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TJw Ottawa Journal 15 ''J 1 Monday, June 9, 1969 4 Arfeand Letters Pfbe Bsf have to snatch his mount up to a walk to avoid taking the early lead ehead of Arts and Letters And Still th was no sign of Hartack and Majestic Prince making an effort to be in "close attendance" as the charters say. At the finish of a harness race, somebody up front, would be either fined or suspended on a charge of "backing off" or slowing down the' field. But there's no such thing with the thoroughbreds." AFTER ALL, HE WON A mar) such as Elliott Burch, who conditions Arts and Letters for the Mellons, can't be blamed for disputing the general assessment of this, Any; owner or trainer likes to think he's won the race rather than, his top rival "losing" it as is being Nobody can fault hini for this. 1 't A "hair-snooze" by Hartack undoubtedly would have made the popular impression more palatable for Burch, who saddled a horse with an excellent record today. Unfortunately the atmosphere of indecision that has gripped "Majestic Prince's stable from his Preakness win seems to have carried through to the last round of the Triple Crown for all concerned among those interests.

They speak often of "horse sense;" perhaps the colt may have sensed himself since Baltimore. European Soccer Tat ConcpdhM ran iWITZIRLANO Owux-Fondt Grantnpptn 1 Lamonnt 1 BM 1 Luoana St. Gall Luctriw 1 Bntl 1 WlntontHir 2 Btlllnisna 1 Young Bovi 4 StrvttK 1 Zurich 4 (Ion I FRANCS Joint Etlonn I Monaco 1 Bordtoux I Alocclo i i Wotl 9 NIC 1 RmnM 1 Lyon I MotmIii Ra Star NontM Socnaux ltrobouro I NlmM VoinclnnM 1 Sodon Sottlo Rouon i WIST OIRMANY Footrw Uaouo Birlln Aochon 1 -Cologno I Franklurt 1 Scholko Dortmund 1 Offonbsch Duliburg Hamburg 0 Brmn Motnchonglodbacll 1 Bruntwkll I Munich ISM Baytrn Munich Honnovor 1 Stuttgart 4 KolwnlauKrn 1 SPAIN Jorai Colvo Soh)h 1 Mollorta 1 Alcoyano GIon tt Indouchu mvimo Motraiia a Ctlta 1 Valladolld 0 Burgoi Forrol llkltono I Bttlt Murcla 1 OvkMtt 1 Ht i rr 1 "THEY'RE WINNERS WESTWICK Hartack Bears Brunt of Criticism Leo Durocher never was known to elaborate at all on his lunf famous sports claim about "nice finishing last For instance, "The Up" never insisted that bad guys necessarily always finished first In the sense that he's unco-operative to the point of being accused of rudeness in his associations-with U.S. turf writers, the latter as a whole-would unhesitatingly list Willie Hartack among the, "bad guys." wo abhors that monicker, has been a winner so regularly that he can afford to be uncommonly aloof with racing writers. However, he invariably manages to make those post-classic appearances on the networks at a fee, and is' never exactly shy on words or.

clarity to explaining a success. WAS BAEZA'S DAY One of the notable absentees from the regular interviews after Belmont last Saturday was Hartack. In fact there was no sign of anybody from Frank McMahon's Stable, including Johnny Longden, trainer of the Derby end Preakness winner, and unable (q make the 'Triple Crown" at New York. The handsome Majestic Prince, did pick up second money in the rich Belmont, but' there's been many a horse out of the money in a six-horse field that was closer to the leader than the 5" lengths separating Arts and Letters and the. Canadian-owned colt In the two previous legs of America's three leading for three year olds, Hartack has received- due.

acclaim for his part in winning the Derby and Preakness; But by general consent Hartack is the man tagged, with the responsibility for this crushing defeat would' be unfair to a top rider and the winner to suggest Hartack might have won it with a change of tactics, but he opened up the way for the charge he was and might well have avoided so decisive a setback. And sport being what it is, it's not too much of a change in the labels from hero to goat A ROOM FOR WORRY Even a neophyte In the racing game with, a buck riding on Majesno Prince must have, become -a little panicky when Hartack seemed content with fifth position while Dike took over the. lead in a leisurely gallop in the first half mile. The Strong suspicion was formed long before they went into the stretch drive that Hartack, had been napping on the job and Baeza coolly had stowed the race away long before the finish. Regardless of how polite trainer Longden was about it afterwards, he left little doubt that he figured Hartack was no help to his Eddie Arcaro, one of the best of all riders in his day, was critical enough even though attributing "confusion" on Hartack'c part for the flve-and-half lengths margin separating the two front horses.

