Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-31
Track 10 Be Off
In Swaps Race
With Nashua

televised to ethe Washington
area by WTOP-TV (Channel
81 at 8 pm. and broadcast by
wTOP at 6:15 p.m.)
Record Crowd Expected
Even without q TV blackout
Ben Lindheimer, the Washing.
ton Park bigwig who made THU
classic match possible, Is con.
fident the cool, sunny weather
win help draw the biggest week.
day throng In Chicago's history
barring holidays, Of course
The Washington Park record fol
|attendance-57, 036-was set or
Labor Day, 1916.
There is little doubt that both
horses are as fit as they'll evel
he for today,s mile-and-a GUAR.
ter grind, which win be climaxec
10y q run Of 1881 feet down the
longest homestretch in the
United States. Each horse will
carry 1875 pounds. just as they
did when Swaps beat the Belail
Stud favorite in the Kentucky
Derby at the same distance.
Willie Shoemaker, whose rid.
ing record In the last six years
stamps him as one Of the great
est of all jockeys. again is riding
Swaps, just as he did in six oil
the California colts eight 1855
victories. Shoe, who doesn't tall
much, admitted at yesterdays
press luncheon that he expects
Ito win.
Shoemaker Takes Rest
Shoemaker, who took the day
of yesterday. regardless Of his
duel with Willie Hartack for ma.
|tional riding honors. knows very
well that he's going to be ur
against q very determined Eddie
Arcaro In the big one this after.
noon.
Arcaro. the worlds top stakes.
winning jockey. isn't saying
much about Nashua's chance.
against his Derby conqueror, hu
both he and Sunny Jim Fitz'
simmons. 8l-year-old trainer o.
the big Nasrullah colt, have en-
Iphasized again and again tina
"therel be no excuses this time
III Swaps repeats his triumph.
Although some Nashua backeri
say they wish the Eastern hors,
had been sharpened in a recen
race-his last appearance wa,
in the one-mile Arlington Classi,
most Of them are willing to lie
old Mr.. Fitz do his own planning
Certainly William E. woodward
who succeeded his late father a
master Of Belair Stud, couldn'
do better than put his trust Il
the Fitzsimmons-Arcaro com
bination.
Training Different
One Of the many intriguin
angles about the race is tn
marked difference in trainin
methods. No one can quarre
with success, and Meshacl
Tenney. the Mormon traine
with the Biblical name, has bee
Iphenomenally successful wit
Swaps. On the other hand, Fitz
simmons has go years of &C
complishments behind him. in
cluding the development of tw
! Triple Crown champions, Gal
liant Fox and Omaha.
Shoemaker is the logical sue
cessor to Arcaro's riding preemi
hence. but it's not easy to pictur
him outgeneraling his 39-year
old rival. Incidently, it wa
stipulated yesterday that til
winning rider will get the Gust
omary 10 per cent OF the 500
600 pot. The loser will collee
only the regular jockey fee fc
accepting the mount.
i Although both horses hay
good mud records, the change
track conditions may help Nash
va, IN the opinion Of many OF
servers. All but three Of Swap
IA races have been run mt Holly
wood Park or Santa Anita, an
under normal conditions. Wash
ington Park isn't too unlike thos
lightning fast California track
On the other hand. Nashua
more accustomed to the slowe
4 Eastern tracks and he did n,uc
Of his training for this race owe
a Saratoga track softened b
train.
Nashua Has Inside Post
!; Nashua is breaking from tn
, inside post position today. bu
, that shouldn't be much Of
factor in a two-horse race. I
. the Preakness and Belmon
Stakes. Nashua left the gat
,, like a shot and then was pulle
I up by Arcaro, who preferred
) reserve him for a come-from
!, behind finish.
1t is entirely possible tha
different strategy may be EN-
,ployed today and that Arcar
may attempt to take the Leaf
or at least keep pace with Swap
who usually goes to the iron
and stays there.
Marylanders well remembe
the gasps Of surprise whe
! George Woolf and Seabiscui
, outbroke War Admiral, anothe
front runner. in their gres
! match at Pimlico In 1898.
might happen again today--ths
S lis. unless Swaps turns out to b
the super horse most Californ
= lians think he is.
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