$700 Nag

At Belmont Park last week, New York race-goers saw two records broken.. In the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Louis Tufano's three-year-old Market Wise, who raced last fall as a cheap selling plater, outran mighty Whirlaway, skimmed two miles in 3 min., 20 4/5 sec. to break by a full second the North American record set by the great Exterminator in 1920. Four days earlier, in a match between two of the outstanding two-year-olds of the year, Mrs. Albert Sabath's Alsab, in beating Ben Whitaker's Requested, ran 6 1/2 furlongs in 1 min., 16 sec.--a new Belmont record and just 1/5 of a second under the world mark set by Snark at Hialeah three years ago.

Of the two, Alsab's performance was more remarkable. Last February, when Alsab ran his first race, railbirds knew the awkward bay colt had been picked up for $700 at the Saratoga yearling sales the summer before, made him a 70-to-1 shot. He finished last in a field of 14. Since then, under the tutelage of Trainer Sarge Swenke, Alsab has won twelve races in 18 starts. Last week his earnings for the past six months totaled $88,000--probably more than those of his owner, Chicago Attorney Albert Sabath (nephew of Congressman Adolph J. Sabath).

Biggest money winner among this year's two-year-olds, Alsab is also considered the most promising. Railbirds are already picking him to win next year's Kentucky Derby. Recently Owner Sabath refused $150,000 for him.

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