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front Of the stands and, break
ing from the outside post,
Shoemaker lost no time in
getting Round Table on his
way. But Golden One, who
was backed down to less than
IS to ] after three straight
wins here. headed the Cali
fornia invader briefly In the
run to the first turn. There
Shoemaker took over the lead,
never to lose it.
Going up the back stretch,
Round Table opened up a lead
Of several lengths, with Golden
One second and Hartack NOV
ing up on Iron Liege. BY the
time they neared the far turn,
it was evident that this was
just a two-horse race as Golden
One was about to give up and
no others we're close enough to
be menacing.
For Just q brief moment in
the run around the final bend,
1t appeared that Iron Liege and
Hartack might make it. but
Shoemaker let out a notch and
Round Table was three or four
lengths in front all the rest Of
the way. Had he been pushed,
it is likely that the Kerr horse
would have eclipsed Swaps
record.
Colt Real Bargain
At any rate. it was quite an
achievement for a colt sold by
his breeder, the Claiborne Farm
in Kentucky. at the start Of
the year. Kerr is said to have
paid $4,000 for the son Of
Princequillo, but it was a real
bargain even at that money.
As a 2-year-old, Round Ia
BILE won five Of his 10 starts and
earned $73,326. He ran well in
California last winter and was
shipped to Kentucky for the
Derby over the objections If
Trainer Molter, who didn't
think he was that good.
But Round Table broke a
track record in winning the
Blue Grass Stakes at Keene-
land and then finished a good
third behind Iron Liege and
Gallant Man in the Derby at
Churchill Downs. Since then
he has been sensational, win
ming the Cinema, FL Dorado,
Will Rogers, Westerner and
Hollywood Gold Cup at Holly
wood Park before shopping
here. In the Gold Cup, he ran
away from such good older
horses as Find and Porterhouse
in becoming the first 3-year-
old to win the event.
Second Grass Race
Today's grass race was the
second for Round Table and
the first for Iron Liege. Round
Table won at a mile and one
sixteenth on the turf in q prep
race last week.
Shoemaker, who has been
falling well behind Hartack in
their duel for the national rid
ing championship. was almost
garrulous in discussing Round
Tables triumph.
HE was full Of run, so / let
him run his own race" Shoe
said. II steadied him once we
got the lead and kept him UNI
der a hold until halfway around
the far turn. Round Table made
his own move when he heard
Iron Liege coming after him
and / let him go. This race
was as good as any he's run all
year."
Needed Win to Equal Mark
Hartack, who had ridden
three winners earlier on the
days program to run his 1857
total to 273, needed only a
Derby triumph to make it 81
winners at this meeting. That
would equal the record set here
a year ago by Shoemaker. Shoe
also won the ninth race today
to run his total here to AZ. He
has 237 for the year.
Hartack made no excuses
whatever for Iron Liege's fall
ure. I'VE were clear all the way
and were close to Round Table,
but just couldn't catch him"
was the way the youngster
from Johnstown. Pa. put it.
Iron Liege Start Uncertain
Jimmy Jones. the Calumet
trainer. kept Washington Park
officials on the hook about
whether Iron Leige would start
in the Derby until one hour and
20 minutes before the scheduled
post time.
Until 4 pm. it wasn't known
definitely whether the Ken
lucky Derby. victor would run
today or be withdrawn to 60
against Swoon's Son and other
older horses in Mondays
$l00. 000-a dded Washington
Park Handicap.
For one thing. Jones had
been squeamish about running
his 3-year-old star on the
grass. although in the past
Calumet had won turf stakes
with Mark-Ye-Well and Dukes
Lea. Then. too. Jones had been
hoping for a soft track against
Round Table since Iron Leige
is at his best under such con-
ditions.
Another factor in Calumet's
indecision was the condition Of
Swoon's Son. the topweight in
the Labor Day race, which
Washington Park folks modest
ly refer to as the miracle
mile" Swoon's Son has been
assigned $50 pounds for the
Monday event. spotting Iron
Leige nine and Calumet's Fa-
bus IL.