Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-29
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS srANN
A Real Biq Little Man

ONLY PHYSICALLY is WILLIE SHOEMAKER little
1t took big to admit he goofed the $1098OO
Californian last Saturday when Swaps beaten
by Porterhouse after seemingly clnched
1T wasn't Swaps fault" Willie admitted as he dis
mounted amid mingled boos and cheers He just gal
Looping along prcking his in the stretch eaSed
1t cost Rex Ellsworth of the horse $43 7OO
and those who backed Swaps total of $18598 There
no measuring the prestige cost the 1855 Kentucky Derby
winner 1t is he can't and there only
certain number left in all horses, especially with
bad foot
Shoemaker? 1t cost him money, too but he will win
hundreds of other races, probably time many of
the racing fans will forget his map" all EN- how
Eddie could tell Willie that some people re-
member So could Job Dean JeSsop and Joe Notter and
Eddie Ambrose, naming only few other riders.
JOE NoTTER GOES ALL the way back to the Belmont
Stakes of 1908 He riding the famed and legendary
Con that every of his Is and shooting
for his 14th in this day.
1t looked like Colin had the Belmont easily when
Notter misook the sixteenth pole for the finish line
pulled up Behind him came Fair Play Man O. Wars sire
and great horse in his right Only by the
of noses Notter able to guide Colin WIRE
Notter could have told Willie the Shoe that people
long memories, for that happened 4o years ago.
In Assaults Kentucky Derby, which was 1896 Jockey
JesSop goofed aboard Hampden fortunate that
because Assault the winner and all Jessop mistake
cost the place position Like Notter he pulled up
sixteenth of mile from the wire Spy Song past
to beat Hampden
True it only 10 years ago. but some people easily
remember Think of the magnitude Jessops goathood
AS SPLENDID RIDER as was Sonny Workman he
won only of the Triple Crown in that
the chartcaerS assist to Eddie Ambrose This
in the PreaknesS 1929 Sonny rode Harry Payne
WhitneyS Victorian to extremely close decision
broSe riding Ned McLeanS Toro also overcondent
shortened up his mounts drive
This, of course, happened close to home-Pimico So
did ArcaroS boner One thing about Eddie is that he
undeniably master, usually in victory but this time he
caught in a master skull.
The date November IL, 1949 and the race the
Pimlico Cup at two and a half miles, the longest
thoroughbred in the United States Perhaps
been too long at Belmont Park too long away from the
hamle tracks, where three journeys past the grandsand
are not unusual At rate Arcaro just didn't mudge the
finish by sixteenth of a mile, but by a full me
MASTER EDDIE WAS UP on Blue Hills and this pair
was out in front by two lengths the made past
the stands the second time, mile and half of the
behind Arcaro and Blue Hills Then to the CONSERVATION
OF the crowd Arcaro pulled up his mount.
There were only four horses in the field with only win
faced Arcaro of the Jockeys Jimmy Lynch Bayeux
yelled:
1--WE have to go around the grandstand three times
buddy"
FuriouSly Arcaro set about starting up his again.
but he not only had blown his twolengh lead but finished
second, beaten by eight Blushngy Arcaro climbed off
Hills and said: Nobody feels than l do"
Then the Master berated himself in a style more
enthusiastically ippant Il ought to go back to school
and learn to count" he qupped Maybe should have
carried three in my mouth and spit out time
I went by the stands"
1t happens TO the best and speaking of the best
Ellsworth made no enemies when he said for the record
Anybody can make mistake. Willie will be riding for
us again. What happened Saturday will have effect what
the stables relations with Shoemaker