Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-29
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A STRANGER in the Eost

NOT ROADS WILL LEAD TO PnlaQelpnla anu
the 58th ArmyNavy football game tomorrow. colt
from the Midwest named Swoons Son will pull the curious
to the Pilico Special in Baltimore though the field
will be coy fourSome.
Swoons Son never has run in the East. He sticks
close the Chicago tracks wintering in Ken
lucky Even Mdwesterners admit that such provncaism
may cost Mr. Gay brakes steed consideration for
Horse of the Year" award
In the Chicago area a 2-year-old is considered
very very good if he wins the Arlington Park and Wash
ington Park FuturheS richest in the Midwest. If,
perchance, the colt should go at the age of 8
and win either the Arlington Classic or the American
Derby he is rated something special swoons Son is the
only colt to have won all four.
STILL the exploits for the most part unwitneSSed
by the writers of New York, Baltimore, Washington
Philadelphia. Miami and Los Angeles They voted Needles
the Swear of 1856 and Bold Ruler Horse of the
Year" for 1857.
DRAKE, A USED-CAR DEALER who believes in the
horse-especaly that has $766 905-waS being
snobbish when he skipped the Triple Crown events Of
1885, His trainer, A. G. LEX Wilson, lives in Chicago
and prefers to winter In Canada As the story Trainer
Wilson trie late returning from the Dominion and
missed getting Swoons Son ready for the 1856 Kentucky
Derby
1t is said by that Mr.. Drake reasoned that
nothing to be proved by running in the Preakness
Belmont after having bypassed the Derby So the
colt raced in Chicago BY others commended that
Swoons Sons pedigree inspired Drake and Wilson to keen
the colt out of the early mile andaquarter Kentucky
test ana the even longer Belmont SWOOnS sons DADDY
The Doge noted for his speed rather than stamina
Needles, who won the Derby second in the Freak
ness and won the Belmont, made mistake last year.
The mountain moved to Mohammed and Needles was
shipped to Chicago for showdown with Swoons Son in
the American Derby.
Although this raced the grass, and Swoon's
Son is not ranking member of the chlorophyl clique,
brakes colt Needles into the ground This the
last seen of Needles during the 1856 season.
SWOONS SONS CREDENTIALS are excellent He
lost the three times this year but he
major stakes carrying 1913 to 1872 pounds and set two
track records In his losing racestwce when he had
an undiscovered cracked hee-he gave winners any
where from to 20 pounds.
All of which does not the logical question,
Where Swoon'S Son earlier in the month when
Bold Ruler, Gallant Man and Round Table were as
sembed for the Trenton Handicap" The Drake colt
absent for this one too. Bold Ruler selected
Horse of the Year in the poll largely the strength
Of his victory at Trenton.
Tomorrows Special is for $4,000, of which $4,000
to the winner and SwoonS Son beats out Promised
Land Third Brother and Tick Took he will go ahead
of one of MaryandS favorite sons, Native Dancer as
the sixth biggest money winner in racing history
IF he stays sound" Drake says, I'VE going to
make him the biggest money winner of all time Sound
is in favor. The colt had that cracked heel
I'll admit, but that injury not illness This
colt trains WELL runs freely and will give you his speed
whenever the jockey asks for it,"
WHETHER THE SON Of The Doge is good enough to
top Nashua and few others in earnings questionable
because he'll have to in handicaps under high weight
Nashua hsorys biggest winner dragged down 81 65
Then comes Citation with 81 1870 followed by Stymie
Swaps, Armed and Native Dancer.
Citation not sound horse when he hit the
81 million mark in 1851 He had reached his peak when he
the Triple Crown in l948 but three years later his
front legs aching and Citation passed his prime
Nashua something else He was one of the
soundes horses ever to Except for couple of belly
aches he missed day of training from the
time, he was 2-year-old until the day he retired in
l956by setting American speed record in the Jockey
Club Gold Cup in New York
At this writing, Swoons Son to be very sound
and Mr. Drake is confident of passing the 100000
Native Dancer This mpresses Charlie Johnson Pmlcos
drum beater
"You might slip something in the kids pablum to
stunt his growth Johnson suggests. Dave Erb, the
jockey collected 10 per of that S766905 and Dave
'einh' too there's more where 1h'' came FROM