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...Cinzano was reported to have suffered massive head injuries in a barn accident-the circumstances of which have never been explained-and had to be destroyed. New York State racing officials suspect that it was Lebón that was destroyed, not Cinzano, and that Cinzano, a blue-chip colt, was run as Lebón-a raced-out plodder who had sold at auction for $600 a few weeks before Gerard purchased...
...There he won the first race he entered, a six-furlong sprint. His dazzling 9¾-length victory in the Champagne Stakes last fall-bettering Secretariat's time in the premier race for two-year-olds-earned him the Eclipse Award as the season's best juvenile colt. From a barn on the Belmont backside, he trained for his victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. On the eve of the Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown, Owner Mickey Taylor said: "This is our gym. Slew has the home-court advantage." Last week Seattle Slew...
...race as a four-year-old is a bold one. The Taylors and Hills have turned down stud-syndication offers ranging as high as $14 million; the premiums on Slew's $3.5 million insurance policy run a huge $2,000 per week. Those are, heady figures for a colt bought at auction for a bargain-basement $17,500. But Slew's owners want to return some of their good fortune to the sport. For racing fans, a four-year-old campaign by a Triple Crown Champion would be rich reward indeed...
...been a dud; the Chevette is cramped and lacks style, and so does Ford's Pinto, despite its healthy sales. Detroit does share indirectly in the import boom through sales of autos built abroad by subsidiaries or affiliates of U.S. companies. That includes such models as the Dodge Colt, the Plymouth Arrow and the Buick Opel, all built in Japan, and the Lincoln-Mercury Capri, assembled in Germany. Ford expects to roll out its German-made Fiesta in U.S. showrooms later this summer...
Died. Ethel Barrymore Colt, 65, actress-singer daughter of Ethel Barrymore; of cancer; in Manhattan. Carrying the theatrical tradition of the House of Barrymore into the ninth generation, Colt made her acting debut at 18 performing alongside her mother in Scarlet Sister Mary. A lyric soprano, she later sang in concerts, nightclubs and with several opera companies, including the New York City Opera. She toured Europe with her one-woman revue of musical theater and returned to Broadway in Harold Prince's production of Follies...