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i i New Jersey I By Fred Galianl Nahodah Outruns Rivals to Set Track Record Salvator Mile of 1:34% Dazzling Speed Display J Only Stakes at Eight Furlongs at the Meeting MONMOUTH PARK, Oceanport, N. J., June 20. — There was another track record hung up for the Monmouth strip, this time the mile one, as Montpeliers i i Nahodah Nahodah lowered lowered the the eight-fur- Nahodah Nahodah lowered lowered the the eight-fur- eight-furlong standard to 1:34% in win- • ning Wednesdays Salvator Mile. When Joe Culmone had finished urging the dark bay home, eight lengths before his nearest pursuer, the pair had halted the teletimer two and one -fifth seconds faster than Helioscope had done in 1955. Nahodah, long highly regarded, but somehow always found wanting when the big races came, finally entered the stakes-win-Ivator, Salvator, and and he he set set all all his his own own pace pace Salvator, and and he he set set all all his his own own pace pace ning class in the to triumph. By fractions, his time was :23, :224/5, :23% and :25 for the last quarter. Culmone kept driving through the stretch until just near the finish, where he finally let up on his mount, which may have conceivably made the difference of one-fifth of a second. A great deal of the interest in the Salvator was taken out of it when River Divide Farm declared its speed sensation Decathlon from the mile event. There had been planty of doubts in some quarters as to whether he would even start, and the disbelievers proved to be correct. Decathlon has never won at a distance and he still has to prove he can. But the point, as taken so well by Rollie Shepp, is why should he? Undoubtedly, Decathlon is the nations king sprinter. His forte is battling his rivals with speed at six furlongs, and conceding them chunks of weight while doing so, thus why take him out of his category? It is quite possible he could have carried his foot the eight furlongs and even bettered Nahodahs mark, but thats all conjecture. Competition Fades in Short Order As a race itself, the Salvator was cut and dried right from the start. Only at the break did any of his rivals get anywhere close to him and, as the race went on, the distance between the Montpelier gelding and the stragglers was increased until it was eight at the finish. It seems there was no excuse for any of the Salvator Mile rivals, except a case of lack of speed. The • Salvator is the only race run at the mile distance during- the Monmouth season, so there is no chance of Nahodahs record being erased from the, boards this year. One thing is certain — the rapid time will give those horsemen who are foes of fast tracks something to beef about, but then when the day comes that all are satisfied, the millenium will be here. Monmouth Shorts: Gordon Coogan, the most faithful of New Jersey track regulars and a long-time friend of Bayard Tuckerman Jr., recalls that New Englands only member of The Jockey Club, besides being one of Americas top-flight gentlemen riders, was the host to the then Prince of Wales on his visit to this country in the late 1920s and also supplied the mounts for the Princes riding pleasure. Tuckerman is the breeder of The Crack, winner of the recent Select Handicap. . . . Alan Carney, of TV and Broadway pursuits, is a fairly frequent visitor to the shore track when his duties permit. . . . Mack Richards, for 25 years a member of the mutuel crews at various race tracks, passes the fifty-fifth milestone this Friday and it is assumed the event will be duly celebrated by his co-workers. . . . Eddie OBrien-came down from New York to run his Spar Maid in the fourth race yeseterday, but caught a tartar in another shipper, this one Mike Freemans Noordeen, who looked like a real good filly as she won the race for her second victory in as many starts. Noordeen won her first race at Delaware before coming here, with Spar Maid fourth. . . . Jn the recent election of Local 611 of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees organization, which handles the union matters for the Stevens personnel in this area, Lou Dohrman, of As-bury Park, defeated the clubhouses Hugh "Sailor Willie" Neeham as business agent. ShukJ5ue In From Midwest A couple of top-flight jockeys are expected to check in soon for the rest of this meeting. Nick Shuk is slated to arrive early next week from Arlington Park and swing into action, while Steve Brooks, current kingpin at Delaware Park, will be here when the Stanton meeting wraps it up on July 4. Brooks who ordinarily campaigns in the Midwest has been in the East since the Florida season and has been doing very well. . . . Trainer Bill Manzi has shipped Mrs. Anna Canullis Chance It Tony to Belmont Park, although the son of Challenge Me is expected back later to fulfill Tyro and Sapling Stakes engagements. . . . Sammy Boulmetis has been engaged to ride Miss Erlen for A. J. Della-Pietra in the Regret Handicap on Saturday. Incidentally, Sammy has trainer Willie Sacco talking to himself. Four times at this young meeting Boulmetis has ridden horses who have beaten Willies charges.
