Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-19
Manassa MauIer Takes Wood;
Orioles Cash In Griffs Errors, 81
First Landing
Runs Second
To Longshot

Manassa Mauler. a colt not
even eligible for the Kentucky
Derby. landed his Sunday
punch on the East's three lead
ing candidates for the Louis
vile Classic today by winning
the Wood Memorial.
The longshot colt named for
Jack Dempsey, former heavy
weight boxing champion, OUT
slugged First Landing in =
stirring stretch duel before 40.-
063 astonished fans at Jamaica
and won the $88.l00 derby test.
The winner is owned by Emil
Dolce. a restaurant operator
from Valley Stream. N. Y.
1t was the most stunning fin
ish in the history of the Wood,
which since its inauguration in
1925 has sent Is horses to
Churchill Downs to take the
roses in the classic for Swear
olds.
Manassa Mauler, who paid
$129.50 and was ridden by Ray
Broussard, came up from fourth
place, overhauled c. T. Chem
ery'S odds-on favorite, First
Landing, in mid-stretch, and
flashed under the wire a three
quarter length winner.
LOngshOt Also Runs Third
First Landing was three parts
of a length ahead of another
surprise colt, Patrice Jacobs
Our Dad, who in turn wound
up 6 lengths in front of the
Brookfield FARMS Intention
ally. Elkcam Stables Atoll. who
won the Swift and Gotham
Stakes at Jamaica in recent
weeks. folded after setting most
of the early pace and finished
sixth in the field of eight 81
year-olds.
The time for the mile and
one-eighth, an eighth of a
mile shorter than the Derby
distance on May 2, was a $3.50
1:49a5 on a fast track. Bold
Ruler set the stakes record OF
l:484s when he nosed out GAL
liant Man in 1857.
Manassa Mauler once ran in
claiming races. Last Saturday
he finished "a lengths behind
Atoll in the mile and sixteenth
Gotham Stakes. He paid $3.50
to place and $40 to show.
First Landing, the 2-year-old
champion of 1858. was the IT.
20 favorite off a sparkling g.
B furlong race last Monday. He
= returned $3.50 and $40. Our
Dad, who went off at 16-l, paid
, $500 to show.
Claimed at Jamaica
The surprise winner was bred
by Jack Amiel, Broadway res
, taurateur, and his daddy is
! Count Turf who pulled a big
, upset by capturing the 1851
> Derby.
Last November IS, Manassa
Mauler was claimed right here
r at Jamaica from Amiel by
A Dolce. The colt had won two
races here in March but GER
$ tainly wasn't supposed to
humble such rivals as he did
. this afternoon. In a Florida
: stakes appearance. Manassa
> Mauler finished eighth in the
Flamingo.
Y Sam Boulmetis sent Atoll to
S the front at the start of the
race while Eddie Arcaro-seek-
S ing his fourth straight Wood
was ranged alongside with First
Landing. Right outside of this
pair was Intentionally with
Willie Shoemaker plotting.
They skinned around the
: first turn followed by Manassa
Mauler and the rest. That's the
, way they ran to the far turn
with about a half mile to travel.
Then Arcaro let First Landing
, loose and he moved past the
, firing Atoll with Intentionally
still third.
Turning for home, First
Landing led by less than a
, half length as Broussard shot
/ Manassa Mauler in along the
rail to make his bid With an
eighth of mile to go. First
Landings margin was a mere
head and Arcaro was whipping
furiously.
1t seemed incredible, but
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