Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-03
Two Handbags
Top Ioday's
Racing Gard
Round TubIe Meets
Iron Liege; Eight
Go in Brooklyn
BY JOHN CHANDLER
Associated Press Racing Writer

1SOu4Au 4dOACp tAlC AC4lbuChy~
bred colt from the Kerr Stables
Of Oklahoma, goes after the
$40. 000-added Sheridan Handi-
cap today at Chicago's WASH
ington Park. 1t marks the
opening drive in the Midwest.
and later the East, as the colt
seeks the 3-year-old champion
ship and possibly Horse of
the Year" honors.
Thirteen 3-year-olds were
entered for the mile of the
Sheridan and Round Table
must cope with such stars as
the Calumet Farms Kentucky
Derby winner, Iron Leige, Mrs.
Adele L. Rand's Glen, and Fred
w. Hooper's Greek Game.
The big race in the East Is
the $50,OOO-added Brooklyn
Handicap at Belmont Park,
with eight older horses battling
in the mile and three-six-
teenths feature. c. T. Chenery's
Third Brother. packing l26
pounds is the probable favorite
in the race to be televised from
4:3O to S pm. lin Washington
CHS will break into the Pick
TEN. ,le program ON Station
wTOP, Channel 9 to present
the race.
Monmouth Park features the
$25. OO0-added Choice Stakes
for 3-year-olds while on the
West Coast older horses will
meet in the $40. O00-added San
Diego Handicap at Del Mar.
Won Five Big Stakes
Round Table won five major
stakes at Hollywood Park after
finishing third behind Iron
Liege and Gallant Man in the
Kentucky Derby. His last two
were victories in the $162,l0O
Hollywood Gold Cup and the
Sll5,4O0 Westerner. The Kerr
colt is the only 3-year-old ever
to win the Gold Cup.
Glen figures to be tough at
the distance. having upset Iron
Liege in the mile of the
$l5l,500 Arlington classic last
month. Previously, Glen won
the Shevlin and Withers at
Belmont.
Bill Hartack will be aboard
Iron Liege, with Willie Shoe
maker riding Round Table and
Pete Anderson on Glen. replac-
ing the injured Conn McCreary.
Iron Liege and Round Table
carry l26 pounds. two more
than Glen. Last year Shoe
maker rode Ben A James and
upset Swoon's Son.
Eddie Arcaro is shooting for
his fourth straight Brooklyn
with Third Brother, having
won in 1886 with Invigora-
tor, High Gun and Dedicate
He also won it in 1874 with
Four Freedoms and 1947 with
Assault.
Saratoga Opens Monday
The Greentree Stables Riley
and Edward Seinfeld's Admiral
Wee. each hauling 100 pounds:
the Clearwater Stables Port
ersville with ll6. and Howell E.
Jackson's Tick Took with l18,
figure to help make it interest
ing. Belmont closes its 58-day
summer session and Saratoga
opens for "a days starting
Monday.
At Monmouth the fans will
be seeing Ogden Phipps' Blu
reaucracy. winner Of last weeks
Dwyer Handicap. in the mile
and one eighth Choice Stakes
Seven sophomores were en-
tered. including the Roslyr
Farms Inswept, 122 pounds
and the Carolyn K Stables
Pro-Brandy and A. j. Ryan's
Big Paddy. each with lib
Bureaucracy. with Sydney Cole
up. packs 1875.
The Elobee Farms Eddie
Schmidt, winner of the Golden
State Breeders Handicap, tops
the San Diego Handicap field
of IL with 1872 pounds. The
Kerr Stables Lover Boy has
12l in the mile and one Six
tenth affair.
In yesterdays feature races
Ramrod closed fast to take
Belmont Parks 6-furlong head
liner at the long odds of $40 go
for 81. Warriors Stand $500
slipped through on the rail al
the top of the stretch for
victory in Rockingham Parks
top event. Ideal View ($44.4O)
won the $4,000 Invitational
Midsummer Hurdles Handicap
at Monmouth Park.
Argentine-b bred Festir
($ll.4O nipped Hopes Hope al
the wire in Washington Parks
feature.