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Colt Wins Over Off Track Wednesdays running of the twenty-eighth Joliet Stakes developed into quite a horse race as Sam E. Wilsons Tiger Wander lasted to gain the narrow verdict over Mrs. Joe Tomlinsons Homeplace. Quite an achievement in itself was that Tiger Wander was scoring his fourth consecutive victory, the final three in, stakes, as he had accounted for a division of the Bash-ford Manor at Churchill Downs and the Apprentice Stakes over this course, both over "off" tracks, as was the Joliet. There was little doubt but that Homeplace would have overtaken Tiger Wander in another stride *3*in the Joliet, but races are not run at five and a half furlongs and one stride. There are two other factors that must be considered before a decision is reached, that perhaps Homeplace is the better of the two, al-thouhg this is already, established in the minds of some The first of these is that. Homeplace, under 114, was . in receipt of 10 pounds from the Tiger colt. The other is that films of the race reveal, according to steward Teddy Cox, that Al Popara, who rode Tiger Wander, lost his stirrup at the quarter pole and did not regain it until the furlong marker. Prior to the running of the Joliet, trainer James S. Jones, of Homeplace, stated that it was likely that the Nasrullah colt would refuse to extend himself in the early stages, but could be expected to come on quickly through the stretch. This is exactly what the colt did, for after breaking with the first flight, he dropped back to loaf along ahead of only two trailers in the field. Homeplace has only run three times, and Jones is of the belief that he is not -yet fully aware of what is expected of him. The- part played by Colonel Wilson in the Joliet running did not detract from the appreciation of the Caddis Morrisss colt. The son of Ky. Colonel picked up 118 pounds, and showed the way to his rivals until well within the furlong pole. At the end he was third, just a length and a half back of the embattled-leaders to maintain a fair record for consistency. His daddy, Ky. * Colonel, shared winning honors in the Joliet with Olympia in 1948, when that pair came to the end deadlocked in :58%, the fastest, time in which the stake was run at five furlongs. It is our understanding that Colonel Wilson was named for the owner of the Joliet winner, and that Wilson had at one time considered purchasing the colt.
