view raw text
HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP Cravat Works Mile and a Quarter in 207 for Saturdays Big Race Seven Prospective Starters in Kayak KayakII II Cravat Cant Wait Specify SpecifyGosum Gosum Whichcee and Olimpo INGLEWOOD Calif July 19 Cravats mile and a quarter in 207 was the most im ¬ portant workout at Hollywood Park during the breakfast hours Wednesday morning All eyes were on the son of Sickle as he strode on the track preparatory to working out and as a fast drill was looked for the majority were disappointed when jockey Jack West rope performing to orders held him under stout restraint most of the way As it was Cravat showed enough to con ¬ vince his supporters that he is ready for his very best for his meeting with Kayak II and other stars in the Hollywood Gold Cup Sat ¬ urday afternoon Accompanied by Brown Moth a stablemate he went a quarter in 25 half in 49 threequarters in 115 seveneighths in 128 mile in 140 and mile and an eighth in 153 153Trainer Trainer Ben Walters admitted that he purposely gave Westrope orders to restrain Cravat I am going to save his speed for the Gold Cup and not to break any records in workouts said Walters Maybe that was a slap at Kayak IIs trainer who sent his South American charge a mile and an eighth in better than record time Sunday SundaySHINING SHINING ONE OUT OUTShining Shining One the Derby winner will not go to the post in the Gold Cup Trainer Bill Finnegan while satisfied that his threeyeai old son of Twink is a good race horse does not care about sending him against such stiff older opposition as Kayak II and Cravat at this time Shining Ones next race will be at Saratoga for which point he will depart with the remainder of the Circle M Ranch string Sunday Teddy Kerry is another threeyearold that is definitely out of the Gold Cup Teddy Kerry will confine his ef ¬ forts to threeyearold company for the time being although he defeated a field of oldei horses at one mile and onesixteenth last Saturday SaturdayAs As the Gold Cup now shapes up there will be seven starters namely Kayak II Cravat Cant Wait Gosum Specify Which ¬ cee and Olimpo Whichcee performing for the benefit of owner Maj Austin C Taylor who arrived at Hollywood Park Tuesday went one and oneeighth miles in 157 Wednesday morning The Canadianowned speedster was well in hand throughout Gosum galloped a slow mile and a quarter in 219 219ONLY ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS DAYSWith With but eight more racing days at the Inglewood course stables not contemplating shipping to Del Mar are making prepara ¬ tions to go East The J H Whitney string headed by Roman Hero will depart for Sara ¬ toga July 26 Lonnie Copenhaver has or ¬ dered a car for July 30 and will send the horses in his care to Narragansett the Saratoga division of the Louis B Mayer stable will leave late this week the Circle M Ranch will go Sunday and the horses of Lawrence Barker in charge of trainer Dick Watts will leave for Washington Park next week
