Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-21
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All Those Crazy, Mixed-Up Horses

1T DOESN'T SEEM like only February that Chris
CheneyS colt First Landing rated by many competent
judges of horseesh the biggest to win the Triple
Crown since Citation.
That the morning of the Famingo Stakes at
Haeah. On that hot, muggy afternoon First Landing
got his brains beat out by Troius and Open View and
eighth in the field of 10 Manasa Mauer who won this
past Saturdays Wood Memorial
well, Manassa Mauler didn't belong in this company"
practically everybody said "and Troius has proved
that First Landing was overrated Trous is the solid
horse for the Kentucky Derby and maybe hear
of Silver Spoon"
Then in the Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park just
up the road from Hiaeah Trous last and Easy Spur
the winner moved into Triple Crown avoritiSm AS War
rem Brown put it, IF they keep Silver Spoon the barn and
don't race the fly until the Derby she ought to go off
1-to-20"
Well Sonny Whitneys gal horse isn't any 1-to-2o
although she's been kept pretty much in the barn She's
6to1 in the latest future book along with Easy Spur
and Calumets onandOn behind First Landing at 4to-1
and Tony Lee at 5-to-1.
AS FOR MANASSAS MAULER, the platter named after
Jack Dempsey, he isn't in the Derby, as you know He
won what in normal year would have been whopping
victory in the Wood last Saturday beating First Landing
But in this crazy year the 3yearoldS are knocking off
each other like mad.
For example, Jimmy Jones of Calumet sadded up
on-and-on on Flamngo Day But not for the big
JONES' memory serves, put On-and-On in the second
and Calumets colt half brother of Tim Tam backed
to prohibtive favortsm, didn't win that one He
finished second behind BIN Bout, who paid $2140.
The al-knowng dismissed Calumet Derby threat
particularly after TroluS apparently good win in the
Flamingo. Those who had been burned in the past by
Calumet didn't quite far One observer in fact
up his ticket On-and-On and said
well, Calumet is giving us the old run-around. BY
the time the Derby rolls around, Jimmy Jones will have
On And On ready Ponder in 40 and steal it ALL
1T DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE at the time but it does
now For all of his press clippings 2year-old First
Landing hasn't accomplished a great deal in his third
year Troilus either neptly trained is not Derby
distance horse. both The weked Intentionally has
been declared out of the Derby so has Rare Rice
coming off pretty good win in Laures Chesapeake Stakes
last Saturday
Tony Lee won at Keeneland in Kentucky last Friday
in 7furong race, test called the Stepping Stone Purse
There some soace to Tony Lee beorS that ege
and Tim Tam this the last two years and
both won the Derby But Tony Lee is of those Cali
fornia wonders Of which fasteners leery The fly
Silver Spoon beating Royal Orbit and Fnnigan on the
coast and apparently her stable hasn't decided yet whether
Silver Spoon to in the Kentucky Oaks or in the Derby
The Oaks is the big Kentucky for fes 1t is rich
enough and sufficiently valuable for breeding purposes
cause the owner of good fy to aim for it. ahead
the Derby and at press time Whitney giving pause He's
got Silver Spoon listed for the Oaks Prep on Saturday
week before the Derby and apparently he doesn't plan
to make decision until then to which big one-the
Oaks or the Derby-hen shoot for.
THE SCRATCHING OF RARE RICE came as a mild sur
prise but so would the declaring of any eligible 3yearod
in this wild winter and spring All of sudden there seems
to be so many coltS-and one flly-that could win the
Derby on May 2.
When the rank outsider ManaSSa Mauer won the Wood
Memorial there was running colt not far back. All that
Our Dad needed was racing that he didn't get
according to the chart caller Don Fair who called the
chart Succinctly and perhaps significantly dictated the
footnote: May have been the best"
Our Dad. chestnut Of Palestinian hasn't been
exactly household name like Native Dancer used to be-
but he's goodlooking colt trained by Hirsch Jacobs
very good man. In fact Our Dad named by Hirschs
daughter Patrce, who may have felt that her pop with
little grooming, might have passed for handsome horse
Our Dad was doing pretty well at the finish. Eye
witnesses that he might have caught ManaSSa Mauer
with more room. The big difference it would from
the records Of all the Syearod candidates. is that
body had the foresight to Our Dad to all of the
Triple Crowns events whereas ManaSSa Mauler wasn't
It's too bad. TIN be cavalry charge down Churchill
DOWNS on Derby one more probably couldn't hurt