Word: noor
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Heading the entry list were 1950's Horse of the Year Hill Prince, and Handicap Champion Noor. Right behind them, in anybody's book: the leading three-year-old filly, Next Move, and Calumet's handicap star, Ponder (total winnings: $541,275). Others which had to be given a chance at the weights: New York's Palestinian, California's On Trust and the 1946 Triple Crown winner, Assault. Noor, beaten three times in three starts at Belmont in the fall, was back in form; in a tune-up race, he broke the Hollywood track record...
...bettors made Noor the favorite at 7 to 10; Hill Prince went off at 7 to 2. Ponder broke characteristically late, along with Noor and Hill Prince. All the early action was up front, where Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's filly, Next Move, was setting a blistering pace, closely followed by Palestinian and Assault. Noor got moving on the turn (see cut), blazed down the stretch to win by a length over Palestinian. Hill Prince was three lengths farther back, with Next Move fourth, Ponder fifth. Noor's drive set a track record...
...Inglewood, Calif., Mrs. Charles S. Howard's Noor, in a tune-up for this week's $100,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, over the field in track record time (1:48) for the mile-and-a-furlong at Hollywood Park...
...second consecutive (third altogether)North and South open golf title. ¶ In Brisbane, Australian Tennis Champion Frank Sedgman over U.S. Champion Art Larsen, a smashing, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 victory for the Queensland title. ¶ In Baltimore, the Greentree Stable's One Hitter, twice conqueror of Noor, over a second-rate field for the winner-take-all $15,000 Pimlico Special. ¶ In Manhattan, perennial (22 years) world Court Tennis Champion Pierre Etchebaster (TIME, Dec. 26) over Challenger Alastair Martin, U.S. and British amateur champion, in straight sets. ¶ In Buenos Aires, an Argentine basketball team over...
...Belmont Park, N.Y., Christopher T. Chenery's big bay three-year-old, Hill Prince, the two-mile Jockey Club Gold Cup, by four lengths over the California champion, Noor, his leading rival for horse-of-the-year honors. The win moved Hill Prince ahead of Noor for top money-winner of the year ($263,715 to date...