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Show 16 THE SIGNPOST Wednesday, May 2, 1990 SQUALL (continued from page 12) of the Secretariat mare Weekend Surprise, is as pure Kentucky as they get. He was foaled and raised at Lane's End Farm near Versailles. Sold for $300,000 as a yearling, Summer Squall wound up back with Lane's End connections when Dogwood president Cot Campbell sent him to Howard for Keeneland's early 2-year-old ra";ne- last April. The colt won his only start there by 1 1 1 engths, and Lane's End owner Will Farish, for whom Howard has a stable, bought a share. The colt won the Kentucky Budweiser Breeders' Cup by 2 lengths under jockey Charlie Woods, then took the Bashford Manor by four lengths in the slop with Pat Day, who has ridden him ever since. The colt went on to Saratoga to sweep the Special and Hopeful before his season ended prematurely with a hairline leg fracture. "He was here May, June and all through July," Howard said. "He trained here, completely here, for the Saratoga Special. "The fact that the horse made his mark in some of the Churchill Downs stakes, it makes you feel good. And to come back here and have a chance in the biggest race ... it's a thrill for me." Summer Squall's 3-year-old season was delayed by pulmonary bleeding. In his return to the races, he drew raves for finishing IffefP''itW - m aturday, May 12, Wildcat Stadium !iyr:!!j?p;.:inyone interested in working with the '"p'ttnentally handicapped is welcome Contact Maren Anderson 626-6349 in ASWSC offices for more information .:: yy V i mYiVft A A ft" 'Wiaajw A A A A A A A AUVVW : ; : a r pamii v pijnRDAMS KaaAAAjW i f i"i r"i c fi c v-v-i iAAAAAA hAAAAAAf f.v.v.v.vvv, , v, ,.,, ri r ft ft ft ft ft r .-i iuVXAAAA 3 i" i f i A m WAAAAAaaaI , a, a, a, a, a, aVwuvm V V V V V V V l A A AAA Af v M mAaaaaav WAAAAAMMa1 'J V VVVVV wCaaW ' AAAjVU , A A,r r A A A aWMWM V V V V V V V 1 . A A A A A Al u u u u u u i A A A A A A iaaaaa1 , A A A A aT kAVA'A-A'AVVlMW V V v V. V. V V. 1 ( iff i A A i S'AAAAAACWffittl C.A.B. FAMILY PROGRAMS 'YOUR CHILD'S HEALTH" A LECTURE AND DISCUSSION PRESENTED BY DR. JOAN THOMPSON PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES WEBER STATE COLLEGE THURSDAY, MAY 3 at 7 p.m. at the gallery, Weber State Union Building Activities provided for your children ages 2-15. Please insure a space by calling 626-6349 for reservations. LAAAAAAi A A A A A A A JaUXTvAAAAA AAAAAAA IaW$aa IAAAAAA rtAAAAAA Kaaaaa A A A A A A A Iaaaaaa A A A A A A A VMjyyyyyyM WAAAAA UUUUUUU vAAAjyjAA AAAAAA (AjUUXAA VO-O-CuVy LAAAAAA fowAAAAAAAl LAAAAAA AAA Al owcmta a a a a a a y v v v v v v.n Caaaiaa UVXAjUVVww 'WvVW V u v m m i iyVAAAyAAAiAAAAAAAA AAAAAAA LAAAAAA. aaaaa AAAAAAA AAAAAAA iaaaaa I a r, i-i a a a1. tWWwl A AAAAAA only a length behind Housebuster in Gulfstream Park's Swale Stakes. Still, the idea of Summer Squall as a horse of such renown seems a bit strange, Howard's wife, Sue, acknowledged. "When you think of good horses like Easy Goer and Sunday Silence last year, you think about them being superstars," she said. "I guess we have a superstar in the barn, but he's just one of the horses. He looks like an ordinary hors.e in an ordinary barn. Then he goes out and blows everyone away." The Howards live with their 8-year-old daughter Ashleigh and 5-year-old son Jered an eight-minute drive from Churchill Downs if the traffic lights cooperate. Their neat L-shape ranch house is decorated with pictures of the children and horses, including the first time Summer Squall made the cover of The Blood Horse magazine. Woods said Howard is the same guy he was when training Ohio-bred claiming horses at River Downs in Cincinnati: often funny, always serious about horses and, of course, nervous. He expects him to be the same no matter what happens Saturday, and Howard seems concerned that people not think he's too big for his britches. Howard makes self-effacing remarks about supposedly being a big shot trainer. When Summer Squall had to return briefly to the barn before a workout because a tongue tie was left behind, he despaired, "You can take the boy out of River Downs, but you can't take the River Downs out of the boy." He has fond memories of River Downs. He values friendships from there. But his lifelong goal was to train good horses, and when he didn't have the stock to race effectively in Kentucky, he took a job in the foaling barn at Lane's End. That led to breaking yearlings at Camden, S.C., which led to training. Friends can't believe how calm he's been, how poised under the media glare. "I thought he'd be crazy," Sue said. "Seems like he's got so much on his mind that he doesn't have time to get nervous about this horse," Woods said. (Rees writes for the Louisville Courier-Journal.) By JENNIE REES Copyright 1990, USA TODAY Apple College Information Network NATIONAL (continued from page 13) "So the Reds got off to a fast start," Craig said. "We've still got 18 (games) to go with them." The Cubs have 12 left with first-place Pittsburgh, but in the scrambled NL East, who's to say the Pirates still will be the team to beat in September? The Cubs will not be the team to beat unless the starting pitching solidifies and someone other than Andre Dawson drives in runs. The veteran has 12. No one else comes close. "We haven't done much right for two weeks," manager Don Zimmer said. "That's all there is to it. We haven't been scoring runs." The unproductivemiddle-of-the-order bats of Ryne Sandberg and Mark Grace are too well established not to get started soon. Sandberg has always been a weak offensive player in April. Grace might be struggling with the expectations created by his extraordinary playoff performance. That might be true of many of the Cubs. They were not expected to win last year. Now they are supposed to win, or at least provide a spirited championship defense. By ROD BEATON - Copyright 1990, USA TODAYApple College Information Network. INTRA MURALS Pickleball begins Tuesday The intramural department is hosting a pickleball tournament on Tuesday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. The registration deadline is 1 p.m., Friday, May 4. Please submit your entries to Swenson Gym room 105. Thecost is $2 per person per event. The tournament will be open to both singles and doubles with male, female, and co-rec divisions available to all students, faculty and staff of Weber State College. For more information contact the intramural department at 626-64767967. Tennis tourney opens May 12 The annual spring tennis tournament will be on Saturday, May 12. The tournament will start at 10 a.m. and will continue all day on the John Edmond Tennis Courts located directly east of Swenson Gym. Divisions for both men and women in both singles and doubles will be available to all students, faculty and staff of WSC. The registration deadline for this event is 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9. For more information contact the intramural department at 626-64767967. |