Sport: A Ticket to Green Pastures

Devil's Bag, the next Secretariat, is syndicated for $36 million

In horse racing, the pikers bet at the windows. The plungers invest in the unborn offspring of untested virgins, whose sex lives are not the only adventures ahead of them. Last week Devil's Bag, a two-year-old object of unprecedented affection, began lining up female companionship for early 1985, charging $1 million for an annual date. Even in the outlandish economy of Thoroughbred racing, where one yearling colt sold last July for $10.2 million, this is impressive. Eleven years ago, when Secretariat was a two-year-old of brilliant promise, his future favors were parceled...

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