Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
AT ACE 2, No Personality

81 EUGENE MORT AND WALTER DONOVAN who are the
powers Garden Stae-no to mention Tanforan
and Haeah Parkare the parties who stage the worlds
richest Last week it worth $3l92lO and IS Tor
2-year-olds only,
But those working sfs from the newspaper who were
privileged visit Barn at Garden State Park felt there
drama there at the track itself For hanging
in sling, Swaps, thoroughly miserable and now
lonely fellow.
There are those who think that if Swaps had been
horse all his life he might have been the best of all
American racers They'll know, now The odds are
big that he will never again.
The winner the 1855 Kentucky Derby lives in stall
at Camden. No. he lives in canvas sling inside OF stalls
The sling encirces his stomach and by of block
and tackle ARRANGEMENT he supports some Of his weight
on his three good legs The fourth-hs left hind leg is
plaster lis raised that the tip of the
cast is just off the ground e 8
SWAPS WAS A BEAUTIFUL COLT, a Currier & Ives
type but he has lost considerable fesh especially
toward the "Only time win tell now" Trainer Msh
Tenney saying I'm told the knitting has begun
but the colt will have to stay here for some time"
Swaps barn is not far from that used by Barbzon,
winner of the worlds richest race and Tenney Owner Rex
Ellsworth the rest of the California stable for which
Swaps raced reluctantly preparing goodbyes to their
horse
We've got to ship to the coast" Tenney explained.
"ve got as head there train Swaps will have to stay
here least five weeks, according to the vets but
Rexs brother Reed Ellsworth is coming to sit with the
colt couple three weeks. Then Rex and will
back and ship Swaps home"
AS a 2 and 3-year-od, Swaps trouble bad right
forefoo This hoo had to be encased in leather scssored
out of womans shoe. Tenney HIMSELF has idea how
the colt hurt his left hind leg.
"HE WENT OUT TO WORK and went of as smoothly
usual" MiSh saying referring Swaps last outing
Gas far as 1 know he didn't grab himself or take
stride The fracture it's Of the bone just
happened"
But it was Barbizon of Calumet who was the center
of attention from the public not the secluded Swaps And
that brings the question: the Garden State Stakes
a genuine classicP
The purists among horsemen are inclined to kiss of
the Garden State by saying that after ALL it's the horse
mems group that puts up of the money after the
tracks initial 100000 jockey who shall go unidentified
put it this way:
This is sort of pot game like in bowling or
ness of the whole thing is % it's for 2-year-ods
and C2) it hasn't any tradition behind it,"
$500
THAT WAS FINE FIELD that went of in the Mori-
Donovan extravaganza at Garden State but to all except
the avid horse player knowledgeable the subject of
2-year-ods, it just the seventh on the card
There little Of the fair the buld-up the drama Of
say the Kentucky Derby the Flamingo
One reason of course is the 2year olds personality
Horses do have personality Their riders will tell you
so The players and the pros Of the colts and ies
at tender although they don't always know their
, names
Take Native Dancer jockey was saying "How many
people knew him 2-year-old? On the other hand
nearly everybody knew him a Tv star when he was
S-year-old. And Nashua-and Tom Fool-Same thingl
1T takes time to become household horse At the
age Of two colt hy green Bold Rulers name might
mean lot to few, like Barbizons but doesn't mean
whole lot to most people"
BASIC WEAKNESS OF the worlds richest race is the
supplementary entry Instead Of keeping up subscriptions
on oas as far back 1854 1t became possible to enter
2-year-olds at the 18th hour by paying $4,000
This 1t argued the field Of 10 roared or struggled
to the wire last week. not good The big winner Baxbzon
was supplementary. So was the second horse Federal
Hill All told there four who put up $4,000
in order to get crack at the jackpot and all of their
horses did we'll Nelson finished fifth and Take Note was
seventh, which is not too bad In a field of 10 colts
The worlds richest race TO hear the Jockeys and a
goody portion of what you might call horsemen won't
amount to much until and unless-well supplementary
eIles are eliminated and then some Yet many OF these
horsemen cheered Belmont PARK SO long aeo m
permitting supplemental entries the classic Belmont Stakes
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