Bi-.C'l'li.)In: I! SUNDAY, JU5/V 1' 2G CORPUS CHRIST! CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July 12, 1&53
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bi-.C'l'li.)iN: I! SUNDAY, JU5/V 1' 2G CORPUS CHRIST! CALLER-TIMES, Sun., July 12, 1&53 AFTER THE WARMUP THE BREEZE — The trio of timed from the quarter post Picture made on training it^ja»Mg»^^.w^soiguKii^BtimMnMii m'BHiiiii i i ii iiiiijgjKnaiy y.^sBianrwaRjiaMg&aK^KajhMiaMKmnaft horses above come breezing around the track to be WARlVfXTp EXERCISES — This ^^ _ ^^^^^ tuned by a stop watch. Virtually all the runners were track at King Ranch, horses at King Ranch take It easy in, an early morning sent to tracks throughout the nation for competition persal sale o£ the late Col. E, R. ago \vith. a winnings record off House" Hear Kingsvttle. MitJdJe- tures Has been peaches an* cream, workout preparatory to running's quarter mile to be this spring. " - Bradley'a Idle. HoW Stables, he $294,000. ground, winner ot 5183,500,^3 also however. bought But Why Not. Bee Mac Assault, put to stud, proved to be r'etired and his blood line is being Born and trained'on tha ranch to afld fine stock to th* ranch. and Bridal Flower. He acquired sterile, and is now "grazing con- passed on to possible future win-1 years ago w&s a horsa with th» {He purchased Incandescent, Ocean an interst In the' great Bimelech, :er,tediy on a. pasture far removed ners at Lexington. I somewhat strange name of Sty- Assault Put King Ranch Brief and Dispersal and at tha dis- But \Vhy Not retired not long from tha King Ranch's "Big Not all ot the King Ranch ven-l . Column 1 Fa£e 4(J .' ' '. ''.•.•'- . - ' ' » Into Racing*Z^ SpotlighJL C? t " By IXKJIS AXDERSOX racing strains with the purchase; Bold Venture -vcas bred to Igual II of Doxniao back in the early 1930s, jaiul out of thi mating came the ia-j cfay at Churchilf Downs'May 4.1But he dida't set up s. real;comparable Assault, triple crown'; !&£$. Tha iraeS was sUres as'- the I nucteirs of Thoroughbreds until igis} winner. NORTON GLA field vent ia to the stall gates. I when he bought frora John W. Dial j Ijke'sslse be was mated t* V«r- There were soine great names iof Goliad a groap of brood mar&s, Ja the gates ready to go all out for[ gueazs. MidfilegToimd irsa toslsd, CSiicaro, Cherry icJose, AcJa Jones, a half-brother to Assault. XUdfile-j Extends... the coveted Kentucky Berbv crcrwajand a teTs- others. 1 and the Sioo.OOO-plus parse. To tha \ There were Thoroughbreds at Aground was to 'win the Derby undj corsets oi Use Thoroughbreds the:tha ranch cow, but the bnxxi Belmont in 1950. , I purse -WTIS secondary to tisa vic-i mares needed some" "class." Kle- Added to Stock lory. i fixed that with the purchase Bold Venture beeaim? th* <silyj Tee field broke from tfce gates!for a fabulous sum of Bold Yen- j horse to history to sir* two Derbv | quickly. Spy Song took the lead; ture. vrinr-er of the 193S Kentucky!winners. " j ana for quite a while it looked liSe - Spy Sortg aS the -way. } Derby. " Along the way Klebers coattoued • Entering the stretch a great nm-i rcr -ss-ith a foot clubbed early in! life by stepping oa a surveyor's! ...TO OUR GOOD NEIGHBORS etake cP-ma throtigij on the inside I ana -c-ent by Spy Song with a. rash ; ss Jockey Warren MsSrtera cs^ea* him on past the finish line, eight: lengths aieati ot the field. \ On the board went the winner's; rasne—Assault—snsJ with that vie-' tory came the culminatSoa off KING RANCH on firesrr.s. expiepso and! horse trad- i Inc sesse of Robert J, Kleterg. Jr..; prerfilcnt and general manager of. the King- Ranch. i Twelve-Tear Program ; For la yezLTS the King Ranch; 100 Years of Outstanding had been baviag: pedigreed horses,; trEining: acd Ijreectnj: them to form' » lineage ol charopiorj. Assault1 Service to South Texas! ar.d the 194S Kentxwky Deriry xras", the payoff to all those- years of ~vrvrx. and planning. Tfee ranch kne^r it had " some- • thir.j; in A&ranH bcJbre that Derby.; The year before, AssauJt looked rr«it in trp.ir.ir.e—but the racing We Are Proud of the Fine Record .of the Cattlemen «f »?.;« •world Datsiffe the KiKg Ranch: know of his greatness in its en- tirety. ' The year 13-55 in-as !o see As-' *ais!t, as a three-year-old, win the triple cnyw-3 of racing-—the Derby,: Jhe Bel,-nont and the Preakness. - That yesr he v.