Evening star., 1955-05-08
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW BY FRANCE, s1Auu
The Little Men Who Know

LOUISVILLE MAY THE little men who should know
best what happened in the sst Kentucky Derby lightning
struck and thunder rolled umped the rckety stairs to the
jockeys First Conn McCreary then Eddie Arcaro
Hank Moreno and Eric Guerin while Willie Shoemaker
being pleasantly detained in the winners circle all California
behoden to him and with g the neck of Swaps
and into Wille's lap.
They articuate group especially after Derby
which the richest the riders tore off their
round protective helmets stripped off their silks in hot
box OF room where the must have reached lis
degrees.
McCreary, finished Flying Fury the Cain
Hoy entry, the grin of winner The friendly gnome
grnned at the sweating jockeys den reporters and Sad
boy, cearcut victory for California Horse
owners trainer everything from California Now maybe
you and will have to take those people little more seri-
ousy Conn looked with mock severity at several New York
writer's who confirmed nonbeevers in Swaps anything
else pertaining to California and then wnked slowly and
deliberately
THIS WAS CALIFORNIA VICTORY that in a sense was
even purer than Morvchs and more so than
Determines last year. Norwich California bred but he
owned by Ben Block, New Yorker Determine was
Cafornaowned but Kentuckybred McCreary talking
like Racing Form and Morning Telegraph pundit when he
instantly reminded all present that Swaps all
although Trainer Meshach Tenney like Coowners Mr. and
Mrs Rex Ellsworth, rode the range as cowpoke with Ellis
worth in Arizona.
disappointed by his place finish he
it, wealthy equestrian got the traditional
question: you any just winner of
title przehght always is asked Were hurt at a?"
Our only excuse" Eddie grinned sis Swaps My horse
certainly ran his race"
linen swaps is the DeCCer cou?"
"He was today" Arcaro said 81 made my at him
three-eighths from the nish which in plenty of time
catch any front-runner if you've got the horse"
"Then you don't have any complants?"
There wasn't hair in his way" Arcaro said. when
Tapped Swaps the quarter pole-at this track it's coming
out of the rum thought we had it made"
WHEN YOU HAD SWAPS Tapped coming into the
stretch" reporter asked Ibid you think Nashua would
win?"
moment" Arcaro said because Swaps seemed
to pause. Now that think of it, Swaps have been
frightened by the crowd at the rail because hesitae
Then Willie Strengthened him out swung bat and
wooSh Swaps off and knew it wasn't sixth Derby
win for me.
"T hadn't completely dropped Nashua when almost
caught him. Eddie admitted Then, when I did, lost,
rather than gained ground Swaps gentlemen has sort OF
converted me-"
"How serious are you, Eddie?" one asked.
well" replied there's Tenney with his Arizona
style of training You know treat horse like horse likes
to be treated Put hunk of adys shoe his bad right
forefoot stuff be many trainer wanting
to learn more about the Arizona style, I'm thinking"
Moreno who beat Native Dancer the attitude
the other riders Sweating and grinning Hank said
my horse okay We got beat by helluva colt"
Shoemaker the fabulous little guy who within the next
10 down the best rider this country pro-
duced, still missing and McCreary whose locker was
next to Arcaro said:
"We might well give these newspapermen story,
Eddie" he said, because for fact that isn't
going to say anything"
Just then Willie the stairs the moved to
his cubbyhole of locker But this time reasonably aka
tive Shoemaker holding forth The little
swaps ana made every post winning in high gee
the perspiring latched onto him.
II don't know what to say Willie began 1--WE got front
and all the way knew 1 had fresh horse"
What happened to Summer Tan?
SUMMER TAN off to the surprising odds of $4eO, simply
died. in the words of his rider Guerin good pass
Swaps tried him." he said weren't no
That winner and Arcaros horse had for me-
1t remained for Johnny Adams-old Johnny, who the
daddy of pretty good Jockey in his rgh-to express
his opinion They put the elder Adams, been
spectacular things thing called NaSbena, who
finished ninth.
Honest fellows" Johnny said Il couldn't give you fair
kind of version. far back l hardly
happening up ahead where they've that payof window
for small folks"
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