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Hill Gail's time: 2:01.6, one-fifth of a second off the track record held by Whirlaway, the Calumet-Jones-Arcaro winner of the 1941 Derby. Was Hill Gail extended? Said Arcaro: "You don't finish a Derby with anything left...
...Calumet Farm and Trainer Ben Jones are hard to beat any time; when Jockey Eddie Arcaro teams up with them, the combination is usually unbeatable. At Churchill Downs last week, they warmed up for the Kentucky Derby by taking the Derby Trial, worth $8,775 to the winner, the Kentucky Oaks ($23,100), and the Debutante Stakes ($11,125). Then they waltzed home with the $96,300 grand prize. The winner: Calumet's Hill Gail...
...Hill Gail, Calumet's prize three-year-old, the $10,000 Phoenix Handicap, at Lexington, Ky. Warming up for the Kentucky Derby, Hill Gail closed with a stretch drive under Jockey Eddie Arcaro to equal Allegro's 14-year-old track record (1:10⅔) for six furlongs...
...Manhattan College track team, the IC4A championship (see above) over 41 colleges; in Manhattan. Calumet Farm's Hill Gail, the $140,000 Santa Anita Derby; at Arcadia, Calif...
...seconds. And last week at Detroit, in the National A.A.U. Championships, dozens did. In the 1,500-meters, Hawaii's little Ford Konno, 18 (5 ft. 6½-in., 143 Ibs.), bested Australia's John Marshall by a full pool length (50 meters). Time: 18:46.3. ¶ Calumet Farm added another to its dazzling array of racing wins. Last week in the $75,275 Arlington Futurity, a Calumet colt, undefeated Hill Gail, won by better than a length over a field of 18 of the nation's promising two-year-olds. ¶ From Cape Gris-Nez, France...