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...racing in the East as a two-year-old, failed to win a race in his first 18 starts. But after California's Charles S. Howard bought him (for $7,-$500) and put him in Trainer Tom Smith's care, the onetime selling plater finished out of the money only four times in 42 starts. Then, as the crowning achievement of a storybook career, the patched-up cripple, after a year's retirement, came back last March to win the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap, won it in the record- breaking time...
...last week Student Elkins liked the looks of Merry Caroline, a cheap plater running in the second race at Chicago's Washington Park. He decided to couple Caroline with Joy Bet, the worst nag (and therefore probably the longest shot) listed for the first race. He wired his selection (and $2) and went about his chores...
...barrel-chested pee-wee (4 ft. 8 in.) who learned to ride on the Western "bush"' tracks (county fairs), still lives in a trailer and looks as clumsy as Ichabod Crane on a horse. Johnny Adams has an extraordinary flair for getting the best out of the cheapest plater...
...front. Jockey Kurtsinger gave him the whip. But War Admiral seemed to be standing still. It was Seabiscuit who was pulling away-one length, two lengths, three lengths-in a crazy burst of speed. Still going away when he crossed the finish line four lengths ahead, the little ex-plater set a new track record (1 min., 56 3/5 sec.) for a mile-and-three-sixteenths...
...belated entrant and cheap plater in the world's newest race to rearm, which the Munich deal starting gun set off month ago, is the little Latin American republic of Panama. Disturbed because neighboring Costa Rica suddenly abandoned plans to ratify a pact settling a long-disputed 150-mile border between the two States, Panama's President, Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena, last week signed a hurriedly drafted bill providing $1,000,000 for national defense. Hitherto, defense has been an unknown item in Panama's budget. Most of the money will be used to fortify the northern...