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FLYING SCOT COMING BACK Long Rest Beneficial for J. H. Whitney Horse To Be Pointed for Santa Anita Handicap. ARCADIA, Calif., Dec. 6. Flying Scot, a Santa Anita Handicap nominee, is a John Hay Whitney horse that it would seem very wise not to overlook. Little has been said about Flying Scot during the past year, for the simple reason that he has started only three times as a four-year-old. They have taken him along easily arid let him grow, and today, by the looks of him, they followed a wise course. Probably they had the Santa Anita Handicap of 1939 in mind as far back as last summer. They have it very definitely in mind now. One must go back to his three-year-old season 1937 to get the proper impression of Flying Scot. During that year he beat every great horse of his division except War Admiral and he took the start from that fast breaker in the running of the Preakness, only to finish third behind War Admiral and Pompoon. He went on from Maryland to win the famous Withers mile at Belmont Park. Next stop, Chicago, and there he went to the front in the Classic Stakes and was never headed, with such as Pompoon behind him. He followed with seconds in the Empire City Handicap and the Kent, both head decisions, and a third in the Latonia Derby, winning 2,000 in the one season. A fair-going sort of a horse, as they say around the stable. APPEARANCE MUCH IMPROVED. That he looks and acts and gallops better than ever today is the word of his trainer, Bill Norton. "Hes as. nice a horse as I ever worked with," Bill said. "Why, a six-year-old kid could gallop him. Even-tempered, friendly, honest always been a good doer sound as they come today, though weve had a bit of trouble with his legs in the past. Hes a horse that likes to run on top all the way got tremendous early foot. Yes, he looks a bit high in flesh now, but he races that way. Hell weigh close to eleven fifty as he stands." Flying Scot is a chestnut with one white stocking behind and a white star on his head. He stands close to sixteen hands, is close coupled, chunky, with heavily muscled flanks and forearms. Hes what youd call a cocky-looking horse, sure of his class. In general conformation hes hard to fault. He is a son of The Porter Caledonia, by Craig-i angower.
