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...Rehabilitate, Turcotte 20-1 5. Advocator, Sellers 12-1 6. Dominar, Harmatz 20-1 7. Fleet Shoe, Gilligan 20-1 8. Exhibitionist, Belmonte 15-1 9. Beau Sub, Parrott 20-1 10. Sky Guy, Adams 20-1 11. Tragniew, Pierce 10-1 12. Kauai King, Brumfield 7-2 13. Abe's Hope, Shoemaker 5-2 14. Sean E. Indian, Fires 20-1 15. Quinta, Kallai 20-1 16. Wileston Kid, Stevenson...
...furlongs (1½ miles) of the Blue Grass Stakes, just one furlong short of the Derby distance. Though he had a slight infection in his left front hoof, the mere mention of his name was enough to reduce the field to two other horses: Rehabilitate, an also-runner, and Abe's Hope, a hard-luck colt who won the Florida Derby last month only to have the victory wiped out by a foul...
...Nose. With win bets only allowed, Graustark broke in front and flashed to a six-length lead. Everyone expected that to be it. Jockey Braulio Baeza eased up, and suddenly from dead last, there came Willie Shoemaker on Abe's Hope. The horses were neck and neck at the top of the stretch-then Abe's Hope drew out to a half-length lead. Baeza went to the whip, and Graustark came on hard. But not hard enough. Abe's Hope won by a nose...
Before the race, Abe's Hope's trainer, Del Carroll, had declared, "Graustark looks invincible." After the race, many owners and trainers, who were thinking of staying out of it, decided to ship their colts to Churchill Downs after all. It looked as if it would be a large field "of 16 or 18," said a Derby spokesman. And when news came that Graustark's infection was worse following the Blue Grass, the early odds on him shifted from...
Overturning the Los Angeles decision, the Supreme Court ruled that franchise terms were not at issue. Gen eral Motors and its dealer associations, said Justice Abe Fortas, had removed a "class of traders from the market"-an antitrust violation per se. With that decision, discounters apparently won open season on the U.S.'s 29,000 franchised dealers...