| Show - —y iminlliiiliri rrMl n a y-- y-- agyaRyujuM— T yx'i'wiiMwyMIl Vickery’s Flight Of Time Is Flying High By Steve Luhm Tribune Sports Writer It took trainWyo er Bret Vickery one race to realize he had something special in Flight Of Time d filThe sensational favorite to win Saturly the odds-o- n day's $26960 Cowboy Classic Derby at Wyoming Downs began her career on April 18 1986 in a futurity trial at Dixie Downs in St George She finished second losing by a nose But Vickery was impressed "She drew outside” he explained "And down at St George the outside horses have to run right up against a big cement wall It's pretty tough” According to Vickery Flight Of Time also showed her inexperience “She ran pretty green too” Vickery said "She made some mistakes But when she ran so green and still ran so good well I got a pretty good idea about how good she was” Since that race Flight Of Time has won 9 of 10 races and piled up career earnings of more than $69500 She had won four straight races here this summer by nine lengths an astonish- EVANSTON - Trial Jockey Odds three-year-ol- ing total in the world of quarter horse racing The Utah-brefilly has been so overpowering that just before her 2 Vlength victory in the Dash for Destiny Derby on July 24 original owner DB Snedden sold In Flight Of Tune for d eye-poppi- half-intere- st $40000 "I was very nervous” Vickery said "When you get that kind of money changing hands it puts a lot more pressure on you” Cris Carter But so did Flight Of Tune "I'd say she's ready” Vickery said That means Flight Of Time has the inside track on the first-plac- e prize of $13480 in the Cowboy Classic That would push her career earnings to more than $83000 heading into a winter campaign at Turf Paradise and Los Alamitos Vickery plans to run Flight Of Time in the $50000-adde- d Budweiser Derby in November From there it’ll be "some of those filly stakes” in California That’s a long way from Dixie "It also makes the day you get outrun a lot sadder” he said Vickery didn’t have to worry in the $21210 Dash for Destiny Flight Of d event in 1941 Time won the 400-yar- seconds shattering the previous track record of 19 62 What makes his horse so good? “Certain horses just have that desire" Vickery said “This filly has that desire to win She has a big heart She goes out and gives it everything she’s got Every time” Bert Rosenthal AP Track Writer ROME — Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis begin their quest for the title of "World’s Fastest Human” Saturday as the second World Track and Field Championships begin Johnson the powerful Canadian with the lightning-fas- t start was ranked No 1 in the world in the dash in 1986 — a rating that generally qualifies a sprinter for the revered title Lewis held that honor a record five consecutive years from 1981-8- 5 but last year slipped to third behind Johnson and Chidi Imoh of Nigeria Johnson has beaten Lewis four consecutive times over the last two years and feels he has nothing to prove Lewis a slow starter with magnificent mid-rac- e acceleration has tried to minimize his confrontation with Johnson saying "I don’t envy anything Ben Johnson has I will just try and run the best I can" ' ' "Ben is just trying to be the best in tne world in the 100 and that's what J'm trying to do” Lewis said ‘'There’s nothing wrong with that” Saturday Johnson and Lewis will Compete in the first- - and second-roun- d heats of the 100 The semifinals and final are set for Sunday T Also on Saturday’s program are 100-met- finals in the women's marathon and men’s shot put and 10000 meters early rounds in the men’s 800 and women's 100 800 400 and 3000 and qualifying in the women’s high jump and men’s javelin Lewis an Olympic gold medalist in four events in 1984 is among 18 men who won individual titles in the first World Championships in 1983 at Helsinki Finland and are trying to defend in this quadriennial meet Overall Lewis won three golds four years ago capturing the long jump in addition to the 100 and running on the winning United States d relay team that set a record of 3786 seconds The other men's defending champions competing in this eight-da- y meet in 60000-seOlympic Stadium are Calvin Smith United States 200 Bert Cameron Jamaica 400 Steve Cram Britain 1500 Patriz Ilg West Germany 3000 steeplechase Eamonn a Coghlan Ireland 5000 Rob de Australia marathon Greg Foster United States 110 high hurdles Edwin Moses United States 400 intermediate hurdles Gennady Avdeyenko Soviet Union high jump Sergei Bubka Soviet Union pole vault Zdzislaw Hoffman Poland triple jump Imrich Bugar Czechoslovakia discus Sergey Litvinov Soviet Union hammer throw Detlef Michel then-worl- 400-met- er at Cas-tell- East Germany javelin Jarmila all-tim- Kratochvilova Among those absent for various e reasons besides Slaney include Olympic 1500 champion Sebastian Coe of Britain 1983 women's marathon winner Crete Waitz of Norway 1984 women’s 100 gold medalist Evelyn Ashford of the United States 1987 Boston Marathon winner Toshi-hik- o Seko of Japan 1984 Olympic pole vault gold medalist Pierre Quinon of e France and Olympic hammer throw champion Yuri Syedikh of the Soviet Union two-tim- of Czechoslovakia Slaney gold medalist in the 1500 and 3000 meters is injured and not competing while Kratochvilova who has returned to competition after a brief retirement will defend her 800 title but not the 400 two-tim- —Tribune Wire X 8 Audi 4000CS Quattros West-tninst- College soccer coach Chris Dorich has put together a demanding schedule including several nationally ranked Division II schools Westminster opens its season Sept 6 jit home against Colorado College