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...songs, Tom Dewey quickly reminded his hearers that he had twice before "retired" from public office like this. Dewey and Republican leaders had already agreed on whom they wanted as Tom Dewey's successor in Albany: ruddy-cheeked, back-slapping 74-year-old Lieut. Governor Joe Hanley, onetime jockey, Presbyterian minister, lawyer and silver-tongued speaker on the Chautauqua circuit. In case any Democrats wanted to make something of Hanley's age, Dewey said pointedly, let them remember that their own Senator, Herbert Lehman, up for reelection, was 72. Dewey's ten-word withdrawal shocked...
...couple of points on the performance charts. At the classic distance of 1½ miles, the Belmont Stakes is a "breeder's race" where stamina and breeding* tell. And Belmont's fast, sun-baked track was made to order for Middleground's tastes. Said one jockey: "When he can hear his feet rattle he's a running...
...first full mile, Middleground's 18-year-old Jockey Willie Boland hung just back of the pacesetter and bided his time. Headstrong Hill Prince shot into the lead despite Jockey Eddie Arcaro's tight hold ("He got away from me") and held the pace up through the final turn. Then, with a bare 250 yards to go, Hill Prince faltered into the ruck...
...Prince faded, Jockey Boland made his move with three sharp cracks of his bat. In the last 100 yards, Middleground collared the leading Lights Up, won by a clear length...
Going into the stretch, Jockey Brooks drew his whip again, gave Citation a businesslike whack. "I wanted him to keep his mind on the race," said Brooks. Citation did. He ran down Bolero in the stretch, got home three-quarters of a length ahead. The tote board flashed the time: Citation had run the mile in 1:33 3/5, two-fifths of a second better than the world record set by his stablemate Coaltown at Washington Park last year. A moment later, the announcer verified what everybody at Golden Gate already knew: Big Cy had also beaten Stymie...