Evening star., 1960-01-23
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In Hia|eah's
Feature Today
By the Associated Press

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- By the Associated Press
There1l be plenty of running
room in Hialeah Parks $25,OO0
added Royal Palm Handicap
today. Only six horses are en-
tered.
Claiborne Farms Ounce is
the lightweight at 122 pounds
and probably will be odds-on
favorite under Jockey Ycaza
in the mile-and-an eighth fea-
ture.
Second choice likely will
be Modan Stables Stratmat,
claimed for $500 at Man
mouth Park last July. Strait
mat, with George Gibb up, car
ries ia pounds. the same
weight assigned Mrs. Tilyou
Christopher's Captain Kidd End,
an English-bred and winner of
the Stretchworth stakes at
Newmarket. Bill Hartack will
ride Captain Kidd End.
The field is completed by
Grandview Stables Muscadel,
under 1l2 pounds with Bobby
Ussery up: Gustavo Rotundo's
PENNSYLVANIA Sd, a South Ameri-
can mare, carrying 110 with
Mike Barra to ride, and Elcam
Stables Open View, 108 pounds
and Karl Korte in the irons.
Winner Gets S1S,17O
With six starters, the race
will net the winning owner
$l8,170 from a gross purse of
$2s,s0O.
As with all Hialeah's Satur-
day features, the race viii be
telecast in color to a nation
wide audience by NBC. (Chan-
mel 4 in Washington at 4:30
p.m0.
Perne L. Grissom's Royal
Native made a smashing winter
debut at Hialeah yesterday
when she outgarned Calumet
Farms favored Kentucky Pride
in the feature race for one Of
Hartack's four straight winners.
Hartack started his string in
the sixth with Steve w. $3.50,
won the seventh with Royal
Native ($10 9O, the eight with
Rowing Mary (S10.90) and the
finale with Fastgator (S14.70.
Promised Land and Clandes-
tine topped their respective
fields in a pair of 5000 added
handicaps at Santa Anita to-
day.
Race on Grass
Mrs. E. D. Jacobs promised
Land is slated to go in the San
Marcos handicap at a mile and
one fourth, carrying high
weight of 124 pounds. The San
Marcos will be run on the grass
course.
Clandestine. running under
the silks of Mrs. Winston Guest
and Charles Wacker III, East
ern socialities, was named for
the San Pasqual handicap at
a mile and one-sixteenth on
the dirt track.
Clandestine, who shares top
weight of l18 pounds with N. S.
McCarthy's Finnegan, will be
seeking his third victory Of the
meeting.
Willie Shoemaker, again lead
ing the jockey parade at Santa
Anita, has the mount on both
Promised Land and Clandes-
tine.
Chief threat to Promised
Land appears to be the Elobee
Farms little charger. Eddie
Schmidt, who will pack 122
pounds, including Ismael Va
lenzuela.
Others in Field
Others entered in the
San Marcos we're Whodunit.
Twenty-one Guns, Sisters
Prince, Courtier, Mr.. Snack,
Anisado, Pinky II and Infantry.
Clandestine faces nine rivals
In the San Pasqual. Named
were Fleet Nasrullah, the Nc
Carthy entry of Finnegan and
Seaneen, Shutdown II, Greek
Star, Crasher, How Now, Lin
mold and Nickel Boy.
American Comet and King
Ara finished in a dead heat in
the featured $4,000 Bluebeard
purse at Santa Anita yesterday
and Swaps Kin came within
a nose Of making it three
way tie.
Tommy Barrow steered
American Comet along the rail
and just managed to get ahead
Of the favored Swaps Kin at
the wire. But King Ara, ridden
BY Milo Valenzuela, moved
through the stretch fastest of
all and caught American Com
ct at 1he finish.