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5 S d d e - s s Weighing In I By EVAN SHIPMAN AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 23.— A perfect handicap, so they say, is when a high weight, a middle weight, and a low weight weight dispute dispute the the f fin- in- s s 2 3 0 " a a * e i 0 " f 1 weight weight dispute dispute the the f fin- in- ish. They did not wind up for Saturdays Edgemere in exactly that order, but all three were involved at the wire, and when the Lazy F Ranchs Out Point scored over To Market and County Delight it was one more in a long series of successes for John B. B. Campbell Campbell as as well well as as f 1 "• " s " Q e is " e e .t - - •- - i. , - in n is ir it e e t is is ;r e le it so 3, by y 3, at a e T ~ C e r n e ■_ i~ n of tf it -s l~ I- :s i- ;- rt l~ d ]T is ■ ;" ~ 1S ? is ■ 2 of " l" rs fd .n jy r_ ia be n_ e, st the le . . the le B. B. Campbell Campbell as as well well as as ■«"i-! for an hitherto overlooked colt. Out Point. under a canny ride from the veteran Nick Wall, followed the fast pace set by the giant To Market, never letting the pace-e maker steal too much of a lead. To Market had all his speed, just as in the recent running of the Massachusetts Handicap. but this time the big horse ran out of wind at the sixteenth pole. Wall was there to take full advantage and Out Point earned the most valuable race of his career. The highweight and favorite for our week-end feature was the consistent County Delight. It seemed as if 126 pounds interfered with his freedom of movement, County Delight closed with his accustomed courage in the stretch, but he never looked like troubling the first two. As a race, the Edgemere appeared to be a compact chase, all of them following the runaway To Market, and it was a question of who would emerge from the pack to tackle the flying leader. It proved to be Out Point, and with the advantage of this ones light burden his bid was irresistible, By Shut Out from a Sir Gallahad HI. mare, Owt Point was bred to be a good one, and he has occasionally shown promise lor trainer Oleg Dubasoff. That is about all one can say concerning his record. The other two principals in that finish are much better known. To Market, erratic as he is, has always en-10 joyed the reputation of being one of the fastest thoroughbreds in training, while Mrs. E. duPont Weirs County Delight has been a leader of the handicap divi-it sion for the past two seasons. In our view, To Market, who may need a par-o ticular kind of strip, was never better than last winter when Buddy Hirsch campaigned him at Santa Anita. Returned to Max Hirsch this spring, To Market failed dismally in two outings at Belmont Park. Those races were both sprints, and we did not have the feeling that they were to be regarded as conditioners. We thought, on the other hand, that Max Hirsch believed To Market was ready and we think that horsemen must have been sadly cha-e grined by the results. Shipped to Boston for the running of the Massachusetts Handicap, To Market was transformed. He passed nearly every pole in track record time and was never headed. It was a sensational performance, and it occurred to us, when we read the re-" ports from up there, that he had found a track the footing of which resembled Santa Anita. It has been some time since we have visited Suffolk Downs, but as we recall that strip, a comparison seems in order. They both lack the deep cush-" ion of Belmont and a horse can hear his hoofs rattle. To Market evidently likes those conditions. Aqueduct is another tiling again. County Delight is one of those horses who seem fated to merit the special atten-;r tion of the track handicapper. He has always shown quality, but it was only at Hialeah in early 1951 that he began a re-■» markable series of races that quickly earned him high weights in handicap competition, Even before, this son of Count Fleet had impressed his connections as a prospect. and we were told recently by Arnold Kirk-* land who rode him as a three-year-old in the Kent Stakes at Delaware that in the jockeys opinion, he might have won that race had it not been for strict riding orders. Kirkland said that he broke on top in the Kent but that trainer Jim Ryan had instructed him to take back off the pace, which he did. "Had I allowed the colt to run," said Kirkland, "I think they might never have caught me." When we look back in the records, we find that Your Host had won that particular renewal of the Kent, and we can hardly see Count Delight out-z" running the California flash at any stage of his career. At one time, Mrs. Weir and Ryan entertained the idea of shipping County Delight to England and France for such events as the Ascot Gold Cup and Prix de 1Arc de Triomphe, an invasion that would have duplicated that of his grandee sire, Reigh Count, a generation ago. Ryan said last week that County Delight was not currently in the form to justify such a trip, but he certainly performs well in his divi-tt, sion on this side of the Atlantic, Delawares feature on Saturday was the rich Oaks, a race that for over a Continued on Page Forty -Five . WEIGHING IN By EVAN SHIPMAN Continued from Page Four dozen years has rewarded some of the best fillies in this country- This renewal went, rather unexpectedly, to Mrs. Edward S. Moores Big Mo, a daughter of Fighting Fox. Foxcatcher Farms Faberose, a winner recently down there and expected to be the choice, did not start and Lily White, second in the Coaching Club American Oaks and third in the Acorn at Belmont Park, went to the post a favorite. Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords homebred filly, however, was not at home in the sloppy going and ran out of the money, while Big Mo scored a comparatively easy victory. The time, due to the track conditions, means little, 1:52 for the nine furlongs, and the winner has not been particularly prominent in races for her age group until now. It is a general opinion that the three-year-old fillies, aside from Calumet Farms Real Delight and A Gleam, are not very much and the result of the Delaware race would appear to bear out this critical estimate. Maybe the succeeding generations will make up for their elder sisters deficiencies. Here on Long Island, Alfred Vanderbilt started a half-sister to the brilliant Next Move named Hula, and this miss romped to a field of maidens, her margin at the finish a good 12 lengths. Hula, who is by Polynesian, and so comes by her speed honestly, is out of the Chance Play mare Now What. She is a royally-bred filly if there ever was one and it has been no secret that she possesses all the foot that her bloodlines suggest. For her first start, she went to the post at odds on, and, of course, that was the way she won. Next Move, the half-sister, was not asked for much as a two-year -old, and we have always thought that her easy campaign at that age may partly explain her later brilliance and the length of time that she has raced well in the best company. So many of them impressed us as prospective champions — but the rigors of training and racing reduce the ranks, and when it comes time for the next seasons classics, our attractive, well-bred individuals come out as mere shadows of their former selves.
