Evening star., 1955-05-06
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW BY FRANCE, ,74uu



member being of those bodied sleek currer and
Ives jobs, and this morning he being walked under
the shed and passing under the of his arch-rval
Nashua. on every lap
seemed to ignore Summer Five times they've met
at the common of and four times 2yearods, and
only the Cowdn Stakes did Summer Tan win Yet lot of
will be riding Mrs. John Gabreah's charger to-
in the 81st Kentucky Derby.
On of his trips past Nashua newspaperman posed
a question
"Do you think" he asked Sheriff. Ward that Nashua
recognizes your horse?"
"No sir" Ward replied land doubt if they'd be
speaking terms even if they did recognize each other
Horses funny that way. They're like people"
WARD is SUMNER TANs trainer He is compact
and muscular 44year-od who Foridabre if Jackson
vile be counted part of Florida this is his first
starter in Kentucky Derby. He has wry of humor
plus the full admiration of other trainers for his achieve
ment bringing Summer Tan back from the last
While his big. eggy and we'll synchronzed colt
being walked Ward told his story
men who either had risen early stayed up late.
Because greenhorn far the Derby is
cerned Sheriff. said Il talked Harvey Pardue before
shipped Louisville Harvey the horse, Red Han
ngan that in the Derby last year. asked him what
could expect and this is approximately what he told me-
sherrll he sad when get off your plane or train
you will be met by Roscoe Goose he that rode Donea in
1918 and paid the biggest price in hsory$18490 for
straight two-buck ticket.
"Roscoe will have bunch of newspapermen with him
and they will poster Then he'll have photographers
A LISTENER impatiently asked Sheriff. what's the
point? Red Hannigan never -
That's the point" said, and with a disarming
grin, he continued his little anecdote
Harvey Pardue didn't have start with Red
Hanngan. He got assigned stall right smack in the
middle the that Determine and the
other favorte Hasty Road guess They had corner
apartments to speak, like I've got My colt
of this barn and Nashua is at the other"
Anyhow, Pardue telling it's hell to get caught
in the middle every morning of newspaper guys.
photographers and radio people with portable recording
fits from the stall stall at the
other end and repeat it,"
That bothered Harvey?"
well not Harvey" Ward conceded although Harvey
said that maybe his horse, Red Hannigan got little
couraged The Harvey put After four days my
colt got to looking like small boy match Just
aturning way the other while the press and
radio moved from Determine to Hasty Road.
.Kind of himself out swiveling like that
Red Hannigan finished 18th"
SUMMER TAN-And indeed Trainer ward-are highly
respected in these parts People 60 long
Sherrls day have difficulty remembering when trainer
did better job on very sick horse than Ward
On the last Saturday in october of "a Summer Tan
the Garden State and presumably in the best of health
shipped back to Belmont. On Monday morning
gaoped and then put away. THAT afternoon Ward re-
lated my said, that colt coicky. was an
understaement He had pain and the steam from
his shoulders rose like well, somebody wrote like smoke
from cigar.
Hes got lot of CUTS and I've got to like him. Doc
Reed examined him. said he had blood clot in his
intestines Ring worm, I guess started It, Anyway,
of hndrances than help when we found the colt
in his stan his back and with his legs straight up"
THAT WAS BAD?" Ward was asked "It looked bad"
the trainers explained I'VE thought he'd hurt himself and
him 1t turned out that his most
comfortable position during all that agony.
doc Reed said he'd the colt but for maybe five
days thought it all over He couldn't live but he did.
The clo dissolved and shipped to Hialeah in No
vember and while he pretty peaked he got to gaining
weight
WAS time, Sheriff. conceded when I thought that
by almighty act he might be ready for the Famngo which
But Summer Tan wasn't quite to par and
l unwound him and started over again"
"You really like his Derby chances?" inquired
Hes going to rum, Ward answered, fatty ANY colt
that wants live much this must want to win,
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