Swaps Works 1:38 4/5 Mile:Goes Last Quarter in 231/5, Daily Racing Form, 1955-06-29

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; Swaps Works 1 :384s Mile; Goes Last Quarter in :23Vs HOLLYWOOD PARK, Inglewood, Calif., June 28. Kentucky Derby champion Swaps startled onlookers this morning when he breezed the final quarter of a mile workout in with exercise boy Chester White having a good hold. White had Swaps under double wraps as he went the first quarter in :25, the half in :50 and the three-quarters in 1:15. The rider let out a notch for the final two furlongs and. it took the big fellow :2oVs to breeze the distance and ring up his final time of l:38js. Following his speedy drill, Swaps spent another 45 minutes on the track cooling out. Next start for the son of Khaled is the Westerner, on July 9.


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