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They called him a Morning Glory, a bag o' bones, a worn-out nag. But Ol' Sarge Swenke, his trainer, refused to give up his faith in Alsab, last year's wonderhorse-even after he finished third in Florida's Flamingo and fifth in its Widener; even after he was licked twice within a week at Havre de Grace by commonplace Colchis; even after he was humbled by Valdina Orphan in the Derby Trial and by Shut Out in the great Derby itself, the race for which Swenke had pointed since the beginning of the year...
...Wayne Wright up, the lesser regarded of the Whitney pair was up with the front runners from the drop of the flag. On the home turn, when the pacemaker, With Regards, began to falter, Shut Out shot in front. Then, in the last quarter, standing off the challenges of Alsab and Valdina Orphan, Shut Out saved the day for Mrs. Whitney. Devil Diver finished sixth...
...sportswriters' first choice is Alsab (TIME, Jan. 12)-despite the fact that he has failed to win a race in six starts this year. Their second choice is Requested, the Texas colt that beat Alsab in Florida's Flamingo Stakes last February and beat Apache, pride of Broadway, in New York's Wood Memorial last week. Kentucky hard-boots like the looks of a pair of colts owned by Mrs. Payne Whitney: Shut Out, a worthy son of the late great Equipoise, and Devil Diver, rated the most promising Whitney youngster since Twenty Grand. Some diehards still...
...have copped over $500,000 of the turf's purses. There was Market Wise, the rags-to-riches son of Broker's Tip, who has put fabulous profits into his owner's pocket. There was Attention, a worthy son of the late, great Equipoise; and young Alsab, who had won more than $100,000 in one year of racing. Never before had a winter classic attracted such an all-star field. It was also an unusually large field. At the post were 17 starters...
...American Wolf, a 17-to-1 shot: the Bahamas Handicap, first noteworthy horse race of the Florida season; before a crowd of 16,000; at Miami's Hialeah Park. Among the also-rans was Alsab, wonder horse of 1941, who was making his debut as a three-year-old. Alsab was assigned top weight of 128 Ib. (14 more than American Wolf), went to the post odds-on favorite, finished sixth in the field...