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...challenge plucks at the will of Owner Vanderbilt. It piques the imagination of those who see in the Dancer the qualities of true thoroughbred greatness. They can visualize the power-burst finish ?uphill and all?and the proud, nostril-flaring stand in a foreign winner's circle. Whether the vision proves right or not, memory is likely to treasure the Big Grey. "There," they will say someday, "there was a real champion...
...three-year-old, Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Native Dancer became something of a TV matinee idol. Racing for the triple crown, the great grey put on three breathtaking finishing sprints that would have done credit to "Snapper" Garrison, the jockey who became immortal for his come-from-behind finishes. The Dancer lost the Kentucky Derby by a head, won the Preakness by a neck, won the Belmont by an even shorter neck. Last week the Dancer, now a full-grown four-year-old, was back again, this time going after racing's triple handicap crown (the Metropolitan, Suburban...
...York, making a 1954 debut, Alfred G. Vanderbilt's great grey colt Native Dancer, odds-on (3-20), romped off with Belmont Park's $15,000 Commando Purse. The race was a warmup for this week's Metropolitan, first event in racing's handicap triple crown, where the Dancer will carry...
...Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's Native Dancer came the closest to beating the jinx last year. The Dancer was beaten by a nose by long-shot (25-1) Dark Star, for the only defeat of his brief career...
...enthusiasts, was killed in a Ferrari in the Watkins Glen Race. Two years later a skidding Cadillac-Allard killed a youngster who was watching from a Watkins Glen sidewalk. The same year, a driver was killed at Bridgehampton. Again there was a public hue & cry, an echo of the Vanderbilt Cup days, and road racing was on its uppers...