Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
Hibiscus Should Give
Line on 3-Year-OIds
All of Is in Field
Candidates for
Major Purses

MIAMI. Fla. Jan. IS R.-A
star-studded field of Is which
horses expected to COM
|mand respect at all the major
purses for three-year- olds goes
today in Hialeah Parks $4,000
added Hibiscus Stakes, a six
furlong sprint.
Heading the list of stars are
Federal Hill, King Harlan, Mis-
sic and Round Table. All we're
assigned 122 pounds. Gallant
Man, an improving campaigner
and another top contender, is
assigned lit pounds.
Eight in the field are NOM
mated for Hialeah's 100000
added Flamingo, scheduled for
March 2. But the absence Of
Barbizon and Bold Ruler pre-
vents the Hibiscus from being
IA complete Flamingo preview.
Most are making their first
starts of the 1857 season. All
are hopefuls for the Kentucky
Derby and the other purses OF
the triple crown, the Belmont
and Preakness.
King Harlan Trained Well
King Hairan. owned by Leo
Edwards and Harry Massey, is
Ia Florida bred who won eight
stakes and purses totaling $751;
SIS in his first year of racing.
He has trained well for the Hi
discus.
Federal Hill, owned by Cliff
ford LusSky, won 7 of 13 starts
last year, including 3 stakes, and
his winnings totaled $155, POP.
John A. Morris Missile won
four stakes and $147,344 last
year.
Ralph loves Gallant Man,
winner of his last three races, is
expected to be among the fa-
vorites. He is coupled with Gray
Man, low weighted with 107.
The rest of the field is made
UP of P. g. w. Stables Lucky
George, 119; Stanley Sagner's
Says Gem, 119: c. B. Carriers
Burma Charm, 119; William G.
Helis, jr.'s Pearl Prince. ia;
Revere Knoll Farms Jet Colonel.
ia, and Maine Chance Farms
entry of Jet Elk and Legal Crisis,
ITO each.
TV Plans Killed
If all go the race will gross
$26,325 and net the winner Sl8,-
900.
A labor dispute forced NBC to
cancel plans to televise the race
nationally. Track electricians
threatened to strike because the
networks local outlet, WCKT,
has no union contract.
A chilled crowd of 1863 saw
the 1857 debut of William G.
Helis, jr.'s Light n Lovely spoiled
when the slight favorite in the
field of II three-year-old fillies
was upset by Mrs. Ada L. Rice's
lightly campaigned Pamper Me
"a 26-to-1 outsider
Pamper Me, who had raced
only three times last year. drove
to a sensational neck victory
over Light n Lovely in the 18th
running of the $28,l25 Jasmine
Stakes and paid her hackers
i$54.20, $27.90 and $1,000.
Jockey Robert j. Martin, was
last leaving the gate with Pamper
Me and ran into trouble twice
in the first three furlongs. But
Pamper Me found racing room
when taken outside and COM
pleted the six furlongs in l:l045.
the narrow margin earning her
a purse of $4,000.
Hartack Hot Again
Light n Lovely paid $50 and
$3.50 in saving second place, a
neck ahead of Bill Beasley
Stables Pink Velvet. which ran
coupled with Petite Terry.
ogden Phipps' So Chic a 30-to-l
shot was fourth. Pink Velvet
paid $500 for show.
Jockey Willie Hartack seemed
well out of his Tropical Park
slump as he presented his adj
Imirers with two longshot win
ners. He won the second race
aboard Sweet Peaches, paying
S17.20, $3.50 and $40. and COM
pleting an $1,000 daily double.
The double was started by Mr..
Hash, a $500 winner of the first
race.
Hartack's next winner was
even sweeter than Sweet
Peaches. He came back in the
fifth to pilot Sand Shark to a
nose victory, returning his
hackers $24.3O, $3.50 and $500.
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