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Rally Beats Orioles Ga;
Bold Ruler Wins inWood by Nose
GuIIont Mun !
Pushes Victor
To Record

NEW YORK. April 20 tR.--
Bold Ruler answered all the
questions today when he out
fought Gallant Man in a spine-
tingling stretch duel TO win the
$59,400 Wood Memorial at Ja-
mica in track record time be-
fore a screaming crowd of 42,122.
In a horse race as sensational
as the 1855 Wood when Nashua
edged out Summer Tan right at
the wire. Eddie Arcaro whipped
and slashed at Bold Rulers hide
and the speedy Wheatley Stable
colt came from behind with a
desperate lunge in the final
stride to win by the barest nose
margin.
The victory handsomely quail
fed Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps'
colt for the Kentucky Derby
May 4.
This was strictly q two-horse
race after Gallant Man, owned
by Ralph Lowe of Texas, roared
around the final bend with a
rush on the outside to catch the
pace-setting Bold Ruler near the
head of the stretch. But Jockey
John Choquette and Gallant
Man, couldn't hold of Arcaro
a. Co. in the final tense seconds
OF as exciting a horse race as
ever was run.
It was six lengths back to the
third horse. Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs
Promised Land.
Track Was Damp
The crowd. jumping with ex-
element. gasped when the lights
on the tote board showed that
Bold Ruler had stepped the mile
and an eighth in 1:48+s on a
track called fast. but still damp
from Fridays rains. Bryan @.
held the old track mark, l:49h.
set October q. 1851. The Wood
record was 1850 fiat, made in
1854 by Correlation.
Seven 3-year-olds started in
this 33d running of the Wood
which has produced six Kentucky
Derby winners. However, only
Bold Ruler and Gallant Man, the
latter an Irish-bred. rate a trip
to Louisville of this race.
This was the eighth Wood vic
tory for Arcaro and Trainer
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons.
The crowd backed Bold Ruler
down to / to 2 and he paid $500
$3.50 and $3.50. Gallant Man,
who was the fourth choice at
8 to !, returned $500 and $3.50.
Promised Land was $3.50 to
show.
Bold Ruler earned $40. 800 and
boosted his lifetime earnings to
s322.675.
Another Speed Demonstration
This was another demonstra-
tion of Bold Rulers great speed.
The dark bay son of Nasrullah-
Miss Disco equaled the Hialeah
track record for seven-eighths
of a mile in the Bahamas in
January and broke that tracks
record for a mile and one eighth
in the Flamingo in March.
when he beat Gen. Duke. Four
weeks later. in his last start
the Florida Derby at Gulfstream
Gen. Duke defeated Bold Ruler
and equaled the world record
for mile and one-eighth.
All five horses in that race bet
tered the Gulfstream track
mark.
The big crowd, along with the
Nation wide television audience.
saw Bold Ruler take the lead at
once as they started in front of
the stands. Gallant Man moved
into the second spot and Joe
Browns Tenacious tagged along
in third. Bold Ruler opened up
four lengths going into the back
stretch. about three-quarters of
a mile from the wire.
Then John Appelbaum's 1--WE,
winner Of the Gotham last week,
moved up to challenge Bold
Ruler along with Promised Land.
They went into the final turn
as Gallant Man suddenly rushed
up on the outside to circle the
other three and take the lead.
That set the stage for the pull
sating stretch battle.
Appeared Beaten
Bold Ruler was on the rail
with Gallant Man beside him.
With an eighth Of a mile to go,
1t looked like Bold Ruler was a
beaten horse as Gallant Man
led by a head.
Then Arcaro showed why he
Is called the master. Unable to
whip righthanded because he
would have struck Gallant Man,
the veteran switched the whip
to his left hand and for an
eighth OF a mile he peppered
Bold Rulers flank and turned
See WOOD. Page c.