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-Mkki J On the Wire By Hugh J. McGuhe Chicagoan Win Tribute to Honeys Alibi Cleanly Contested Despite Large Field Jessop Recalls Scores With Gallorette ARLINGTON PARK, Arlington Heights, 111., June 20. The initial running Saturday of the Chicagoan called for a tribute to the persistency of W-L Ranchs winnpr. wmner, Honevs Honeys Alibi. Alibi. Thp. The fash- winnpr. wmner, Honevs Honeys Alibi. Alibi. Thp. The fash- fashionably bred son of Alibhai Honeymoon had been matched against the top three-year-olds of the country in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness and, -while he was soundly beaten in both of those engagements, his connections had not lost faith in him, and their judgment was -vindicated with the running of the Chicagoan. It must be admitted that that Honeys Honeys Alibi Alibi did did not not beat beat -Mkki J that that Honeys Honeys Alibi Alibi did did not not beat beat the ranking sophomores of the country, did not threaten the track mark of 1:33 with the 1:36 Ms, and that his weight of 114 pounds, while equal to the others in the race, was not a cause for boasting. Nevertheless, he acquitted himself creditably and his score was accomplished in a clean-cut manner under jockey Don Scurlock. Seventeen Starters Break Well Out of Chute Despite the bulky field of 17 starters in the Chicagoan, the race was apparently cleanly run, although this is said before a revue of the films. As the one-mile test was started out of the chute, there really was no "first turn," and by the time the field had reached the elbow from the backstretch they had settled down, into position. The winner had never been far off the pace and he responded splendidly when Scurlock took him around the leaders to gain command in the home lane. Harvey Fruehauf s Blue Lem turned in a smashing effort to be second, sweeping up quickly on the outside after having trailed early. This finish was reminiscent of his second to Nashua in the Florida Derby and, indeed, he was closer to Nashua at the end of that test than he was to Honeys Alibi on Saturday. Dixianas Make Ready had attested his fondness for the racing strip by two mile victories at the meeting and a splendid workout for the Chicagoan. He was only a neck away from place money at the end in a creditable try. Caddis F. Morriss homebred Munchausen lay close to the pace all the way, reached almost even terms with the leaders in the stretch, then gave way only grudgingly. The crowd had made Clifford Mooers Traffic Judge the choice on the strength of his Withers victory in New York and his third in the Preakness. It was our impression as we watched the race that Eric Guerin had Traffic Judge under a snug hold down the backstretch and around the turn while racing on the outside clear of any chance of trouble. Early in the home lane it appeared that Guerin would only have to cluck to his Alibhai colt to have him surge up and take command, but this was not to be the day, and Traffic Judge lacked the necessary drive. Despite the absence of top echelon three-year-olds in the field, the Chicagoan developed into a smashing horse race, perhaps the better for the lack of "name" horses. The bulky field prompts the thought that many of them will be brought together again and augurs well for good races in this division and area. While jockey Dave Erb is in the limelight for his fast ride aboard Swaps in the Californian, another rider here is closely associated with another winner in a different sector of the country. This is Job Dean Jessop, who was elated over the results of Delaware Parks poll that named Gallorette the countrys leading race mare. Jessop rode the great mare in most of her races and does not hesitate to name her "the greatest mare that ever ran." He recalls her as of a size to resemble a stud, but very nervous, requiring that she be mounted while in motion and handled while in the starting gate. Among other races in which Jessop guided Gallorette to victory were the Beldame, Brooklyn, Metropolitan and twice in the Wilson, and he is convinced that had her racing been confined to contests with members of her own sex she would have been unbeaten. Mare Always Wanted to Run Own Race Gallorette had peculiarities while racing also, and Jessop soon found that she must be allowed to run her own race. She could go to the front or wait for a horse and then move away, but if hit with the whip or even clucked to, she would pull herself up. "The only thing I could get away with," said Jessop, "was to holler at her. She was the most unusual horse I ever rode, because you never knew what she would do. Even in her workouts it was necessary to break three horses into her at different times during her trial to keep her going, which kept the rest of the stable busy keeping . her fit. But she was game when hooked." Jessop has the W. L. Brann silks he wore while guiding Gallorette and the shoes she wore in her victories. This means only one set of shoes, because trainer Ed Christmas was inclined to be superstitious about her winning shoes and had them removed after each race and reset for the next one. Later Jessop rode Gallorettes first foal, Mile. Lorette, and would like to see her foal by Citation. Jessop, who was the nations leading rider in 1945, is free lancing here. He plans eventually to train horses, but now has a ranch at Nixon, Tex., and a wholesale lumber business at Salt Lake City. His wife, the former Helen Cowey, is from a family of horsemen-and they have two children. Dean Job, Jr., and Richard "Earl.
