Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-22
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV BY FRANCIS STANN
Horse-of- Destiny Stuff

THOSE WHO HAVE FANCIED Swaps all along Will nno
no switch Nashua after the California chesnuts
record tying win in the American Derby last Satur-
day Indeed he pick some heretofore staunch
Nashua supporters for the big wnnerake-a match race
for 100000 week from Wednesday. With each outing
Swaps to be acquiring more OF that
facade
Not all horse people felt that Owner Rex Ellsworth
and Trainer Meshach Tenney wise in training the
Kentucky Derby winner the grass for the American
Derby only II days before he is to- meet Nashua But
Ellsworth Tenney pair Of excowboys, pooh-poohed
the risk of a. defeat that might take some OF the
edge off the match and az training program that
might lead to defeat by Nashua on q dirt track
"Our colt can run any track" they chorused In
effect and up to Ellsworth and Tenney have been
right That his first grass race Saturday but concedng
from IS pounds to his five rivals Swaps led all the
way was clicked 154S for mile and three sixeenths
to equal an American turf mark and have won more
easily than his margin over Traffic Judge suggests
THE BIG WIRE SERVICE story pictured Swaps hanging
on calamity to save OF Tac Judge His rider, Willie
Shoemaker went to whip But the televon spectators
saw and heard it differently.
If there was any whipping on. the part Of Shoemaker
1t went unnotced here And there Mr. Bryan Fields
coaual for it that Swaps more easily than 1t
may have appeared"
81 The colt was not ridden out according to the erudte
Mr. Field Shoemaker looked back at least two or three
times from the eighth pole That was more or less the way
1t looked the screen.
81 Anyway all this neither here there. Swaps won
his ninth straight Nashua looked mighty sharp in his
last Eastern the stage is set for the match
race of the Not everybody from this area will attend
that in person, but the possibility looms tnat
the Swaps Nashua winner maybe both, will run in the
Washington D. c. International next Veterans Day at
Laurel.
IT MUST BE AGREED that Bill Jaeger, director of pub
city at Laurel has point he deduces that the match
race will direct bearing the Laurel International
Since both definitely interested" Jaeger
says finish could bring about invitations Tor both
horses. II not the winner certainly At Atlantic City.
Heoscope No. handicap horse at present. is being
readied for campaign 1t Is also known that his
handlers their sights the international and It's
possible that Swaps Nashua and TELESCOPE could be invited
So The Laurel folk-President John Schapiro who orig
mated the International Weep Joe Cascarea who dresses
for his Summit ason and Jaeger-feel they
can Ellsworth and Tenney to accept an invitation
on behalf of Swaps If he runs well against Nashua
GAS early as July 20, when the big match race was
announced" Jaeger points out Tenney was quoted as
follows:
at is too early to speculate on Swaps racing in the
International but that that cannot be ruled
out either We stay the East until the Laurel date
ed. note November III but no later
IT IS SIGNIFICANT, Laurel folk are thinking that
Ellsworth and Tenney did not deem the Preakness
sufficiently important 60 after last spring. they have
announced themselves willing to remain this side Of the
Rockies until the International
Getting Swaps Nashua or HeioScope-or any COM
bination two-would put the rosng Laurels cake
If Washington, D. c. classic nailed down its standing
last year, when Queen Ezabeths Landau ran, 1t could
lock and bolt it this time.
Laurel already has received acceptance to its nv-
ation Panaslipper winner of the Irish Derby and
colt that the colors Of Sean OKely president
OF Ireland. With both the Jockey Club of England and
the socete encouragement Jockey Club Of France) now
cooperating with LAUREL it's got to be top field
WITH LUCK, LAUREL might wind up with such as
Phil Drake winner Of the English Derby and Grand Prx
Paris vimy winner of the King George vi and Queen
Ehzabeths Stakes Lady Derby's Acropos and couple
\ of others of that select class.
For instance there is Chingacgook owned along with
Vmy by Pierre Werhemer, who sent Epinard to America
1924 for his spectacular series Of Werthemer who
Chanel perfume, has for general manager Of his
perfume factory and his racing stable "a heuva paray
you ask named Baron Robert de Nexom humorousy
writes to Jaeger, in part:
"In France it has been old custom to foals
starting with the first letter the dams In the
case of Chingacgook, looking for starting with
Chi from his dame La Chpoe The racing authorities in
principle do not allow to be repeated within 10
meaning there already 10000 to be discarded
got fed across Chngacgook, who is in James
Fenmore Cooper's book Last Of the Mohcans'
"It will you to know that when the horse came
to the imeght Grand Prix de Saint Cloud, French
papers criticized the strongly, they couldn't and
still pronounce it, So went back at them and have
named his half-brother Chant du Cop, which sounds
about the same"