Evening star., 1955-11-10
WIN, LOSE or
DRAW !, ...pe,, SIAM
Seventh Race at Laurel

IT COMES UP the fourth Washington, D. C., Interna-
tonal tomorrow at Laurel and American money
win make American horse Social outcast Trafhc
Judge the favorite to win John Schapiros a-half
the for first prize of $50OO0 This Is not
prising for the habit of backing United States horses is
deeprOoted in the homelandpast performances in, and
conditions Of. the International notwithstanding.
When Schapiro first presented his Olympian-type
In 1852 the punters approached cautiously The Racing
Form and the Morning Telegraph they could otherwise
understand but they at loss to apprae the foreign
horses and consequently doWnrated them especially the
British colt Wiiwyn.
Brookmeade Stables Greek Ship was the one the hettors
tapped at Laurel that day at $12O to ST. with Hasty House
Farms Ruhe next But Wilwyn soundy beat Ruhe while
Greek Ship finished next to last In seyenhoe held The
wagering done conservativeyony $l7863s riding
the outcome. @
That was neat return-sis-for Wiiwyns fanciers but
the home folks learned great lesson In 1858 they put the
big money the United States Crafty Admiral installing
the charfran Stables the f1to5 avore, and who
should barrelng the wre lengths 'front.'
but Worden II of France to pay $338o Crafty Admiral
finished 10th or dead last
THE ONLY AMERICAN horse to win the International
c. " Whitneys Fisherman 11th-hor starter last
but this time the domestic players felt they smart
enig up Not Fisherman Brush Burn the other United
States horse, but French lly Banassa the
choice She probably should have It too, but Eddie
Arcaro Fisherman M Lalanne his French count
erpar lesson In riding and prevailed BY threequarters
Of length.
Now the swing is back to American horses not Mister Gus
AeschyIus but the other pair Alfred G. Vanderbits
Social outcast and Clifford Mooers Trahac Judge The
United States is ounumhered horses to Al and Of the
overseas have impressive records but the betting
gentry has all but made Its final decision
Oddly, Americas candidates not as top drawer as
they might have been Mr. Schapro and the owners Of Ve
other horses had not been uucky In the Of
Mrs Elizabeth tArden) Graham, so reluctant The two
best Social Oucast and TRAFFIC Judgeare second strngers
and Mister Gus and Aeschyus somewhat less None compares
too favOraby with the horses that might have the red
tn he barn
IN SENSE this was the most difncult OF the Inter
nationals for Schapo and his advisers to arrange One
one the Big Horses fell BY the wayside swaps suffered an
injured foot Nashua High Gun Heoscope retired
and Jet Actions Mrs. Graham decided her star not
only unfamiliar with grass but not intended to
mile and half.
In the absence Nashua Swaps High Cum ct al much
ado has been made Of the cabe Of jockeys although they
could not have been overlooked II Man War; Sir Barton
Gallant Fox Omaha, Assault Count Fleet Whirlaway and
War Admiral In the talented group of
riders appeared in single the instance
membered here
There viii be Eddie Arcaro. while Shoemaker Johnny
Longden Eric Gnerin Willie Hartack Bobby Martin of
the United States There win be Rae Johnsone the famed
nternationas plus Fred Palmer OF France and Lester
Pggot Of England and you just don't get to this kind
might search forand hnda kinds Of superiatives
including the fact that with most not ALL of these riders
holds barred. devil-may-care aggregation
never paraded to the post in this neck Of the woods
NONE IS SO SACRED as to achieve immunity from the
stewards OF the world Arcaro has tempered his
ready style Of his earlier days. when he frequently drew
pensions but Master Edward s gets his tweaked on
occasions The sensational Hartack fresh from
forced Today vacation dictated by the aw-andorder of
Garden State Park.
Pggott who only 20 and one Of Britan's greatest
riders he started jockey at 49, is remndul of the
younger Arcaro with his slam-bang tactics Being hauled
before the stewards Of the English Jockey Club novel
experience for Piggo who lost his license after being
disqualified aboard Barnacle at Newmarket in 1850 and again
shortly after winning the English Derby with Never say Die
the SECOND Aercansbred to EPSON classic.
Least accomplished Of the American riders perhaps is
Bobby Martin but he has the dubious distinction of having
been the worst sinner OF the jockey lineup Robert will
ride the Maryand-bred, Maryland-owned Aeschyus
nard Of for four for betting practices not condoned
By the racing fathers until he finally reinsated None
of the others ever was grounded for anything like that
length or time but, stil Martin was lucky
His original sentence was 10 yqarsl