Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-12
Ki||ebrew Gets 3Othin 9-3 Win;
Silver S poon Beaten by Resaca
rs Fuvorite
Is Second,
Quill Fifth
BY LEWIS f. ATCHISON
Star stan Writer

BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON
Star star Writer
STANTON, DEL. July IL
King Ranch's Resaca added
her bit to a year of startling
sports upsets today by beating
Silver Spoon, the 2-to-5 favor
tie, with q blazing stretch run
in the 21st staging Of the Della
ware Oaks before a crowd Of
23,338.
In a race as thrilling as adj
vertised, the game daughter Of
battle-ground caught c. v.
Whitney's fllly ace and. under a
rousing ride by Jockey Manuel
Ycaza, pulled away to a driv-
ing two-length victory.
Reginald N. Webster'S Quill,
upset by Resaca three weeks ago
in the Coaching Club Ameri-
can Oaks at Belmont Park, but
supposed to be one of the three
top contenders today, was a
badly beaten fifth.
Pressed For Second
Silver Spoon, making her
first Eastern appearance since
last october. when she won an
$4,000 claiming race, was
pressed to save place money by
a half-length from Mrs. Mary
Keim's pacesetting Indian Maid.
It was another four lengths
back to j. Graham Browns
lacking - which was safe
enough for the plunger who
dumped an estimated $50, 900
into the show pool on Silver
Spoon. This created a minus
show pool of $12,128.16.
The unknown bettor's play
also helped boost the mutuel
handle on the race to 1862 ,58l,
only 500 short of Delaware
Parks one-race record handle
established in the Leonard
Richards Stakes June 9, 1856.
Third choice at nearly z to /,
Resaca paid $3.50. $3.50 and
1920. Silver Spoon returned
$40 and 1920 and Indian
Maid, a 13-to-1 outsider, paid
only 1920 to show because Of
the minus pool.
Track Called "Good"
Resaca covered the mile and
one-eighth in a respectable
ISIS on a track officially
called good" Trackmen ear
lier anticipated a fast track de-
spite yesterdays rain. The track
was the only possible factor to
be blamed for Silver Spoons
defeat, although none of the
jockeys had any excuses after
the race.
The Oaks was the first Of
the Distaff Big Three Series of
rich races for f1llies and mares,
crossing about $250,000. The
New Castle will be staged next |
Saturday and the climactic. |
$150,000 Delaware Handicap is
set for July Is, final day Of the
meeting.
Bill Boland, who rode Silver
Spoon, said she was in perfect
position.
II can't offer any excuses ex-
cept that she may have tried
too hard and threw herself of
Stride" Boland said. when Il
called on her she responded and
seemed to handle the track"
BOland Is Glum
Boland was glum when he
unsaddled. He was up when
Silver Spoon won the Cinema
Handicap at Hollywood Park a
month ago for her fifth victory
in seven starts this year. This
win, plus a creditable fifth in
the Kentucky Derby, had firmly
established the Whitney star as
the best Of her class by most
observers.
Certainly few in today's crowd
expected to see her beaten so
deciSively. But there is no de-
nying that Resaca ran the best
race.
She's a great filly," Ycaza
said. THE race was run the
way I expected. Down the |
backstretch I had to take up a
bit and move to the outside of |
several horses. When I let her
down she really came on"
Ycaza, second leading rider
to Bobby Ussery at Belmont
and winner of six in a row
over a recent two-day period
at that track, rode an excel
lent race. He lay third until
the field hit the stretch, hen
stepped on the throttle.
Quill, who had Ussery up in
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