Sport: Hitting Home

Citation is a horse who needs plenty of work. If he doesn't get it, he almost kicks the slats out of his stall. Rather than burn up the energy in morning workouts, Trainer Jimmy Jones decided last week that it was more profitable to give Citation his work in the afternoon. Jones entered the wonder horse in the $50,000 Stars & Stripes handicap at Arlington Park, Ill., his first race since winning the triple crown (TIME, June 21). It was only Citation's third race against older horses, easily the toughest handicap field he had...

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