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BEEZLET PREPS AMOR BRUJO South American Expected to Improve Under Westerners Training. ! Imported Campaigner May Become Handicap Star Under Expert Handling of Well-Known Horseman. . SAN BRUNO, Calif., Nov. 18. Earl Beez-ley, the oldtrotting horse trainer, is going to try to make something out of Amor Brujo, the Uruguayan horse for which Kozinsky Brothers paid Horace Luro a handsome sum. The "miracle man" recently took over the training of the Kozinsky horses and believes that he can turn the lop-earred, rat-tail foreigner into a creditable handicap performer. Amor Brujo, despite his looks and recent poor races, undoubtedly has a streak of class. His first couple of races in America were very good. In fact, some of the more enthusiastic hailed him as a second Phar Lap, but after being acquired by Kozinsky Bros.,, the animal flopped dismally Originally regarded as a distance runner because of the fact he raced from far back in his first couple of appearances in California, Amor Brujo changed completely, and in his last start had speed for a half mile, then quit. FORMER SAVAGE. Beezley hopes to bring him around. Says the Nebraska trainer: "Amor Brujo used to be savage in his stall, but now he is as dead as a doornail, and I figure he just isnt right; I want to see that old fire before I start him, and I think that I will have him in tiptop shape by the time the San Francisco Handicap rolls around." So much for Amor Brujo. He will not start in the Yerba Buena Handicap Saturday nor will Ligaroti, Vino Puro nor any of the other South Americans. Perhaps they are afraid of Main Man, winner of the Worlds Fair Handicap. Main Man tops the list of nominations for Saturdays feature, and others in the race are Sweepalot, Masker, Advocator, Wing and Wing, Wild Turkey, Parscout, Count Atlas and Galla Clay. S Main Man continues to be a fast horse in morning workouts at John Marchbanks course. The Louis B. Mayer star went a neat mile Thursday morning in the time of 1:40. His fractions were :25 for the quarter, :49 for the half, 1:02 for the five-eighths, 1:15 for the three-quarters, and 1:28 for the seven-eighths. THRILLING FINISHES. The public was treated to some thrilling finishes at Tanforan Wednesday afternoon. It was found necessary to develop the photographs of four of the races in order to determine the winner, and one race was declared a dead heat for first place. Invariably, from the Tanforan press box angle, it seems as if the camera favors the outside horses, but we will not go into that as we gave up a couple years ago when photographers, engineers, technicians, officials j and our own fellow members of the press ganged up on us with proof that the old "Eye in the Sky" was all to the mustard. I Of the Wednesday races, dead heat excepted, it was two outside horses and one inside horse that won. Two-year-olds will feature the racing at Tanforan Friday, when ten capable youngsters will compete in an event to be known as the Big Game. First Port is high weight in the affair, and Mintouri and Bellzetta will race coupled. Others in the lineup are Pinkus, Montecito, Bold Lad, Pansys Third, Heelplates, Dear Diary and Audacious Lady.
