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Front-running Spy Song and stretch-driving Hampden were closest. Elizabeth Arden Graham's even-money entry finished out of the money. Knockdown ran out of gas after seven furlongs; Lord Boswell, with usually shrewd Eddie Arcaro up, twice ran into pockets on the backstretch. This week's $100,000 Preakness at Baltimore would tell whether Assault was really that good...
Herb Fritts win the 100 yard dash in 10.4 seconds with Bob Cameron taking fourth. Sandwiched in between were Haire and Kennett of Rhode Island. The half mile was the closest race of the day. In the backstretch Bill Ellis, of Harvard, had the lead and George Finn of Holy Cross was second. Around the turn, mile winner O'Leary turned on the heat but down the stretch it was O'Brien of Harvard who managed to grab the lead and heat out the competition to the tape. His time was 2:2.4. O'Leary was second and Goldstein...
...winter U.S. railbirds have been buzzing about fabulous Count Fleet. Those who saw him run in the Champagne Stakes last fall can never forget the sight of the Hertzes' yellow silks flying down the Belmont backstretch. That was the fastest mile (1:34 4/5) ever run by a two-year-old, and was only 2/5 of a second away from the world's record set by the late great Equipoise when he was a four-year...
...race (his 1943 debut) on a sloppy track, he had proved that he could run in any kind of going. This time, against the cream of the three-year-old crop and despite a gashed hind leg, he really showed his class. From the time he entered the backstretch, where he overtook Blue Swords, his chief rival, he made the race a runaway. His time (1:43 flat) was only f of a second slower than the track record for a mile-and-a-sixteenth...
When the crowd got its first glimpse of Alsab, pounding past the stands, he was in next-to-last place. In the backstretch, he was still next-to-last. Coming into the home turn, Jockey Basil James gave the Sab the whip. Like the Alsab of old, he began to sweep around the field-past the Orphan, past Apache, past Shut Out, gaining with every stride of his short legs. At the wire, Alsab was a full length in front of Requested and Sun Again. His time: 1 min. 57 sec., a new record for the 52-year-old Preakness...