Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-07
Sailor Choice in Campbell;
z forum Over Sloppy Track
Big Crowd Due
At Bowie Today
Despite Rains
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON

Despite heavy rains that left
the track sloppy. a banner
crowd was expected at Bowie
this afternoon to watch seven
speed merchants, five of them
top drawer handicap stars,
battle it out for top money in
the third running of the $780,
000-added John B. Campbell
Memorial Handicap at LING
miles.
Brookmeade Stables Sailor,
packing 122 pounds. was the
probable choice at 9 to or less.
although handicappers found it
tough to separate the top five.
Only Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs Man
of Destiny, Joe Jones stablemate.
who got IN with LOG pounds, and
Miss Ann Uhlar's AIMS Love. the
lightweight at 100 pounds. were
rated outsiders in Maryland's
No. l handicap race of the year.
Drizzle May Cut Crowd
The battle of the big FIVE"
which was expected to be a
Furnishing test of speed and
stamina had figured to draw a
near-record crowd to the nearby
track, but this mornings drizzle
may have prevented that. ALI
the top horses in the field have
won in the mud.
C. V. Whitney's gallant little
Fisherman, who made his sea-
Sonal debut III a six-furlong
sprint last week, and Maine
Chance Farms Jet Action shared
high weight of 1913 pounds, with
Sailor carrying one pound less.
Joe Jones, winner of two
straight stakes at Bowie, his
favorite track, was assigned 118.
and Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Find,
III, and if Handicapped John P.
Turner. jr's, figures were correct,
all figured to be battling right
down to the wire.
If it boiled down to a question
of riding skill, none was at q
disadvantage with an all-star
squad in the irons. Willie Har-
tack, national champion last
year, had the mount on Sailor.
while Eddie Arcaro. the money
rider" was up on Fisherman.
Other assignments found Eric
Guerln on Find, Dave Erb on Jet
Action and Tony DeSpirito, lead
ing rider at Bowie and former
national champion. handling Joe
Jones. Paul Bohenko was aboard
Man of Destiny and Eldon Nell
son was riding AIMS Love.
Sharp in Workouts
Sharp workouts indicated that
all the candidates were at their
best. Sailor, who left Nashua
seven lengths behind in winning
the Gulfstream Handicap in
2:0035, went a half mile in :463s
handily yesterday under the APP
proving eye of Trainer Preston
Burch.
Joe Jones. who set a mile and
ne-furlong track record in WIN
ming the first running of the
Campbell 1;5045, went five
furlongs in :59l5. while Man of
Destiny travelled the same dis
lance in one minute fiat. The
strategy for this pair seems to be
for Man of Destiny to go all out
on the early pace and give his
determining companion a chance
to save his speed for the stretch.
Jet Action breezed half mile
in :4835, which was satisfactory
to Trainer Ike Mourar. He was
sixth to Sailor in the GulfStream
but was in close quarters and
could surprise today.
Find Works Out
Find. third in the GulfStream
but winner of the New Orleans
Handicap, blew out at three
furlongs yesterday after gallop-
ing a mile and one-quarter
Thursday. Fisherman, winner Of
the 1854 Washington, D. c.,
International. worked out an
extra furlong after trailing the
field in his SiX-furlong race last
Saturday and turned in another
seven furlongs at l:244s over
an off track Wednesday.
Nashua. the syndicate-owned
millionaire, declined the issue as
soon as his l28-pound weight
was announced-rather Leslie
B. Combs II, who heads the
syndicate, declined it. Swaps.
CALIFORNIA; 1855 Kentucky Derby
winner. was kept in Florida, and
the rest of the 80 original nomi-
nces bowed out for one reason or
another. But IL still shaped up as
a torking good race.
Social OutcaSt. who won the
Campbell last year in a record
Laps when the distance was
shortened to a mile and one
sixteenth. was forced out Of
today's race by slight leg in
jury that retarded his training.
With the Vanderbilt stretch
runner in it anything could have
happened. 1t still can.