Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-18
Nashua Faces Weight Tes1
In Bid to Hit Million Mark
Field of Nine
Due to Sturt in
Widener Today

SuO ~ Se0h |"
Widener Today
MIAMI. Fla. Feb. 10 HE-
|Racing's most dramatic moment
Iof the winter arrives today.@.at
l5:15 pm. EST) when Nashua
and eight other thoroughbreds
charge around Hialeah f6ce
course in the mile and a quarker
IWidener Handicap for $100Io0
added money. =
Nashua, who has captured The
fancy of millions throughout the
country with his record ofs@16
wins in 20 starts and never nut
lof the money to earn $945, 415in
two years. is the 1-to-2 fayoYate
and may be even less at post
time. -
(The race will be televised
by WRC-TV, Channel 4, aiM
broadcast by WRC, beginning
at S p.m.)
The big bay colt with a dish
of white on his forehead @ll
carry l27 pounds, most oE-it
Jockey Eddie Arcaro, Americas
millionaire rider and premier
stakes winner, who few from
California to ride Nashua in This
+ first appearance as a 4-year-rtd.
Two Entries in Field
Disputing the issue with the
Ifayorite-altnough some train
ers frankly admit they haven't
the horse to beat him-will.-be
Alfred G. Vanderbilt's entry@of
Find and Social Outcast, Hasty
House Farms Sea o Erin and
Prince Moor, Brookme6de
Stables Sailor. Ell Rio Stud's.El
Chama, Mrs. Ethel D. JACOBS
Man Of Destiny and the surprise
entry, Spring Hill Farms
Jamie K.
A forecast of partly cloudy
weather with 75-degree tenn
perature and a fast track may
bring out a record Widener day
crowd of close to $4,000. Last
year 30.472 saw the race and
Eugene Mori, president of Hi
aleah. said earlier that every
time Nashua runs it meanssan
extra 1000 at the gate.
Nashua is no stranger to Flori-
da racegoers. Last year he won
the Flamingo Stakes before Hi
aleah's biggest crowd-37 .282-
then went on to take the Florida
Derby at Gulfstream before
heading north to win seven
other big races, including the
match with Swaps.
Shoots for Million Mark
Nashua won $752,550 in IL
starts last year and $l92.865 as
a 2-year-old. Victory in the
Widener would make him the
second horse in racing history
to earn more than million dol
lars on the track Calumet
Farms Citation, retired with a
bankroll of $l,085, 760.
If all nine start, the race
will gross S129.800, with $92,600
net to the winner.
| Several of Nashua's RIVALS
have creditable records. Social
Outcast Travelled $4,000 miles.
raced on IS tracks and won
seven stakes last year. His
running mate, Find, is speed
horse and may be used in an
effort to wear Nashua early.
Nashua will be there all the
way-never too far behind" one
of his handlers said today.
Hard to Hold Him Back
Its hard to rate Nashua
to take him back" said Jimmy
Fitzsimmons, son of Trainer
Sunny Jim FitzsimmonS. He
fights the jockey who tries that"
Fitzsimmons named Social
( Outcast as the probable main
challenger to Nashua, butt he
added: I'VE have to be afraid
of them all. We've got the weight
on US"
Nashua's 127 pounds is top
weight. with Social Outcast
carrying l21 and the scale drops
down to the los on Man Of
Destiny and Jamie K. ~
! Sea o Erin scored six handicap
victories in 1855 and Prince Moor
won the Everglades on this same
track last winter. Sailors record
includes four stakes, three of
them against Older horses. and
Ell Chama came north to win the
Washington. D. c., international
at Laurel. ="
! Jamie X. Surprise in Field
! Jamie K. caused raised eye
brows when his name went up.
The James D. Norris horse was
known as Native Dancers shad-
ow as a 3-year-old. losing neck
decisions to the Gray Ghost in
the Preakness and Belmont
Stakes. =:
Nashua's name was the first
to go into the entry box. 1t
will be the bay colts first appear
ance in the burnt orange and
blue colors of Leslie Combs II.
head of a syndicate that paid
81, 251 200 for the son of Nasrul-
lab last fall.
Besides being broadcast and
televised nationally by NBC, the
race will be broadcast over two
South American networks.