Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-16
Bold Ruler
Runs Third
In Belmont
By CHARLES M. EGAN
Sports Editor Of The Star

NEW 4OrtA, june ia goLs
liant, little Irish-bred colt named
Gallant Man won the seth Bel.
mont Stakes this sweltering aft.
in a fashion that should
forever silence those skeptics
who doubted that he would have
won the Kentucky Derby had not
Jockey Willie Shoemaker mis-
judged the finish line.
Gallant Man not only won the
$l13,350 Belmont by an ever
margin of eight lengths,
but he also shattered the track
record by a full second in set
ting a new American mark Of
2:2635 for the classic mile and
a half. He carried the classic
weight Of 126 pounds, too.
The old American record of
2:273s was set at this same track
by the 5-year-old Bolingbroke in
September, 1912. BY contrast.
Bolingbroke was carrying only
lis pounds.
1t was the second 100000 VIC
tory for Shoemaker since that
unhappy afternoon at Churchill
Downs six weeks ago when Willie
stood up in the irons 70 yards
above the finish line.
Mistake Cost Towe
That mistake cost Ralph Lowe,
Texas Gilman, all the prestige
and money that goes with a Ken
lucky Derby triumph, for his
Gallant Man was a nose behind
Calumet's Iron Liege at the fin
ish. Shoemaker won the 100000
Californian on Social Climber o
couple of weeks later. and there
has been no indication since that
he has been brooding over his
costly error.
Bold Ruler, hero Of the Freak
ness, was the hero for a short
while this afternoon. Most Of
the crowd of 5000 fans who
braved the 90-degree heat and
the intense humidity to come to
Belmont Park liked his chances
as the field of six 3-year-olds
dashed up the backstretch. Eddie
Arcaro let the Wheatley Stable
ace run freely. just as he had
done at Pimlico. and at one time
approaching the far turn Bold
Ruler was all Of eight lengths
in front.
But at the far turn, Shoe
maker turned loose the UNDER
sized Irish-bred, the first from
the Emerald Isle ever to win the
Belmont. and Gallant Man
closed the gap so quickly that
he was on even terms with the
tired Bold Ruler before they
Strengthened out for the run
down the homestretch.
Bold Ruler Tired
Bold Ruler. In fact. tired so
badly that he and Arcaro, trying
for his seventh Belmont Stakes
victory. were unable to stave OF
the D&M Stables Inside Tract,
who got his first taste Of rich
living when he was a fast-closing
third at SO to in the Preakness.
Inside Tract was only Is to /
today as he finished four lengths
ahead of Bold Ruler, who went
of the favorite at II to 20.
Strange as it may seem, Gal
liant Man. the close second choice
of the perspiring throng. was
Iodds-on. too, as his starting
price was 10 to 20A Much Of this
support, of course. was due to
his publicized Derby effort. but
a lot Of it also was based on the
little colts impressive victory in
the Peter Pan Handicap here
two weeks ago.
Bold Nero Eased Up
Back of the first three finish
ers came Greentree Stables Pop
Corn. nine lengths behind Bold
Ruler. but five in front Of the
Cain Hoy Stables French-bred
Lucky Dip. winner Of the Kent
and Leonard Richards Stakes on
the two preceding afternoons at
Delaware Park. The only other
starter, Bold Nero. was eased up
by Johnny Choquette and came
in dead last after forcing the
pace for his victorious stable
mate, Gallant Man. Until today
Bold Nero's chief claim to es.
TEEN was that he is a full broth
er Of Tulyar, the great Irish
horse of a few years ago.
Lowe, who proved himself q
real sportsman when he refused
to blame Shoemaker for the
Derby debacle, won some more
friends after today's race. Be-
cause in addition to the 10 per
cent Of the $77.3o0 net purse that
goes to the winning Jockey and
trainer Johnny Nerud, it was
learned that little Choquette.
the French-C Canadian youngster
who used to ride Gallant Man
also was cut In for S per cent.
Croquette, who kept Bold Nero
pretty close to Bold Ruler until
the Wheatley star pulled away
after a half mile, was to have