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After the first five furlongs of the 1 3/10-mi. Preakness, Tom Rolfe was nine lengths back. Isador Bieber's Flag Raiser (odds: 5-1) was straining for the lead, with Lucky Debonair and a longshot named Swift Ruler (42-1). Lucky Debonair's jockey, Willie Shoemaker, knew he was in trouble: "I was getting into him pretty good, but he wasn't giving me anything." Rounding the turn for home. Flag Raiser was in front-but there was Tom Rolfe ranging up to take the lead...
Success as a novelist destroyed him as a novelist. He abandoned fiction and busily set about to become a "real ruler of the world." He denounced the capitalists, denounced the Catholics, denounced the Jews, cheered the Nazis, cheered the Communists (eventually he joined the Communist Party as an act of spiritual affirmation), and wildly decried the Mann...
...Blue Grass Stakes at Kenneland Race Track, one of the many possible stepping-stones to the Derby. The race was won by Lucky Debonair, an invader from the West Coast, in the lightning-fast time of 1:49. In the Blue Grass, a horse by the name of Swift Ruler came from ten lengths behind and battled it out with Lucky Debonair in the stretch, losing by a scant half length...
...Swift Ruler, who nearly upset Lucky Debonair in the Blue Grass, is going to win the Derby. As a two-year old he raced in the Chicago area, winning five of nine races against fairly good competition at short distances. This spring Swift Ruler's trainer shipped him to Oaklawn Park, a very low-class track in Arkansas. He won four races with case, and seemed to prefer long distances, though his wins came against rotten opposition...
...might object that Swift Ruler is too cheap a horse for the Derby, but his brilliant race against Lucky Debonair proves he can hold his own against the best three-year olds in the country. HOW THEY'LL FINISH 1. Swift Ruler 15-1 2. Lucky Debonair 4-1 3. Bold Lad 6-5 4. Native Charger 8-1 5. Hall to All 8-1 6. Flag Raiser 8-1 7. Tom Rolfe 5-1 8. Dapper Dan 20-1 9. Carpenter's Rule 30-1 10. Mr. Pak 30-1 11. Narusha...