There wasn't the saving feature on Hartack's part of running Into, any blind switches in this six-horse -group. Experienced riders don't need a stop watch to remind them that six furlongs In a minute and 16. seconds isnt the kind of gait designed to break records even in a claiming race. Behnonte, aboard Dike, likely had the feeling he'd Onronlontt 1 Royo Valltcano I Atavot Cadli 1 YUOOtLAVIA Dtnamo ZogrtO I Fortlzan Bolgradt Volvodlna Novl Sad 1 Prokrtar Inw onln Voraor Skopft I zolomlcor SoralmJ Saralovo i OFK Btogrod Vila Mottar 4 RIoM 1 Crvm Zvtido Bolgradt 1 Zabrtb Ollmplla LIuMlana 1 Bor Vtltt Mottor 1 Morlbor I Radntckl Nit Holduk Spiff AUSTRIA Auttrlo Saliburg Broitr AK Aintrta Wkm-Wocktr 4 Inmbruck 1 WIGS Wotttnt 1 wlomtr SportcluB i Sturm, Oral I Llnior Atk i raaed ror Rochefort PHILADELPHIA AP) Philadelphia Flyers of the National League acquired. Reggie Fleming of New York Rangers in a trade for veteran rightwinger Leon Rochefort, the club said Sat-' urday.

1 As part of the. deal, the Rangers -received an option to purchase another Flyer after this week's league draft meeting. "By getting Fleming we have, solved half our problems," said Bud Poile, Flyers' general manager; who worked out the deal with New York's Emile Francis, a "We needed more muscle' and now we have it" Fleming has been in the NHL since the 1959-60 season. He broke in with Montreal, then played for Chicago and Boston before being traded to New York during the 1965-66 season. Fleming scored li goals for the Rangers two seasons ago, but fell off to eight last-year.

He has 138 minutes' i in penalties for last year and 'X at least 132 for each of the )ast six seasons. DUNDEE UNITED IWINS JERSEY CITY, N.J(AP) Dundee United of Scotland scored a 1-0 victory over Jnventus of Italy Saturday night before a crowd of 23,000. NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST Pet GB Chicago 36 16 .692 New. York 28 23 7J4 Pittsburgh 26 28 .481 11 -St. Louis 25 29 .463 12 I Martack's 'Snooze Questioned i i I' Owner Paul Mellon leads his Arts and Letters Into the winner's circle at New York's JBelmont Park Saturday after winning the 101st running of the Belmont Stakes and ruining the bid by Majestic Prince for a triple crown achievement.

Jockey Braulio Baeza waves to the crowd which totalled 66,115 persons. (AP Jaurnol wlrtph30 7vT By JOHN GO GRIFFIN UP! Sports Editor NEW YORK What do you think did Bill Hartack blow the triple crown for Majestic Prince by taking the most expensive "snooze" in racing Jiistory? -t Would the handsome, popular Prince have beaten arch rival Arts And Letters in Saturday's Belmont Stakes if Hartack hadn't allowed him to lumber along next to last the incredibly slow first six furlongs? Or did the rugged Belmont longest, of the triple crown classics, simply show that Arts And Letters winner by SVi lengths as Majestic Prince finished second and Dike third was the best horse after all? 1 Bring on the witnesses: TO RIDE HIM AGAIN Johnny Longden. much disappointed trainer of Majestic Prince, refused to blame Hartack for the defeat of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness champion. He answered, "yes. he will" when asked if Hartack would ride the horse again.

But Longden also said: There Is no doubt we needed to be closer to the pace. I could see we were going to lose when we were so far behind. When they had a half mile to go, I turned to owner Frank McMahon and told him, no Elliott Burch, trainer of Arts and Letters, was asked whether he thought Braulio Baeza. who kept Arts And Letters closer to Dike's slow pace, Hartack. "No," said Burch slowly, "I think Arts and Letters won the Belmont.

