Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-03

horses.
Heading into the stretch,
Jockey Manuel Ycaza shook up
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Picture and choFt on Poae c.
the son Of Nasrullah-Lalun
with his whip and welded his
bat again so yards from the
finish. Never Bends time over
a fast track on q muggy day
was 1:49.2 for the mile and a
furlong as compared to Bold
Rulers track record of lat, set
in 1857.
The crowd Of 32,642 sent
Never Bend off at IS cents to
81, second shortest price ever
paid by a Flamingo winner.
Only Citation, bet down to 20
cents to 81, returned less than
today's $2.70. $3.50 and $2.5O.
Second FIamingo Victory
For Capt. Harry F. Guggen-
helm. owner Of Cain Hoy Sta
BILE, it was his second Flamingo
triumph. His colt Turn-To, an
Irish-bred and the only foreign
bred to win the race, captured
the test in 1854. The victory
Of Never Bend. who had not
raced formally since Novem-
Der 10. was worth $S8,14O.
Nine rivals faced the dark
brown. virtually black, pride of
the East, with Elmendorf Sta
ble's B Major a late scratch
following the running of q
temperature this morning. No
rival pushed Never Bend very
hard but, oddly, it was a group
Of long shots that made the
best efforts.
Royal Ascot. owned by Mrs.
Ogden Phipps and trained by
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, fin
ished third, two lengths back
of King Toots. This was the
second favorite. Taut Ship,
saddled by the eminently sue
cessful Allen Jerkens, was third
choice but finished seventh.
Ycaza, who once before fin
ished first in a Flamingo but
was disqualified and placed
second aboard Jewels Reward
in 1858, hustled Never Bend
into an expected lead since
there were no standout speed
horses to contest. The Pana-
manian rider, who broke from
the fifth post position, edged
next to the rail and after q
quarter Of a mile had opened
a two-length lead over Bally
Squire who was followed by
Gray Pet and King Toots.
Increases Lead
Running easily. Never Bend
increased his lead to three
lengths after half a mile. Gray
Pet moving to second. It was
four lengths over Bally Squire
at the top Of the stretch, then
five at the wire as King Toots,
a $37.10-to-$1 shot, gamely
claimed second place and ST.
102 Of the gross purse.
BaIly Squire was fourth, fol-
lowed by Sum Dunn Kid, Mr..
Cold Storage, Taut Ship, Mas
ter Dennis. Gray Pet and Ten
acle.
While Never Bends time was
% seconds off the track record
and slower even than the long
shot Prego's time Of 1:49 last
year, he had TO make his own
pace. A sixteenth Of a mile
from home he began to tire.
That's when Ycaza decided
to flick him again with the
whip" Trainer Woody Stephens
said. "The boy was just
Strengthening him up. I'm very
pleased"
Never Bends smashing VIC
tory broke an eerie string Of
setbacks for stakes favorites
at Hialeah. notably for Kelso
and Cicada In the Widener and
Black Helen. respectively. Never
Bend was only the fourth IA
vorite In Is stakes events TO
triumph. The fractional times
were 23.4. AZ. iii, 1885 and
1912.
Capt. Guggenheim and Ste
phens. both carrying glasses Of
champagne, visited the press
box after the race and an
nounced that Never Bend would
be shipped 10 the Cain Hoy
Stable at Columbia. 8. c.. Inn
mediately. He is not nominated
for the Florida Derby at Gulf
stream on March 80. although,
Candy Spots will be flown from
California for that race.
''Never Bend win run once at
Keeneland In Kentucky. but not
In the Bluegrass Stakes" Ste
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