Evening star., 1955-02-26
by The Assoeiassd Press

MIAMI. Feb. 26.-A dozen s.
year = old horses. including the
highly promising favorite, Ma
shua, will run the rich Flamingo
Stakes at Hialeah Park today.
But Boston Doge, undefeated
in eight starts. was not on the
list when the entries were fled
yesterday. Hialeah's racing sec
retary, Charles j. McLennan,
said he received word the colt
had a cough.
The Flamingo had shaped up
as a duel between the speedy,
blue-blooded Nashua and the
surprising Boston Doge. But the
New England horses failure to
enter left Nashua, with Eddie
Arcaro up, as the favorite. Odds
of 4 to S were expected on him
at post time, 4:50 pm.
(The CHS radio broadcast will
be carried by Washington's
WTOP.)
With IL colts starting, all to
carry 122 pounds over the dis
tance Of a mile and q furlong,
the Flamingo will gross $141 300
and pay the winner $104.600.
Second choice with the bettors
was Hasty House Farms Prince
Moor, at 3 to / with Johnny
Adams up. Hasty House Farms is
seeking its fourth major stake
of the meeting after its entries
won the Widener. the Everglades
and the Royal Palm.
Saratoga Is 4 to 1.
Montpelier's Saratoga, to be
ridden by Ted Atkinson, was 4
to l in tie early line, followed
by Paul Melons Cup Man at
6 to / with Eric Guerin up.
Eugene Constantin, jr.'s, Am
ber's Folly, second in the Ever
glades and third in the Hibis-
Gus and Bahamas, was 10 to 1.
All the other horses figured to
be 20 to l or higher.
The race, named for the pink
birds kept at the luxurious track,
was expected to have a fast
track. Partly cloudy and warm
weather was forecast.
Nashua has had only one start
this winter as a 3-year-old. He
won that but not by an impress
sive margin. The son of Mas
rullah beat Munchausen by a
length and half in a 6-furlong
prep race Monday.
The sleek sophomore had a
brilliant record as a 2-year-old
and was a unanimous choice as
top horse in that age group in
the major racing polls. He
started eight times, got six vic
tories and two seconds. His
stakes wins included the Bel
mont Futurity and Juvenile, the
Hopeful and Grand Union Hotel.
His earnings amounted to $192,-
865.
The field. with three surprise |
entries, and Jockeys:
Apollo, no boy; Nashua, Ar +,
caro-; Cup Man, Guerin; Atnber's
Folly. Nick Shuk; Saratoga, At
kinson; Charles A., Jack Skelly: |
Little Dell, Hedley Woodhouse: |
Blue Lem. Jimmy Nichols: Prince |
Moor, Adams; Jett Flame, no
boy: Some Question, Walter
Blum, and Mighty Chief. OWE
Scurlock.
Jett Flame. Blue Lem and
Mighty Chief were not among the
lists Of advance possibilities.
Social Outcast Impresses.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's
Social Outcast. making his first
appearance on the turf course,
impressed Hialeah patrons yes
terday when he scampered off
with the $4,000 Alligator Purse
under top weight of 124 pounds.
Social Outcast scored by a
length and a half from Green
trees bald-faced Maharajah in
a clever 1868 for the mile and
hree-sixteenths. This was also
Maharajah's first test on the
grass. A head back of him was
c Mahlon Kline's accomplished
turf star, Kaster, which tired
after leading most Of the way.
Social Outcast, winner of four
big stakes in "a. and winner
here this winter of the $4,000
McLennan and third in the
100000 Widener Handicap,
earned him a definite starting
berth in the $4,000 Hialeah
Turf Handicap, a mile and q
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