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RACE THAT PUT CITATION OVER THE TOP — Calumet Farms famous performer winning the 1951 -Hollywood Gold I Cup over his stablemate, Bewitch, and Be Fleet. The net purse of 00,000 made him the turfs first millionaire. Nashua Sets Fast Pace Moneywise Ahead of Citation , At Similar Period Belair Comet Going Into Todays Race With Earnings : Of 77,440 in 12 Starts ; Nashua, Belair Studs crack colt notori- 2 ous for his inclination to loaf throughout c an assignment and then turn on ar terrific t surge of speed nearing the wire, has 3 adopted just the opposite tactics in his race to become the turfs second "million- -aire." Just a few hours before he goes to * the post for the Kentucky Derby, Nashuas "money" pace is far faster than Citations ■» when that great Calumet racer was on his : way to becoming the first horse in the his- ] tory of racing to win ,000,000. As of this moment, Nashua has won * 77,440. Citation, on the eve of his Derby engagement in 1948, had earned 48,430. Furthermore, whereas it took Citation 16 races to amass his total, Nashua has required only 12 races to achieve his current standing. Citation Raced Four Years Citation, who was retired permanently from the sport after a limited campaign in 1951, had four seasons on the turf. He did not race in 1949 because of aMeg injury. He raced a total of 45 times, earning ,085,760. He triumphed in 32 of his 45 starts, finished second 10 times, third twice and was unplaced on only one occasion. The Calumet flyer went on to win the Triple Crown during his sophomore year and his earnings" of 09,470 for 1948 also stand as a record for money gleaned in one season. Nashua, who won 92,865 by six victories and two seconds as a 2-year-old in 1954, already has earned 84,575 thus far this season. He has. won all four of his starts in 1955, whereas Citation went post-ward in 20 races as a 3-year-old, winning 19. At present, Nashuas total of 77,440 places him 13th on the list of all-time leading money winners. A victory in the Derby would move him up to sixth on the roster, with only Citation, Stymie, Armed, Native Dancer and Assault, in that order, outranking him. Barring accident and other unforeseen circumstances, and in view of the fact that Nashua is staked in the 00,000-added Preakness and Belmont and other lucrative events for the remainder of this season, the "Bad Boy of Belair" figures to stayC ahead of the rugged pace set by Citation. V
