Evening star., 1955-06-12

At the finish, another gray
colt. the Barclay Stables BlaZ-
ing Count, was second, a full
nine lengths back and getting
nowhere fast. But Blazing Count,
who could do no better than
fourth in last Saturdays Kent
Stakes at Delaware Park, was
another five-and-a-half lengths
ahead of the third f1nisher, the
Clearwater Stables Portersville.
Jabneh Runs Fourth
Fourth at the end of the long
grlnd-run over a track that was
termed fast despite drizzle that
began this morning and con-
tinued intermittently during
most of the afternoon-was Jab-
neh. the obscure colt that Tai "a,
lulah Bankhead's sister, Eugenia,
bought from Laudy Lawrence
only day or so ago. Jabneh was
six lengths back of Portersville.
Nashua, the 3-to-20 choice of
the disappointing crowd of 32,-
O97, looked every bit as good
today as he did two weeks ago
when he smashed the Pimlico
track record for a mile and
three-sixteenths in the Freak
ness. First of all, he ran the
mile and one-half in 2:29, bril-
liant time considering the con-
ditions. Yet only Count Fleet.
Citation, Native Dancer, Md
Idleground and War Admiral
have run the Belmont Stakes
faster. Count Fleet and Citation
share the record >ot 2:28H.
But it is almost certain that
neither of these Triple Crown
champions covered the last
quarter as fast as Nashua did
today. The son of Nasrullah, who
had been running second all
the way up the backstretch,
really turned it on as he ran
the last two eighths in 243s. one
nth OF a second faster than the
surprising Little Dell needed for
the first quarter.
S14,411 Minus Pool
The fractional times for this
87th Belmont were 244s, 40.
l;13S 1885, 2:O42s and 2:29.
Only the second quarter was
run fasteI than Nashuas stretch
kick.
( Just as he was in the Freak
ness, Nashua was literally bet
off the board, particularly in
the show pool. The winner, listed
at l to 9 on the odds board dur
ing most of the wagering, paid
$3.50, So 80 and $2.l0. Blazing
Count who closed at 35 to /, re-
turned $l1.40 to place. but
dropped all the way to $2.10 to
show. Portersville. the second
choice at about to /, also paid
$2.10 to show.
AS a result of the thing
bettors rush to get down on
Nashua to show. the track had
to fork over $14.411.55 due to
a minus pool. AT that. it was
smaller than many expected,
even though there were eight
starters in the field. Three of
the original entries-Uncle Gus,
Rajput and Courtship - were
scratched. That's much more
understandable than the fact
that they were entered at all.
Talbot Presents Trophy
Arcaro. who had finished third
on a 3-to-5 shot in the race
preceding the Belmont, was an
Ielated jockey when he rode back
TO the winners circle, where Air
Secretary Harold Talbot pre-
sented the Belmont Trophy to
William Woodward. jr., owner of
the victorious colt.
Il dug into him after we had
gone a mile, because l didn't
want him fooling around" Eddie
said. II wanted him to smother
them as quickly as he could
when / did rouse him. and it
didn't take him long. He really
did the job
Arcaro, who has won the Ken
lucky Derby and Preakness five
times each. now is tied with
Jimmy Mclaughlin, an old timer,
for the most Belmont victories.
Mclaughlin, star rider for the
famed Dwyer brothers, won six
times in eleven years during the
l$O's.
1t also was the sixth Belmont
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