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...favorite (3-1) was the Greentree two-for-one entry (Hall of Fame and Big Stretch), which finished 9th and 18th in the Kentucky Derby. But a lot of the crowd's wiser money (4-1) believed in Burch and Bold for three good reasons: 1) Jockey Eddie Arcaro; 2) the sound hunch that Bold could have had a better ride when he lost to Alerted by a neck in the Preakness Prep earlier in the week; and 3) the fact that Bold had never run a bad race (three firsts and two seconds in five starts...
...Arcaro and Bold took the lead well before the first turn. In the backstretch, Bold was challenged for the lead by Jockey Pete McLean on Repetoire ("We were just up to Bold when Reppy started running rank . . . that old pedigree caught up with us. Arcaro, he sit still-real chilly"). Then, said Arcaro, "I didn't see any more of him. Bold let loose...
...grab-bag Derby this year," said Bill Corum. president of Churchill Downs. Jockey Eddie Arcaro agreed: "I wouldn't be surprised if any one of 15 horses wins it." Added Greentree Stables' Trainer John Gaver: "This will be the damnedest rat race of all time...
...crowd of 100,000-plus was inclined to bet on men, rather than horses. Arcaro got the biggest play and the favorite's role, at 12-5, not so much because he had one of the better mounts in Battle Morn, but because he had already won the Kentucky Derby four times. Said one trainer: "I'd bet on Arcaro if he were riding a pogo stick...
...stylized school figures. Men's champion (for the fourth time): Dick Button, Harvard junior, of Englewood, NJ. ¶ In Arcadia, Calif., Kentucky-bred Rough 'n Tumble, the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby, the first of the important tests for Kentucky Derby prospects. By his handy victory (with Arcaro up), Rough 'n Tumble became a top Kentucky Derby favorite. ¶ In San Francisco, ex-Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis,* a tenth-round technical knockout, over California's inept Champion Andy Walker. ¶In Manhattan, the Manhattan College track team over Seton Hall...