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Charming Prince. The early 6-to-5 favorite in what is being billed as the "Battle of the Big Two" is Majestic Prince, grandson of the great Native Dancer and a winner in all seven of his races. In the $132,200 Santa Anita Derby, Jockey Bill Hartack all but hauled in the reins going down the stretch and the Prince still won by eight lengths, the widest margin of victory in the 32-year history of the event...
...Vertex, who sired 1965 Derby Winner Lucky Debonair, Top Knight was a "very ugly, gangly colt," with a reputation for gimpy legs. "He may be a little odd-looking," admits Trainer Ray Metcalf. "Nobody particularly liked him-until he started putting those $100,000 purses in the bank...
Born. To Parnelli Jones, 35, ace racing driver, winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500 and by his own estimate "a few hundred" other races, and Judy Thompson Jones, 27: their first child, a boy; in Torrance, Calif...
...thundering, trumpeting inanity of all this is more or less the responsibility of Producer-Director Michael Winner, who has made a lot of second-rate movies in his time (Girl-Getters, The Jokers, I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname) but none so consummately awful as this. He allows Reed to sway and scowl across the screen like an English Jack Palance, while Michael J. Pollard, as the benighted guerrilla chief, quickly exhausts his repertoire of puckish expressions. Since he attracted attention in Bonnie and Clyde, Pollard has turned into a mumbling buffoon whose limited talents...
Charlie Ajootian and Ed Nosal will be top threats in the hammer throw tomorrow. Ajootian was the winner of the event in last weekend's Penn Relays, although Nosal edge him out in the Grater Boston's. Benka and Bruce Hedendal will form another strong duo in the discus throw. Hedendal was a fourth-place finisher in the Penn Relays...