Evening star., 1960-02-29
WIN, LOSE OR
GNAV BY FRANCIS STANN
The SULPHUR Water Kid

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 29-Whether Bally Ache, the 31st
Flamngo hero will join Lawrin Citation Needles and Tim
Tam Kentucky Derby winner remains of to be
seen. the winner in the first Of the 100000
added for 3yearods TroiluS who didn't
live for most of the succeeding major events much less rum
Bally Ache, besides having to be rolled on the
tongue like Bug Juice and Uncle Mtie apparently is
healthy Jimmy Pitt his colorfu trainer who keeps the rest
of his string of horses at little Sunshine Park discovered
year that his colt miSnamed Bay Ache actually
has preference for the strongly suphuh water in the
odsmar Fla region and Pitt has it shipped to the colt
Everyone else including the natives would like to have
1t shipped too But to faraway place Baly Ache
he laps it up. And he fast, too.
Before the Pitt said: Anybody who thinks Bay
Ache won't be in front the opening quarter can bet me-
The smallish bay of Balydam Celestial Blue led all
the way.
JUST WEEK EARLIER Baly Ache had ceased to
become the favorte for the Famngo because he lost
stretch duel to Victoria Park the Canadian horse prep
race Although naturally gratifed his colts victory and
new status favorte Trainer Horao protesting
bit in the barn area before the Flamngo.
You must realize that were receiving weight that
day" Luro said II don't think Victoria Park should be
favorite Baly Ache has accomplished much more
than him
"On the other hand" Luro went on, "I don't think
Baly Ache advantageous at mile and furlong His
breeding doesn't indicate that he wants go that far But
TroiluS last year and thought he wanted to
run mile and an eighth, either"
The strangely named F1amingo champion is the
tron-horse type AS 2yearold he $303 487 despite
being beaten in five photo finishes in 100000 He
had picked $467O while warming for the Flaingo
which returned an additional $90880 Saturday Since he
cost only $780, reasonable to that Bay Ache
has paid his way
BALLY ACHES RUGGEDNEss is a proud boast of
Trainer Pitt who went into the Flamingo admitting that
Victoria Park lone helluva horse"
But don't take this for boasting" Pitt qualified
practically every horse who beat Baly wasn't the
same afterWard They have to their hearts beat
colt Look what happened Vital Force Sky Clipper
venetian Way and Warfare They all had their troubles
after they beat Baly Ache"
Apparently the colt that became most unstuck was
Warfare, the 2year-old champion The gray by Deter
mine is said to be in earnest training again but until
further adventures track for keeps the wise
withholding judgment.
This leaves Baly Ache the evident favorte for the
Florida Derby April and after that it'll be either the
Wood Memorial in New York the Kentucky Derby
At a late hour Saturday Wathen Knebelkamp, presi-
dent of Churchill Downs buzzing the of Pitt and
Owner Leonard Fruchtman The little bay who likes the
taste of rotten in his drinking water probably will be
In the Derby field
WITH WARFARES LEG condition suspect on the West
Coast is not entirely happy situation as regards the
3-yearods lot of people felt that Sword Dancer for
instance won his awards less by default Ger
tainy Sword Dancer didn't fare down here or in
Kentucky, but he wound up real good one Oddly he
received his just dues by beating older horses not those
in his class
Fruchtman who owns Bally Ache, is pleasant little
guy businessman from Toledo, Ohio who knows
lucky He fond of his trainer Pitt he also calls him
the most nervous man ever met and coward to boot"
coward?
Take the Hibiscus" Fruchtman said "Bally Ache is
six lengths ahead going into stretch and Pitt is yelling
oh my God he's going too fast"
He gets just when he runs a horse in a
$4,000 race. There called c. o. Tiger. I asked
Jimmy if should bet SIS him. No. he said don't bet
more than S. The horse won"