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...give up his faith in Alsab, last year's wonderhorse-even after he finished third in Florida's Flamingo and fifth in its Widener; even after he was licked twice within a week at Havre de Grace by commonplace Colchis; even after he was humbled by Valdina Orphan in the Derby Trial and by Shut Out in the great Derby itself, the race for which Swenke had pointed since the beginning of the year...
Last week scrawny little Alsab lined up with Shut Out, Valdina Orphan, Colchis and six other rivals for the $75,000 Preakness, second of the season's rich classics for three-year-olds. The Ol' Sarge was still convinced that his game little colt, even after eight straight defeats, was the best of the lot. Others among the 42,000 who crammed the ancient Pimlico race track thought so too, for Alsab went to the post the favorite...
...Alsab, pounding past the stands, he was in next-to-last place. In the backstretch, he was still next-to-last. Coming into the home turn, Jockey Basil James gave the Sab the whip. Like the Alsab of old, he began to sweep around the field-past the Orphan, past Apache, past Shut Out, gaining with every stride of his short legs. At the wire, Alsab was a full length in front of Requested and Sun Again. His time: 1 min. 57 sec., a new record for the 52-year-old Preakness and only one-fifth of a second slower...
...lesser regarded of the Whitney pair was up with the front runners from the drop of the flag. On the home turn, when the pacemaker, With Regards, began to falter, Shut Out shot in front. Then, in the last quarter, standing off the challenges of Alsab and Valdina Orphan, Shut Out saved the day for Mrs. Whitney. Devil Diver finished sixth...
...potential U.S. war weapons, none has been more completely orphaned than the profit motive. For fear it might be confused with its bastard cousin, profiteering, neither business nor Government has cared (or dared) stand up for it. Last week the House Ways & Means Committee prepared to abandon the orphan for the duration, reported favorably on a 94% excess-profits tax. For corporations in the highest bracket that means that every extra dollar of cost will actually cost only...