Evening star., 1959-02-14
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Bug Brush in.
San Antonio
Husty House Farm
Entry Is Favored
In HioIeoh Cup
BY the Associated Press

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In HiuIeuh Cup
BY the Associated Press
Two swift-running thorough
breds, each unbeaten in 1859
and with designs on champion
ship honors, compete today in
the $50.000-added San Antonio
Handicap at Santa Anita.
The mile and one-eighth
race, which shapes up as the
most interesting race on the
national card, matches Indi-
ana bred Hillsdale, owned by
C. w. Smith, the former pro
football star, and. Bug Brush
Of c. v. Whitney's Stable.
Hillsdale has chalked up four
straight stakes triumphs at the
coast track. Bug Brush is un-
beaten in three stakes for fillieS
and mares.
Round Table Out
Earlier in the week, Travis
M. Kerr politely. but firmly. de-
clined to- let his sturdy cham
pion, Round Table, 60 with 1876
pounds on his back today.
Round Table would have
spotted Hillsdale IS pounds,
and it was Hillsdale. with a
similar spread of weight that
handed Round Table defeat
In the San Carlos Handicap
January 3.
Round Table and Hiilsdale
will meet in the Santa Anita.
The weights for this, posted in
December, have Round Table
down at 1872 and Hillsdale at
ll3.
Top Weighted
Hillsdale, with Tommy Bar
row again in the saddle, picks
up top weight of 120 pounds In
the. field of l3 today. Bug
Brush gets in with the feather
of lis.
/ Others opposing Hillsdale to-
day will be such previously
whipped rivals as Terrang from
the Poltex and Bond Stable.
carrying ll6 pounds. 4 less
than HillSdale, and Maine
Chance Farms Jewels Reward,
a disappointment thus far out
here.
Others entered are Llangol-
len Farms Nashville and Royal
Living. N. S. McCarthy's Sea-
neen. The Elobee Farms Eddie
Schmidt, Mrs. John D. Hertz's
Fleet Nasrullah, along with
Bounty Bay; Whodunit, Solid
Fleet and The Searcher.
|. Willie Shoemaker, who won
the race for the third time last
year ON Round Table. rides
Jewels Reward in this one;
Bill Boland has Terrang, the
1857 San Antonio winner.
Eddie Arcaro is booked for
Nashville, Manuel Ycaza has
Royal Living and Angel .Valen-
zuela rides Bug Brush.
II in Hialeah Cup
Johnny Longden celebrates a
birthday-he says it'll be No. 49,
intimates say he'll be 52-with
a trip aboard Seaneen. long
den's last San Antonio victory
was in l946 on First Fiddle.
Moneywise, Santa Anita's
feature is topped by the $75 .O00-
added Hialeah Turf Cup at
Hialeah Park. 1t has attracted
"A Of the best grass runners in
the country and If all start the
gross value will be $99,9 900 with
the winner netting $63,285.
Nine. Of the field are foreign
bred. They come from England,
France, Argentina, Chile and
Australia.
The Hasty House Farm pair
of English-bred Mahan and
Ekaba shape up as the probable
choice with plenty Of support
for Petare. Argentine bred but
Venezuelan owned. Petare SUR
.prised with a victory in his
American debut six weeks ago.
He carries top weight OF 1913
pounds today along with Cen
eral Arthur. The latter won his
only two races on grass.
Jet Colonel Running
The $1o.0OO-added LeCcmte
at the Fair Grounds and the
SIS. 5.000-added Miss Maryland
Stakes at Bowie round. out the
feature races at the. major
tracks.
The mile and 'one-sixteenth
Of the LeComte brings together
three of the best older horses
quartered at the New Orleans
track. They are Jet Colonel.
a sprinter OF proven ability,
the consistent Tenacious and
Pete's Folly.
Jet Colonel drew the high
impost Of 12l pounds, 2 more
than Tenacious and 3 more
than Pete's Folly.