color,
moved within a length or so of
Hasty Road going around the
final bend. caught the pace-set-
ter at the eighth pole, raced on
nearly even terms for another
sixteenth and then took COM
mand to win going away.
Determine returned to his
barn a mighty tired horse, &C
cording to Molter, a former
jockey. but he was not too tired
to eat.
Still Wanted to Eat.
II never saw him so tired. He
gave it everything. What a
horse. But still he wanted to
eat after a few minutes rest"
And York, so happy that he
was kissing the colt all the way
back to the winners circle, broke
out in tears of happiness. So
did York's wife and Mrs. Grew
olin.
But Determine, tired as he
was. would gladly have taken
a bite out of the stole of red |
roses they draped around his
neck.
A few hours later, while in the
midst of celebrating the Derby |
victory, Crevolin and Molter
heard another of their horses.
ImbroS, had won the 100000 |
William P. Kyne Handicap at
Bay Meadows. So once again
the champagne flowed.