Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-02-24

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Purple atoned for his humilat-
ing experience last November
IL in the Washington D.CO
international at Laurel when
Kelso beat him by nearly 40
lengths, although the race was
won by Match II of France.
Beau Purple, owned by ]. j.
Dreyfus, made every pole a
winning one over the mile-and-
a-quarter distance after
stumbling coming out of the
gate. When he crossed the
wire he was 2A lengths ahead
of Kelso and his time Of 2:O1.4
was creditable in view of the
comparably slow early pace.
HerOshOgala Finishes Third
Third was Heroshogala, Mrs.
Mary Keim's loRgshot, but this
one was three lengths back of
Kelso. Even more daylight
four length showed between
Heroshogala and the next
horse, Try Cash. The fractions
were 2435, 1875, 1:12 and
1864.
1t was a masterful piece of
training on the part of H. A.
(Allan Jerkens, who was send
ing Beau Purple to the races
for the first time since the In
ternational. 1t was not widely
thought that Beau Purple
would be ready for such a rug
ged assignment without a race
under his belt but he dupli-
Gated the feat of Nashua in the
same race in 1856.
Nashua had not raced since
mid-October but Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons sent him to the
post in the WideAer under top
weight of 1877 pounds and he
survived a four-way photo to
become the second equine mil
lionaire in history.
Although the crowd Of 80,
17S backed down Kelso to As
cents on a dollar, there were
cheers for Beau Purple when
he was led into the winners
circle. He paid $3.50, $2.70 and
$2.70. Kelso. carrying top
weight of 131 pounds, returned
$3.50 and $2.10. Heroshogala's
price was $500.
When the nine-horse field
broke from the barrier, Beau
Purple stumbled but recovered
so quickly on his rail position
that he was in front a few
yards from the gate. 1t was
Jerkens' strategy to send his
entry-Kilmoray was the other
ON the pace.
KeIsO Stays Close
Kilmoray, strictly a sprint
er. never even showed brief
speed and finished up the
track. But Beau" never re-
linquished his lead although
Ismael Valenzuela- on Kelso
hustled the 'l960-1-2 horse-of-
the-year as close to the pace
setter as possible.
At the end of half a mile.
Heroshogala was second after
three-quarters but entering the
stretch Kelso made his bid
and moved into second. The
crowd expected one Of the
famed gelding's patented
stretch finishes but Beau Pur-
pie had too much run left. His
gain was ipperceptible.
Sunrise Flight, third ia
vorite of the crowd on a windy
day during which showers fell
Just before the feature. never
was a contender and finished
fifth, trailing the long shot
Try Cash. Strung out behind
were Bronze Babu, Jay Fox.
Prego and Kilmoray.
Beau Puppies victory was
worth $50, 460, boosting his total
earnings to $445, 785. He did not
race as a two-year-old. Kelso's
performance was worth S25.680,
He already had earned $i.05l.-
$50 as the foremost handicap
horse in the United States.
Large Field Surprises
II was a stunning upset in
that in the early betting the
odds on Kelso dropped as low
as l-3 for a few moments. Even
the fact that eight others were
running was a surprise, except
for the richness OF the second,
third and even fourth place
parts OF the purse. Just two
weeks ago Kelso made a sham
bles OF the Seminole Handicap
and was believed to be at his
peak.
MY horse had no trouble, "
Valenzuela said later. HE Just
couldn't get into high gear like
he usually does and we couldn't
catch that front horse"
Boland confirmed the STUN
bling OF his horse. HE stumbled
at the gate. quickly recovered
and assumed the lead and that
was that" chirped a suddenly
richer Jockey.
Jacinto Vasquez. who rode
HeroshoRala TO his surprising
third-place finish, said, my
horse ran good but not fast
enough for these horses"