-as to ttin W24.0W : to our Many 6ood Friends in A!! Walks of life who Si: p-jr?*5. the gre.siest SHSJ ever v--?.n by a horse in a sir.zie yenr. The folrowirg' year he a<fd'rf to Have Helped Us to Grow During our that and -'ies<xS out 'his carter Tsitij p. _Binz.'msr credit of JS75.470. if> tne Kutrj Ranch, funds.- ', rrcnJa.li- e cattJe rsr-Th. th« treet!-- OII 0. MORTON t-3 cf fine bors.eflerh always 6 YEARS of SERVICE J?e-?rt f. m.iist. Cr.ttle ar^i flre'hcrses STO 5yr;0"yn;ou5. ^"*"nii* ££e r^.nch t.ari Icn? t*e^ iinT-sTi for it? '.071 quality Q^JArt^r; 1 NEXT COMES THE RUBDOWN — Grooms give a in-this Great Coastal Bend Area -We Want All of You To Know We Have Thoroughly Enjoyed Jfcrsr?.^. th.ore hsd b^en ^'^r- .' li'.tjc! Thoroughbred a rufadovm immediately after he finishes at'.e.nt:.o:: pvts '.•:. rsis.lr.jj c! Tl-.or-: his mcrr-ing breers around the track at King Ranch. Every Minute of it. And That We Are Deeply Grateful to You, Our Friends for Making Our Sue- Bought Brood Jl3.r Special care is taken after th« breeze not to let the l:j 'ci«?«s*eA in horses cool off tea fsi't. cessarer - This Beautiful Pafio Roof-Made of Translucent adds beauty «md destinefion to this attractive ranch !ar© at window waffs,.. » ' Com/lux, a Reinbrced Fiber Glass, Con Be Sawed, Nailed and installed with CUdinory Tools ...• ~— ALSO DISTRIBUTORS OF — ALL TYPES OF FLAT GLASS MIRRORS FABRICATED GLASS PRODUCTS SERVICE ANYWHERE IN SOUTH TEXASI Morton Glass Co. OF CORPUS CHRISTI TKIJM.f: { RO\VX UJNM-JK ----- Assault, v/inner of the •lrip!<--crown'.-the Kentucky Hcri'y. i!•:•:•; P:s-;*;.;-.''.'ti-r aivi Bc.rr.-vrU — in 19-16, sriil ss a lot of horse. The picture v.-a's Robstown Hi-Way J (P.O. IOX 3293) ,-.i->;:\ :r; l' V.'<>Ji vy; .„ ^-.!;<' : ;i;c r;rcas;or.H^A :i:i«'.;lt v.'j<* hroujjhi owt nf hi* pasture for PHONt f he farnilyw of the. pioneerw. Cattleman.;. THE KING RANCH ON 100 YEARS OF PROGRESS awe Famous "Running W 00 MpBERT I. KLEBERG, Sr. Robert 3. Kleb«rg, Sr. U th« builder and d«vefop«r of th« famcos King Ranch. Ht took ov«r th« ocfiv* manafltmtnt cf th» ranch In \ BBS cft«r the death of in South Texas! th« founder. Captain King. Th« King Ranch ei It rtonds today on It* 100 Ann!v«r*ory ii livJrtfl testimony of thi succtu ef Coptoln King and Robert J, Kltbtrg, Sr. Th« propert/ji jutvlvol end prosrtst itand o* o rymbol of Empir* Building ot it* very best. W.W.JONES (riglit) ^1 > *' " at « W. W. JONES, Sr. \V. W. Jones, Sr,, Banker, Develojwr of th« Jones Ranch, and owner of the \V. W. Jcr.ss Building end Tha Nuect* Hotel, *lJr^ W. W. JONES ESTATE r.f=5S;sri«aa»55:^iiiiL.1'«,-.'- •--v-'UiM i i_»»—"gr—P. < " <C COBPUScmiSTI CALLER-TIMES. Smt, July 11, IK Brown and White Racing Thoroughbred's Colors of King Ranch When W>IU« Bol»nd, a Corpus by lh« Jockey. He may not Christf product, came roaring 1n know the name of the horse but th« Training Begins astride iflddleground to win the colors definitely tell who owns the 1950 Kentucky Derby his jockey animal. aUirfl greatly resembled the color Actually, the K'ng Ranch colors Of the great horse ha. wan riding, arc not tt ue biown and %w h 11 e. Boland. as all jockeys riding TJi« brown is known In color cir- At an Early Age King Ranch hone* in any race cle« ss brown No. 61, while the In the United States, was dressed white is an off-white. Tiairung ol n books can b* found Ja ttw *ffewi rate horse, like a child. __ of *v*ry horse brw4«r «r «*«• !n brown and whit's. The .dress is slniost the day it "sees its first verid. all brown, except a white sleeve light of day. i crossed by a brown arm band. King and Kleberg The training, continues until the the Thoroughbred ends its r & c i n g-: _ of thft y**r with tts Back and front of the shirt car- date aUtomatic*Uy becoming Jan. ries tiia famous Running W brand Families Stayed career. Sometimes, it 13 earned 1 of the same year, AM horses bom on even longer. same year h*vfe th* same birth of the King Ranch. The jockey's But let's follow cap is brown and white with e, W Witli Ranching pentd ol a race Although the King and Kleberg time it is foaled: at King Ranch: on the front side. The colors were chosen years families hav^ contributed material- mwre ago by Robert J.