I think what the race proved was simply and only that on Saturday, June 7, at Belmont Park, Arts And Letters was the best horse." And what you, jockey Baeza what did you think when you looked back and saw Majestic Prince lagging so far behind? LIKE WHAT HE SAW "I liked what I saw," said the little Panamanian with one of his rare big grins. The chief witness Hartack was, of course, silent. In victory at the Derby an4. Preakness, Hartack had. re-.

fused to talk to newsmen, and he sure wasn't changing any in defeat' 1 Hartack, who feels' he often has been misquoted, rathe press, said "I have nothing to. say." The strange thing is that Baseball Records -Hew York Cleveland Minnesota Oakland Philadelphia 18 31 .367 16 Chicago Montreal 12 37 .245 22ft Kansas City WEST Pet GB Atlanta 32 20 .615 Los Angeles 30 22 2 San Fran. 29 23 .558 .3 Cincinnati 26 21 .553 Houston Tt 27 30 .474 San Diego 24 33 .421 10 SUNDAY'S KfcSULTS. Cincinnati at Chicago' (postponed, rain). AtlanU 11, Pittsburgh 10 Atlanta Pittsburgh 3 (second).

Houston 2, St Lours I (11 Jnnlngs; Jf New York -3, San Diegoi Montreal 4, Los Angeles ,3., San Frart. 9, Philadelphia 8 'jj (12 innings). SATURDAY'S RESULTS Cincinnati 5, Chicago, (8J4 innings, rain). Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 2. 1 San Fran.

3, Philadelphia 1. Houston 4, St Louis 2. New York 4, San Diego 1. rv Los Angeles 9, Montreal 5. MONDAY'S GAMES (AU Times EDT), Cincinnati at Chicago (2.30 (Only game scheduled).

TUESDAY'S GAMES Chicago at Atlanta (night). St Louis at Cincinnati (night). Pittsburgh at Houston "(night). Montreal at San 'Diego (night). Philadelphia at Los An geles (night).

New York at San Francisco (night). Baltimore Boston Detroit Washington 314 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST. Pct.GB 39 16 .709 34 18 .654 3V4 27 22 .551 9 29 29 .500 ny, GET YOUR GO-GO, tfi' 28 28 00 11 17 32 J47 19-: WEST Pet GB 29 22 .569 25 24 .510 3 Seattle 23 28 21 27 FASTER SHOES AT .451 6 .438 614 22 31 .415 8 California. 17 34 .333 12 SUNDAY'S RESULTS Oakland at Detroit (post-, poried, rain). Cleveland 3.

California 0 Vfirst aameV 7i California' 5, Cleveland 2 (second, Seattle 7. Baltimore 5. New York' 3, Chicago I (first game). New York 11, Chicago 2 (second game). Boston 8, Kansas City 2.

Washington 7, Minnesota 5 (12 innings). SATURDAY'S RESULTS Minnesota 10, Wash. 1. Detroit 2, Oakland 0. Cleveland .7..

California 0. New York 6. Chicago 2. Boston 4, -Kansas City 0. Baltimore 10.

SeatUe 0. MONDAY'S GAMES (AU Times EDT) Boston at Minnesota (9 p.m.). Cleveland at Chicago (3 SeatUe at Detroit (9 p.m.). Kansas City at New, York (8 p.m.); HERB: 1 I 1 RITCHIE'S SPORT SHOP SCHOOL TEAM SUPPLIER 98 Bonk iU at Alksrt 232-o27f what happened wasn't entirely unexpected. Luden Laurin trainer of had warned that his supposed late-charger would take, the lead of the early pace was too stow.

And Dike did exactly that after the first quarter-mile, leading the field through a lackadaisical six furlongs in 1.164. The casual pace in-sured that all. of the "big three horses would be full of run at the end. They were. They burned up the track ut i 'the final half mile.

Arts and Letters was sent to the front by Baeza going into the last turn and rolled, out to a four length lead by the head of the stretch. Har-' tack had further to go be- cause of lagging early and also had to circle tiring horses. Just as Longden told McMahon, he had "no chance." ri 177 It was recalled that Longden was asked two days be- fore the race what he would do if he were riding the Prince and tba eariy pace -was slow. His answer at that time: Td take him out in front and rate him. Despite the post-race arguments, tt was a fine victory for Arts and Letters.

Burch confirmed the chestnut colt "had something left" at the finish, after covering the mile and a half in 2.28.4, more than two seconds off the the back record, "He was breathing so easy he wouldn't have blown out a match," said Burch. A rematch between the two stars isnt in sight as yet. First both get a long rest Arts and Letters at Belmont and Majestic Prince in California, where he will be shipped Tuesday. Tm thinking now I may 3 'FOR 1 only! .59 liquid centra Tint-Tension Blended isoprene winding a Brilliant polyura-thane coating Numbered 1 to 4 1720 BANK STREET 425 ST. JOSEPH BLVD.

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