Evening star., 1959-11-10
LAUREL.
Continued FrOm PaKe C.

but yesterday, when it failed
70 function properly for work.
outs, it was decided to use the
manually held elastic type
which is stretched across the
track.
Device Proved Satisfactory
This device, used by Blind for
jumping races at Monmouth
Park, has proved quite salts
factory for getting horses away
from a walkup start. The elastic
tape is stretched across the
track, suspended from steel bars
and held by the starting crew
on either side. The crew carries
the apparatus forward in front
of the field and at the starters
signal the tape is released,
sending it flying across the
track, and the horses take of.
One or the other of the two
French horses, Midnight Sun
and Mi Carina, the latter to be
ridden by Eddie Arcaro, is ex-
pected to be second choice in
the betting.
Midnight Sun, a 3-year-old
colt that gets in with 1872
pounds under the weight-for-
age conditions, Is owned by
Francois Dupre and will be
ridden by Jacques Fabre of
Paris. Mi Carina. a close
fourth in the Prix de La Arc
de Triomphe, and now owned
by the Greentree Stable, will
be the low weight of the field
at 119, with Mexico,s Lea-B.,
the pair being 3-year-old fillies.
AggressOr EngIand's Hope
Aggressor, a 4-year-old colt,
is looking for rain and a soft
course. Jockey Jimmy Lindley,
24-year-old rider from Eng
land, will be aboard the colt.
Somewhat of a mystery horse
in the field is Venezuela's PEN
silVania, who arrived at Laurel
early Saturday after a flight
from South America. Fans are
certain to recall FL Chama's
upset in 1855 for the only
Venezuelan victory in the In
terhational, and make the
4-year-old filly a shorter price
than figured. However, she did
win the Simon Bolivar Stakes
at Caracas recently.
Vogel, now owned by Roy E.
Faircloth of Tennessee, will
carry Australia's colors and is
q longshot. together with New
Zealand's Up and Coming
owned by Noel Simpson. Also
rated a bank outsider is Peru's
Lightning, who will be ridden
by Howard Grant. Howard
claimed the foul last fall that
won the classic for Sailor;
Guide.
J, Russian Rides Today
Nikolai Nasibov, the Russian
Jockey who will ride Garnir
will see action in today''
seventh race aboard My Red
bird.
A Soviet official said las
night that the Internationa
could help produce better un'
derstanding between the peo
Piles of his Nation and tn
United States. @
Mikhil Smirnovsky, charg
d'affaires of the Russian EN-
bassy, said that through "thi
race and various other occa
sions our peoples have a goo
opportunity to know eacl
other better"
Smirnovsky was a speaker a
a dinner given at the Woodne
by Laurel officials.
DR.. Arturo Milne, manager Q
the. Hippidrome in Mexico City
also congratulated Laure
officials for mot only doin
what is good for racing, bu
for the peoples Of the world.
Other Speakers
Other speakers included D
Marcus Falcon-Bricano, am
bassador from Venezuela; r. {
Maley, press asstache Of til
Australian Embassy; Col. U.
U. Sloan of the British En-
bassy; Col. B. Denadilla
French delegate to the Mort
Atlantic Treaty Organization
Juan B. Gallardo, minist'
penipotentiary for Mexico;
D. Lloyd White, charge d'a
faires from New Zealand, ar
DR.. Francisco R. Below, mil
lister plenipotentuary from A
gentina.
The dinner is held annual
for diplomats, horSemen al
newsmen from countries re
resented in the race.