Evening star., 1959-11-25
WIN, LOSE OR
NNAV BY FRANCIS STANN
A Couple of No Contests

FROM THE TIME the ballots to determine the best
horses of 1859 handed out there could not be the
slightest doubt but what Sword Dancer and Warfare
would be landslide winners. And they today
Sword Dancer 3yearod handicap champion and horse
of the year and Warfare 2year-old colt geldng
Little Sword Dancer became particular pet of this
departments far back last winter in Florida although
he lost hearbreakerS in the Florida and Kentucky Derbes
and second in the Preaknes But there
thing about the smash colt with the three white feet
that made him stand apart from Tony Lee Easy Spur
Ounce, Royal Orbit, Silver Spoon and Troius who
accounted the big wheels.
sungow'S little boy didn't start prove it, however
until Memorial Day at Belmont Park He taken out of
his 3year company and against older horses
in the Metropolitan Handicap Now everybody knows that
3year-olds don't beat older horses in May they
very exceptional Sword Dancer is In five meetings
with the big boys he has for Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane
and Trainer Elliott Burch in the Metropolitan Monmouth
woodward and Jockey Club Gold Cup to mention the
Belmont Stakes in his own league.
THE PERFORMANCE THAT WRAPPED it up for
Sword Dancer of course the seventeenth beating he
Round Table in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Aque-
duct This is two-mle haul bear in mind.
Sword Dancer finished racing for this year. but back
he'll go to Florida next month to take dead aim such
rich events the Wdener which his daddy sungow won
in 1851 for the Brookmeade stable Barring accidents
the fellow will make it rough the handicap pros again.
adding to the $537,0O4 he's already.
One thing Sword Dancer did was take the bloom off
Round Table There's taking away all the money that
mated Travis KerrS millionaire serious
contender Also sent him back the barn for SPELL
too much to the chagrn OF the sponsors Of the Washing
ton D. c. International who claim that Kerr promised
the horse.
Maybe Kerr knew what he doing. It's not at all
certain Round Table as he favors grass would have
whipped Bald Eagle Veterans Day.
WHILE SWORD DANCER is headed for Florida the
gray Warfare goes home to California where he'll get
ready for the Santa Anita Derby the Kentucky
Derby In his last two outings all the of Determine did
was boost his earnings to 1884, $40 by winning years
two richest races Champagne and Garden State.
There is good little story in Warfare's winnings
alone because Clifton Jones' his owner able to buy the
gray for mere $4,000 AS the story told large group
that owned Warfare disagreed policy able
to buy him for the low figure.
When Jones and Trainer Hack Ross brought the Young
ter East they talked Ismae Vaenzuea going along
not only for the ride but ride 1--WE felt that Warfare
needed strong handed boy, rider who finishes we'll"
Ross explained I'VE liked Vaenzuela and he did the lob
IN all the Eastern racesCowdn, Champagne and Garden
State. 1t was lucky break for u.s."
WARFARE DIDN'T CLEAN UP in the West by any
means but the feeling among horsemen that the Deter
mlne-War Whisk colt improving toward the end of his
while his rivals standing still
You never tell about 2-year-olds especially the
ones mat win the Garden State The history of wind
fall is too strange and omnou Something always seems to
happen 10 the baby that wins it. Overwork, perhaps
Iurn-to, the first winner may be remembered as hav
ing broken down at Haleah the next winter. Summer Tan
also went wrong after winning although he recovered as
he grew older real hard-luck winner was Prince ohn
who never raced after his triumph in 1885, Barbizon was
no good as S-year-od and Nadr who won in ST. didn't
go onward and upward.
As far as last years winner was concerned First Land
ing came all undone in Florida the following winter as
well as in the Derby He muddled through the spring owing
a lot of people money