Evening star., 1959-12-31
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Polynesion, a Memorable Horse

THE STORY OUT of Lexington, KY, mentioned high
up that Polynesan who died at Ira Drymon's Gaaher
Farm, had sired Native Dancer. Which, of course was
quite proper. How many sires of or beasts have
produced such money winner such TV star as The
Dancer?
But played down was the fact that PoyneSian, who
won the WtherS and the PreakneSS among Others was
pretty classy horse himself on the race tracks although
there is evidence that he deested them He times
and only on II occasions did he fail to get part
of the purse.
Poynesians obituary, in fact, calls up the legendary
quip which Alfred G. Vanderbilt aimed at Walter Haight
who is respected in the field of ce-wrtng as he
round WittciSms have flown freely from the Washington
Posts racing writer for years fact Walter busy
banging his typewriter that left Sartorial field
pretty much to Adoph Menjou and Cary Grant.
Came the day when Walter, bursting with pride
introduced his Strapping Ray ow one of the best
of all race-callers) Ally Ray was Marine starched
and spotess in his uniform, and Pappa Haght no
more prepared then he is to rival the I'VE Want
You poster effect.
Alfred took admring look at the young warrior
then eyed Walter with mock stoniness.
Walter" he declared, you outbred yourself"
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POLYNESIAN MAY HAVE outbred himself too but
he large and coorful figure in his right Native
Dancer magnificent In lesser degree Barbizon
and Aanesan and Tahtian King Pink Velvet and others
The late Joe Palmer outstanding in his field
that filling Polynesans stud) book about as difficult
finding date for Miss Universe"
If PoyneSian wasn't the greatest four-legged thing
that ever stepped on track, he of the most
memorable. So his trainer in the haycon days,
Mr. Morris Dixon who had been an amateur rider and
primarily steepechase tranes. Despite the fact that
PolyneSian could hold his the fat Mr.. Dixon
taught him to jump Sometimes the horse would forget
the requirement OF the day and jump when he wasn't
supposed to- thereby shedding his rider to the dsmay of
hackers.
An odd thing happened to Polynesian-and here again
Is an Indebtedness to Palmer who wrote the bewitching
book, This Was Racing" the spring of the horses
2-year-old SeaSon-before he'd race-Poly
neSian returned from workout not very fit specimen
"IT WAS AT FIRST diagnosed as azoturia a species
Of fatigue poisoning which cording the
in the lons and back Palmer reported presumably
less the But it something worse; the
colts headquarters nearly paralyzed He almost had
to be carried onto to be taken down to the Dixon
farm"
Mr.. Dixon said HE wouldn't move if he could help it
We had to haul him out of the stall in the morning And
when got him in the paddock he'd just stand there
only few steps all day. Then at night had to haul
him back in"
Now day, according to the fable, when
PolyneSian browsing under a tree that happened
to contain hornets nest. Also hand Trainer
Dixons young Something other disturbed the
hornets; call it PolynesanS fault that he's gone.
Anyway you guess what happened. The angry
hornets swooped the largest most delectable and
handeSt anatomy and vented their wrath 1T had taken
1Our men TO lOaQ DIXON SAID dter referring TO
Polynean After the hornets took four to catch
him. He in dripping wet and thought at the very
least he'd get pneumonia"
f. THESE DAYS YOU CAN find Native Dancer fat and
white nStead Of gray and making with the movements
of elderly at Alfy Vanderbs beautiful Sycamore
Farm. He lives legend, the gray that appeared
teeviSon almost every Saturday afternoon, seemed
and came from behind. Housewives regarded him with
love usually reserved for soap opera principals.
nv he
Poynesian quite runner himself AS mentioned,
he the Withers and Preakness He carried weight
twice winning under 134 pounds Regulations didn't
bother Native Dancers daddy much either, because he
took of the tabled Armed and Buzuz and First Fiddle
among Others
The only thing he didn't like, according to historians
a track Oh, he'd when the time came
and he'd with zest and skill and speed But once
the and the pomp and pageantry over, Poly
nesan wiser perhaps than humans, would demand
his rest on a farm.