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KAYAK II FOUR TO FIVE Westerners Are Convinced Imported Horse Stands Out in Gold Cup Cravat Second Choice for Saturdays 50000 Race at Hollywood Recent Work Sensational INGLEWOOD Calif July 20 Western pricemakers are quoting Kayak II 4 to 5 in the Hollywood Gold Cup to be run at Hollywood Park Saturday afternoon The price against the South American makes the Caliente layers still holding the Howard fouryearold at 6 to 5 seem quite liberal in ¬ deed deedHowever However there are many who agree with the shorter price and claim that Kayak H which seems to have inherited the popu ¬ larity formerly bestowed on Phar Lap Top Row and Seabiscuit in the West will go postward in the classic an oddson choice They point to his excellent condition and the fact that he gave Cravat the Gold Cup second choice a sound trouncing in their last meeting as an example of the super ¬ iority of the imported son of Congrieve CongrieveThe The layers are quoting 212 to 1 against Cravat the second choice 6 to 1 against Specify 10 to 1 against Cant Wait 12 to 1 against Whichcee and 15 to 1 against both Olimpo and Gosum GosumRACING RACING MACHINE MACHINEThe The racing world seems to have gone daffy over Kayak II since his recent sen ¬ sational work Oldtimers agree that any horse that can gallop one and oneeighth miles in 149 with 130 pounds up must be some racing machine They believe that with 125 pounds up he will certainly lower the track record of 203 held jointly by Shining One and Seabiscuit and would not be surprised if he clipped two or threefifths of a second from the mark markThey They are taking it for granted that only Kayak II can run that fast and therefore must be the winner of the Gold Cup They would be reluctant to bet that any other horse in the race would break the track rec Continued on twentyninth pace KAYAK II FOUR TO FIVE Continued from first page ord but most of them will wager even money that Kayak II turns the trick trickIt It was reported Thursday that Kayak H and thirtytwo other horses the property of Charles S Howard would be shipped to Del Mar following the Hollywood Park meeting Seabiscuit will be brought down to join the stable and owner Howard wishes to have his trainer close by in order to watch over the son of Hard Tack during the prelim ¬ inary stages of his comeback campaign MAIN MAN SENT EAST EASTWhile While the seven handicap stars were con ¬ centrating on their training for the Gold Cup Thursday morning one of their num ¬ ber which by every right should have been in the thick of Saturdays battle was en enroute route from Hollywood Park to New York Main Man holder of the mile and a six ¬ teenth record was loaded on the cars early Thursday and with Flying Wild Counter ¬ poise and nine others in the Mayer string was en route East Trainer E Haughton and apprentice Chuck Charlton accom inI pannied the outfit Haughton who had in tended leaving Charlton to finish the Hol ¬ lywood meeting changed the plans for the clever young pilot at the last minute minuteCharlton Charlton was second on the jockey list at the time of his departure He had ridden twentyseven winners in twentynine days of action
