Evening star., 1955-11-19
Nail 9-5Choice
|0n Off Track in
|Today'sFufurify
Fuvorite Won Twice
Over Sloppy ovoIs;
Eusteote Top Rival
BY JOSEPH B. KELLY
star Racing Editor

star Racing Editor
BALTIMORE, Nov. 1s.-with
the 2-year-old championship
still muddled at this late date.
today's Pimlico Futurity, with a
gross value Of $80.850 If all Of
the IL named overnight 60 to
the post, could swing the years
Juvenile honors to Mrs. Anson
Bigelow's Nail. the speedy gray
colt that is favored in the 1f16-
mile event.
Nail. whose owner is the for
mer Fin Widener, has run his
best races on q sloppy track, so
today's rain and snow should hold
mo terrors for him. Nail, whose
first stakes victory was a surprise
triumph in the Belmont Fu-
|turity, won the Remsen Handi-
cap at Jamaica last Saturday.
defeating Prince John, winner
|of the Garden State Stakes.
Nearly 10000 Expected
Despite the unfavorable wealth.
|er the Maryland Jockey Club
expects to entertain q crowd Of
nearly 10000 this afternoon for
the first weekend card of this
fall meeting, which has been
somewhat disappointing because
of the unpleasant cold.
Nail. who won both the Bel
mont Futurity and the Remsen
over sloppy tracks. could pass
Swoon's Son and Prince John in
earnings by q victory today. The
winners share this afternoon win
amount to $6S. .48O II all IL start.
Added to Nails previous earn
ings. this neat pay check would
give the son Of Nirgal q total Of
$241. .430 against Swoon's Sons
$23l ,S05 and Prince Johns $2l2,-
SI8.
Nail will not be conceded any
easy victory today. however,
despite his impressive record.
The Bigelow colt was 8 to S in
the morning line.
Calumet Farm is starting q
strong entry In Eastgate and
Liberty Sun, the second choice
at about 8 to /. Just to make it
tougher for Nail and his rider,
Hedley Woodhouse, Eddie Arcaro
win be on hand to encourage
Eastgate. who won Laurel's
!Spalding Lowe jenkins. and VIII
lie Hartack win pilot Liberty
Sun.
Atkinson on TuIchan
Nail viii be coupled in the bet
ting with John Barry Ryan's
Tulchan. who won an allowance
race in his last start at Jamaica,
Jockey Ted Atkinson who won
the 1948 Pimlico Futurity with
Capot. win ride Tulchan. The
remainder Of the field consists
of Mrs. Ada l.. Rice's Royal Prod
uct. Brandywine Stables Coun-
termand, Cornelius ". Whitney's
Born Mighty, Freeman Keyes'
Royal Sting. Bwarnazon Farms
Joyial Jcve. Isaac Prickett's Mo-
tor Line. Montpelier's Nahodah
and Maine Chance Farms Lord
Admiral.
Royal Sting attracted atten-
ton recently by winning the
Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes,
beating Jovial Jove. The latter
had captured the Breeders Fu-
turfty at KeeneIand. defeating
Swoon's Son, among others.
Countermand won the May
flower Stakes earlier this year
at Suffolk Downs.
Jockey Doug Dodson who won
last years Futurity at Pimlico
with Thinking Cap. win seek his
second straight triumph in this
S3d running Of the classic aboard
Jovial Jove.
Trainer H. A. (Rabbit) Dabson
says his good colt. Nance's Lad,
whose victory at 3-to-i0 In yes
|terday's featured Dark Star
Purse created q .$4,756 minus
pool to show. will be shipped to
Florida and rested for about six
weeks after his engagement in
the Pimlico Special next Satur-
day.
Dahson. who owns the colt in
partnership with Chester Caith-
ness Of Bethesda. claims Nance's
Lad has improved sharply this
fall and he expects him to be a
top handicap performer next
season. After the Special,
Nance's Lad probably win make
his next start at Hialeah.
Hartack did not add to his
lead as the winningest Jockey
yesterday. After finishing out
of the money with Sun Poise in
the first race, Willie cancelled
the rest OF his mounts due to a
cold. Today will mark his last
appearance on a Maryland track
this year.
The weather held yesterdays
attendance down to 9, 9,752-small-
est Of the meeting-and the
betting totaled $946,436.
Favorite players are rollicking
at Pimlico, with six favoritesI
hitting yesterday to make the
score Is out Of "a races to date.
Red Sox Reported
Trading Trio for
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