Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-08 | Page 25 | Backseat Driving

0 r FRANK K BAKER BAKER- NO athlete ever waged a more courageous uphill than Bold old V the hal half half- fight ight to win a coveted race nt re j brother of Twenty ty Grand staged in In capturing the traditional Kentucky derby this year for the year old survived survived survived sur sur- fire a disappointing juvenile year and questionable j ankles to win for the owner who only a year ago tried to to sell him I The e blaze occurred last summer when the car carrying Bold Venture and 14 other horses caught fire en route from the Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Sara Sara- toga meeting to B Belmont lmont p park rk Excited attendants beat helplessly help help- essly lessly at the blaze for mile after mile as the train sped along Two to thoroughbreds perished before one of the dusky attendants thought of yanking the bell cord which stopped the train and brought assistance in extinguishing the blaze Bold Venture threw a splint in the Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga Sara- Sara toga last August and was retired then to build up his ankles and legs The horse wintered at Columbia S. S C. C so was not retarded ii h in training by late and severe winter farther north f Morton L. L Schwartz owner of the derby winner has lias been gradually working himself out of the racing sport for forthe the last two years cars A Kentucky bo boy who went to New York City to make good in banking and stock brokerage business Schwartz sold his modest breeding establishment near Lexington Lexi Lex Lex- i ington and started to dispose of his stock two years ago He put Bold Venture on the block at the Saratoga sales sale August 23 1935 Then he bid him back with a offer I 3 rather than l let t the colt go for less than what he believed him to be worth i Some critics believe that the derby winner may inspire Schwartz to stay in the turf sport His only reason offered for this his gradual retirement has been the withdrawal from racing of his brother A. A C. C who took the Grand National Steeplechase with Jack Homer Horner in 1926 i p. p Bold Venture raced under the colors of Admiral Cary Gary T. T Grayson for a time last season due to the death of the Schwartz brothers brothers' mother Jake Powell Washington's fleet outfielder elder performed perform d done ione one of baseballs baseball's rarities the other day by scoring from second base after a fly to center field had been caught Off the instant nt Wally Moses grabbed Cliff Bolton's fly the Senators' Senators speed merchant rounded third base at 3 j full fu l speed and tore home to beat the throw by inches with a head-first head dive to the plate z The last time VI Washington ashington fans had seen such a j tv ece of base running was in the 1925 world series when K Kiki i iC f C Cuyler of Pittsburgh accomplished cC I the f feat f. f x it J Four new members will be welcomed into into aut automobile racing's rac rae exclusive mile hour club at 25 ings ing's Indianapolis May five days before the Decoration day mile race Only 18 drivers since the inaugural back in 1911 have become eligible The n newcomers are Kelly Petillo Huntington Park Cal Iwho who won the sweepstakes last year Floyd Roberts Van Nuys f Cal Doc Mackenzie Eddington Pa and Chet Miller Miner Detroit L i To be eligible a driver must finish the mile grind without without with- with out out relief at an average speed of miles per hour