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...days after Kentucky Breeder Leslie Combs II paid Owner Ralph Lowe $1,000,000 for a three-fourths interest in Gallant Man (total winnings: $510,355), the four-year-old English colt went to the post in the $28,700 Sysonby Handicap at Belmont, L.I., never did get going under top weight of 134 lbs., finished fifth...
...keep on the hard-surfaced tracks that were to his liking. Kerr brought him east for the 1957 Kentucky Derby, where he finished a good enough third behind Ralph Lowe's Gallant Man and Calumet Farm's Iron Liege, then passed up the prestigious Preakness and Belmont to campaign against easier pickings in California. By season's end Kerr...
...drive to top Nashua's moneymaking, Round Table is entered in this week's $100,000 Washington Park Handicap at Arlington and this month's $100,000 United Nations Handicap at Atlantic City, NJ. and the $100,000 Woodward Stakes at Belmont, L.I. Possible opponent for the two latter races: Gallant Man, who has bested Round Table in all three of their races...
...Cleveland's Bobby Bragan, Philadelphia's Mayo Smith). Best bet to succeed him: fiery, onetime Big-League Infielder (Cubs, Dodgers, Braves, Giants, Cardinals) and Manager (Cardinals) Eddie Stanky. ¶ Calumet Farm's Tim Tarn, winner of the 1958 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, runner-up in the Belmont Stakes even though he fractured a sesamoid bone during the race, was judged incapable of carrying assigned racing weights despite successful corrective surgery, will be retired to stud in Lexington, Ky. Unplaced in his only race of 1957, the stylish colt, son of Tom Fool, won ten of 13 races...
...taken down with amazing efficiency, since the cast party in Belmont could not start until this job was finished. The entire set was torn down within an hour by a thirsty swarm that gathered at the scent of "Party-party." An orange trailer piled too high with wood and people careened off into the night, and the last remnants of the party were seen at Cronin's 24 hours later--hungry at last...