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NEW KENTUCKY DERBY SENSATION SANDY DEAL BROUGHT INTO NOTICE BY HIS EASY VIC ¬ TORY OVER PAUL JONES WILDAIR BLAZES AND BLUE WRACK IN THE RUNNING OF THE CHESAPEAKE STAKES By EXILE EXILEAs As before said the Kentucky Derby of this year will In a Derby of condition rather tliui capability and in this iiiiiiiiiiii 1 iniv say Judge Charles Price coincides for half lit or hurriedly prepared horses are prone to iut queer capers in racing Hon so perhaps after their lirst sUirl anil for some time afterward no dependence j to lie put in their showing their true form only to regain it as the siiminer advances Weather of the training sort has lieen denied us this spring in this country hence the kaleidoscopic changes of this springs form jf the Kentucky Derby eligible eligibleThe The Chesapeake winner Sandy Heal is the latest aspirant for Kentucky Derby honors in that lie de ¬ feated such as Paul Jones Wildair and Plazcs to say nothing of Gallagher and the Cuban Derby winner Uliie Wrack for the chief race at Havre le Grace last Saturday SaturdayAs As a twoyearold Sandy Poal won two out of the thirteen races in which lie touk part beginning his racing career early in April at Iowie It was not however until the Umpire City meeting that Sandy Heal scored a win which he did on July in i live and a half furlongs dash defeating nine among which was the iirst outer and now Kentucky Derby favorite Doiinacona I myself saw Sandv dispose of David Harum Kvergay and seven others on August IS at Saratoga and then tabbed him as a comer but he rather failed to live up to my good expectations 1erhaps this may have been due to lack of furnishing for Sandy Heal as a twoyearold was a rather raw and slouchy colt one for which time should do much Late in the autumn Sandy Jeal was treated to a race or two against his elders but failed to interest them and his Chesapeake improvement as startling sis it was judging from the wagering unlocked for The question again comes u Did any one of us see last season a highclass juvenile outside of the champion Man o War WarSandy Sandy Heal is a son of one of the best bred for use as a sire of the sons of Commando Superman whose dam Anomaly is a daughter of that good brood mare sire Hcnd Or and a member of the St Simon branch of the No 11 family Judged on his pedigree alone Superman if proper care be used in the selection of his mates should attain to even greater success as a sire than to date has been the case A glance at thcjiack row of his tabulation reveal um bc distinctly short onJIeniilJilood Miid is tln n Snpermans come a bit coarse and heavy the rcTmiug influence of Hanover or some keen bright lie roil horse should bring about good results resultsFranks Franks Daughter Sandy Heals dam is one of the few daughters of frank Gill now in the stud All of you remember the ugly duckling Frank Gill and how he defeated much to the consternation of backers in the June drizzling rain of 1907 a really good band including Montgomery Salvidere Peter Pan etc for thij Coney Island Jockey Club Stakes Frank Gills sire Collar is half brother by St Simon to the peerless Sceptre and his dam Kavello II by Sir Hugo dam also of the Two Thousand Guineas winner Sweeper II Inspiration the granddam is a daughter of Ayrshire whose dam Atalanta was by Galopin which Galopin doubled with the Galopin of St Simon is returned to the Galopin of Angelica The Hend Or of Ornament is aNo returned to the Uend Or of Anomaly Down to this point the pedigree of Sandy Heal is built up on an almost solid Eclipse foundation However by the way of Sister Mary there is introduced an Herod relief through Woodlands but this Herod strain in my opinion is a trille too far removed for Superman to score any signal success off Franks Daughter I therefore cannot make out Sandy Ieal to be the winner of the Kentucky Derby
