Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-09
Round 7 able 7 to 5
To Capture Crown
Trenton Field
Cut to Three
For Match Race

A 3-year-old thoroughbred king
should be crowned before
nightfall. Round Table, CAL
liant Man and Bold Ruler. chief
pretenders to the throne, fight
1t out in q three-horse match
race today in the $4,000 added
Trenton Handicap at Garden
State Park.
Post time for the mile-and-a-
quarter race, unprecedented in
the memory Of racing experts
and unparalleled since the 1855
Nashua Swaps meeting at
Washington Park, is approx
mately 4:l0 pm.
The Weather Bureau has pre-
dicted showers this morning
with clearing and cool for most
Of the afternoon. Track condi-
tons are expected to be good"
There will be no television. but
the race will be broadcast
(NBC). In Washington Sta
ton WRC will carry the race
on its Monitor programD
2 Horses Withdraw
This head-on meeting of the
years top candidates for the
3-year-old title and possibly
horse of the year honors, was
made possible when two other
entries in the race were with
drawn. Samuel Tufano had
entered his 5-year-old Wise
Margin. and King Ranch named
Beam Rider. a 4-year-old.
But late yesterday, both Tuf-
ano and Max Hirsch. trainer Of
Beam Rider. withdrew their
horses ''in order to make the
Trenton q true test for the s.
year-old championship" among
Round Table, Gallant Man and
Bold Ruler.
With a three horse field, the
gross purse of the Trenton will
be $82.35O. with $52,162 to the
winner. In this day and age Of
giant race purses. the money
involved is almost paltry con-
sidering the field and the pres
tige at stake. Several tracks Of
fered 100000 winner take all
for a match race between CAL
liant Man and Round Table
alone.
President Gene Mort of Gar
den State grabs both these
horses and Bold Ruler for little
more than half the winner
take-all offer. 1t can be said
that Garden State obtained the
race of the year for peanuts"
Bold Ruler No. l
AS result of the scratches,
Bold Ruler moves from No. 2
post position to the inside No. 1
spot. Round Table, originally
No. 3, now is in the No. 2 post.
while Gallant Man moves from
the outside 5 post in the orig
inal field to No. 8. Actually.
the post position means little
with such a small field and
over a route.
The track Handicapped has
made Round Table the 7-to-5
favorite despite the fact the
Kerr Stables horse has met
and been defeated twice by
Gallant Man. Bill Harmatz.
Wilker-Barre. Pa, Jockey, will
ride Round Table who has won
IA of 20 starts this year and
earned $574.650. The Kerr en-
try has won his last IL races
in a row. Along with Gallant
Man he's being asked to carry
l24 pounds to 122 for Bold
Ruler.
Gallant Man, second in the
Kentucky Derby-Round Table
was third-and winner of the
Belmont among seven stakes
victories. has earned $3.50, ISIS
Of his total $287, $50 this year
with eight wins in Is starts.
Willie Shoemaker. who had a
choice of riding Gallant Man
or Round Table, will handle
the former. Shoemaker. whose
blunder in pulling up on GAL
liant Man 10 yards from the
finish may have cost owner
Ralph Lowe the Kentucky
Derby. said he lowed 1t to
Mr.. Lowe" to try and win the
three-year-old title for him.
Arcaro on Bold Ruler
Wheatley Stables Bold Ruler,
to be ridden by Eddie Arcaro,
has won 10 of is races in 1857.
earning $36O.423. Trained by
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Bold
Ruler is the speed in this race.
He's almost certain to set the
pace. The trainers Of Gallant
Man and Round Table, Johnny
Nerud and Willie Molter, have
expressed fear that Bold Ruler.
winner of the Preakness Stakes.
may run of and steal" the
race.
Nerud says he believes Bold
Ruler has been "undersold"
for this race and that If he
ever gets a five or six length
lead. it will be all over. CAL
liant Man and Round Table
have shown a preference for
stretch running finishes. con-
tent to travel with the pack
most of the way.
Here's how the three horses
shape UP in previous compete
ton against each other:
Round Table VS.. Gallant Man
Gallant Man has won 2 for 2.
Round Table VS.. Bold Ruler
Round Table has won l
for !.
Bold Ruler VS.. Gallant Man
Gallant Man has won 3 for 5.
Features Big Day
The clash of the trio OF g.
year-old stars at Garden State
overshadows the remainder Of
the national card even though
I aiirpl'c card plittnrs with the