Evening star., 1957-04-01
WIN, LOSE OR
HNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
"A Running, Piece

MIAMI, Fla, APRIL THAT is a running piece of
horseesh Gen. Duke of Calumet right now you'd have
TO IKE him to win the Kentucky Derby and perhaps the
Preakness and Belmont too The Bull Lea Wistful
had to be sharp to win the Florida Derby wherein all five
OF the horses broke the Gusream Park record for mile
and furong while Gen. Duke equaled the world mark
There wel-supported theory that Calumet was
oent on doube-teamng Eddie Arcaro the favored
Ruler The Jones boys Plain and son Jimmy were to
have had Heady Eddie watching Gen. Duke while Lege
his lesser-rated stabemate have picked up the
marbles Credence was momenarily in order when Gen
Duke dropped back to nextoast after of
mile and Iron Liege moved ahead of him.
But Gen. Duke and Willie Hartack not buying this
nonsense At The top of the stretch Gen. Duke on
again and at the finish Hartacks devils red silks were
length and half ahead Bold Ruler who Just beat Iron
Liege for place by a head
THERE WERE 68 NOMINEES for the Florida Derby and
these were the suryvorsGen Duke Bold Ruler Iron Lege
Shan Pac and Federal Hill almost certainly has TO win
the Kentucky Derby next month.
OF the classic which Horace Wade staged SO specacu-
arly and WELL about the only colt you'd have eliminate
from Kentucky speculation is Clifford Lusskys Federal Hill
who may be the fastest in America for threequarters
mile This by Cosmic Bomb of Ariel Beauty is
Joy to behold until he hits the mile mark becomes
a spent sprinter
Shan Pac, owned by Detroit automobile dealer named
A. Grssom is the opposite Shan Pac rank outsider
the GuStream extravaganza has the early foot
the others but there plenty of evidence that he
He last all the way until the finish when passed
laborng Federal HILL and there telling what he might do
over longer distances such Lousve mile quarter
and, more especially, Belmonts mile -and-a-half.
But the big horses this writing l-2-3 Satur-
day, meaning Duke Ruler and Iron Lege They
are the to watch Kentucky Derby time unless
CaumeS Barbizon, last years 2yearold champion
or two others round into form in a hurry.
IN APPEARANCE GEN DUKE is not particularly striking
colorfu which brings to mind bull session with
on the of the This at buffet the Ivanhoe
Hotel and the veteran rider talking of gamor horses
Il don't know if Bold Ruler qualities not" Eddie
saying 80 far I'd say although when colt is so good
and trained well by 82-year-old Sunny Jim
Fitzsmmonsl there is something special about him.
The finest real glamor horse knew" Arcaro continued
was Whiraway He had personality Of his think
There that long tail stuck like flag when he was
running Another hing-Whrlaway always struck fans
underdog.
HE was really It's just that he invariably started
SO slowly that when he came from behind IL was we'll
like Cinderella
Il rode him, you know and Whirlaway gave me many
thrill recall his Preakness year We got off badly Entering
the back stretch looked ahead and 80 lengths back
of the leader thought We'll, we've had it, This Is only
mile and three -sixteenths'
Then asked whirly his best and he gave it. And
won"
PRACTICALLY EVERYBODY RATES Native Dancer as
glamor horse including Arcaro The Dancers popularity
due to n his coat ~ his ability like Whraways
to cme from behind and ~ teevision.
Native Dancer 1929 made millions of housewives
forget their soap operas TV
thrilled the Nation with his come-rom behind finishes II
became bmonthly ritual TO tune into Native Dancers
duels against those who would oppose him.
In Arcaros book, Nashua glamor horse "He
great but damned Inconsistent Eddie put it. "Yet
to Nashua always challenge" Like Bold Ruler he
also was trained by Mr.. Fitz
Swaps? Definitely he belongs He put California racing
back its feet Then remember he owned and trained
by two Mormons who gave ttheS to the church These
horses / remember"
Arcaros own choice any given day any distance
any kind of a track?
Citation" Eddie said Maybe he didn't have any color
but he was all horse. That counts too"