at Priced at Dealer Invoice INVITES HIS OLD FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS TO VISIT HIM FOR ALL THEIR AUTOMOTIVE WEEDS l am Among the school’s on Westminster's schedule are California State at Iforthridge Dominguez Hills Chico $£ate and Sacramento State Other regional teams include New Mexico Regis College and Metro State “"If you want to be a winner you've jg6t to play the winners” said Dorich Returning to the Westminster Mike Calla- fequad are a senior halfback and Academ-- c and junior halfback Wes Shadow Other returning seniors Include fullback Steve Lowe a Rocky T Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League performer Danny Ferguson Pete Gallagher and halfback Carlos Vorher Bountiful Lincoln Mercury Wcitmlniter'i Soccer Schedule am September 6 — Colorado College 1 1 7 — Dominican Christian 3:30 College 1 pm 10 — Pacific 13 — Northwest Nora-ren- e At California State at Sacramento 830 pm 19 — At California State at Chlaco 2 p m 20 — At Dominican College 1 1 am 25 — College ot Idaho 4 pm October: 1 — At California State Domin2 — At University of La quez Hills 4 pm Verne 8 pm- - 3 — At California State North ridge 8:30 pm 9 — Grand Canyon College 1 1 am 1 1 — University of Colorado 1 1 am 16 — At Regis College 4 pm 17 — At Denver University 3 Pm- - 23 — Metro State 3:30 pm 31 — At Sam Houston State 2 pm November: 1 — At University of New Mexico 1 1 am 1 pm pm Srvk DICK "SANDY" SANDWICH Westminster Sets Soccer Slate For the second straight year Jack Kent Cooke Buckeyes last month for accepting money from and signing with an agent e Bay declared Carter ineligible after the Buckeyes’ leading receiver admitted after numerous denials dealings with agents Norby Walters and Lloyd Bloom “W’e think it's so serious we’re not even going to appeal because even if we won the appeal on some technical basis we’d have a tough time looking our colleagues in the face” Bay said "It’s pretty easy to be brave when you think your options are closed out anyway Now the door’s open again or appears to be and our principles are being tested” Gross’ Appeal Is Delayed Pitcher Kevin Gross of the Philadelphia Phillies will ha" to wait until next week to learn the outcome of his appeal of a y spension imposed by the National League said Katy Feenev a league spokeswoman Gross backed by the players union met with NL President Bartlett Giamatti for four hours Thursday at an appeals hearing He has not had to serve the suspension imposed after sandpaper was found in Grcss’ glove during a game with the Chicago Cubs Aug 10 pending a decision on the appeal Pan Am Drug Test Knocks Green Out of World Championships Hammer thrower Bill Green who was stripped of his Pan American Games silver medal because of a positive drug test will not be allowed to participate in the World Championships which begin this weekend his lawyer said Friday in Los Angeles Gregory Raifman Green’s attorney told the Associated Press that he was told late Thursday night by a spokesman for The Athletics Congress that Green would not be allowed to compete Raifman said that he does not plan to appeal the decision Redskins Owner Threatens to Move Team Out of Town Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke threatened Friday to domed relocate the team if officials do not build a new 75000-sea- t stadium In Washington Cooke said he will talk to counties In suburban Maryland and Virginia-i- f officials from the District of Columbia fail to work on his proposal In addition to Kratochvilova the women’s defending champions on hand are Marlies Gohr East Germany 100 Tamara Bykova Soviet Union high jump Heike Drechsler East Germany long Jump Helena Czechoslovakia shot put and Tiina Lillak Finland javelin Daley Kevin Gross Ohio State Won't Appeal Ineligibility of Carter Downs Thompson Britain decathlon Ernesto Canto Mexico walk and Ronald Weigel East Gerwalk many The missing 1983 winners are West Germany’s Willi Wulbeck in the 800 Portugal’s Fernando Mamede in the 10000 and Poland's Eduard Sarel in the shot put Among the women the stars of the 1983 championships were Mary Decker Slaney of the United States and Bll Ohio State Athletic Director Rick Bay said Friday he won't appeal the wide receiver Cris Carter thrown off the ineligibility of Stars Arrive in Rome for World Track Championships By 29 1987 v real fresh” Listed in order of post position Listed is trMrnit run on a sloppy track Odds listed are The Tribune's morning line Saturday August — Sportlight Vickery hopes the trend continues Saturday when Flight Of Time faces nine rivals in the Cowboy Classic Derby Ironically her toughest competition might come from stablemate Samjun a Vickery-traine- d gelding who has won 5 of 7 races including the Boise Derby on July 11 “Obviously the colt Samjun) has taken a second seat to Flight Of Time” Vickery said "But we’ve been real impressed with him lately He came out of his Cowboy Classic trial Saturday's $26360 Cowboy Classic Derby Horw The Salt Lake Tribune 2773 SOUTH Dave Strong is overstocked on the incredible Audi 4000CS Quattro 18 — For a limited time you can have your choice ot any 4000CS Quattro in our inventory at the factory invoice cost plus tax license and dealer prep That's a savings of up to $35001 your new Quattro for just $30342 per month r auoi 1045 South State Street Taylorsville Ousted Special to The Tribune ALBUQUERQUE Taylorsville Coach Barry Sceili knew he would be in for a rough series here He didn't expect it to Be this rough Las Taylorsville ran into a red-hCruces NM team Friday morning and the end result was a 16-thrashing r - 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