Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-19
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sIANN
Calumet and the Yankees

AS THE PREAKNESs HORSES paraded to the post
Saturday painter began his annual climb to the top
of the cupoa above PmlicoS old club house His job
soon the completed to paint the winners
coors the metal jockey atop the weather Needless
to say there was of DEVILS red paint handy
Devils red for Calumet. Six times in II tries
Calumet has the PreakneSs Calumet and the Yankees
Y. they belong in leagues of their Just the
Yankees threaten to make mockery of the American
League does Calumet threaten to win the first Triple
Crown since 1913 and otherwise mop up.
On the day that Tim Tam was making it stick
In the 3yearod field another pair of Calumet horses
Glitter and Pintor Lea-were making off with the two
features at Garden AS the Triple Crown
all Tim Tam has to do is win the Belmont next month
and he will join eight other all-time greats
And the last to win the Triple-Derby, Preakness
and Belmont? Why, Citation no less. Calumet horse
IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE after the Kentucky
Derby Plain Ben Jones, trainer emeritus of Calumet,
voiced it this way:
He isn't the best and he isn't the worst we've had"
Jones said speaking Of Tim Tam. Both Jones and mis-
son. Jimmy, are harsh critics of their own horses DID
Ben sense then that Tim Tam would away with the
Preakness? Had he foreseen would Jones have spoken
kindly of Tim Tam? Would he have said, Hes one
of best ?"
That was eight straight for Tim Tam last Saturday,
dating February Is in the Everglades Handicap
at Hiaeah And it reSoundng blow he struck against
the of the 3year-od hopeuls Whereas all but OF
his previous victories of the hairlne variety
a total of five lengths in all of those races-Tim Tam
literally his perpetual shadow Lincoln Road and
all the rest.
The handsome son of Tom Fool-Two Lea running
away from Lincoln Road at the finish This wasn't any
haf-lengh decision. There starting gate i'll the
inheld to frghten Lincoln Road, claimed in the
Florida Derby There about effort down the
stretch to beat the colt, Lincoln Road, as there
in the Kentucky Derby
THE OFFICIAL CHART-CALLER commented, Tim
Tam moved out to engage the leader and needed only
intermittent pressure in the late stages while increasing
his advantage"
This had to be Tim TamS best race. In this Freak
ness he really thraShed his rivals. Lincoln Road and
Jewels Reward and Gone Fishn' and Noureddin and
the humpty-dumpes not excluding Silky Sullivan After
the Flamingo, when Tim Tam actually finished second
to Jewels Reward it argued that if the Jewel hadn't
fouled he would have cear-cut decision.
After the Florida Derby there that starting gate
Lincoln Road After the Kentucky Derby detractors
insisted that the track, greasy" to the trainers
parlance was unfavorabe to such Jewels Reward,
Silky and a few others.
Tim Tam ran on the track and the distance
"a mile and quarter-as the others Tim Tam has been
bumped knocked and subjected to all kinds of tracks
fast sloppy good cuppy And he's He's had two
riders-Wie Hartack and Milo Valenzuelaand it hasn't
made any difference.
ONE OF THESE CRACK RIDERS will have to sit
out the Belmont on June BY that time Hartack. who
broke leg before the Derby, should be fit for
action But will the Jones boys take of Valenzuela, who's
won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness?
That's about as interesting angle as any right
now concerning the Belmont There's not too much point
in specializing as whether Tim Tam win it or not
He almost has conceded it, Who else is left to lick?
The way Tim Tam running in Baltimore he
could have gone mile and half-the Belmont route
with ease That may or may not have surprised some
people but it's established that Tim Tam can go
with the speed horses and he also can go distance
There had Sketptics, now only hand1n' VINO
had called Tim Tam a lucky horse.
Everything goes right for that one" it was said
Calumet needs racing the inside Calumet hnos
It. If there's break in race, it goes to Calumet
Calumet bring up the Yankees again. makes It's own
breaks So Tim Tam is lucky! He's also very good He
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