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""StT*5? l-IPsllHiJiP : Wm JHK. jflj Ha Lm. h| ;:•: •:! JHW. Wlh SARAZEN REIGNING FA VORITE FOR KENTUCKY DERBY Here is the unbeaten Sarazen, reigning favorite for the Golden Jubilee Kentucky Derby, o be run at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 17. Both East and West this sparkling son of Iiigh Time— Rush Box is considered the logical first choice for Kentuckys most famous race. There are very good reasons for this conclusion. None of the candidates have better racing credentials. The winner cf ten straight races without meeting defeat. Sarazen w?ll earned the title of champion two-year-old of 1923. He began in a modest way here in Chicago at the Hawthorn3 track on Saturday, July 7, and won over a heavy track in inyiressive style. On July 19 at the same track he confirmed the good impression he made on h-h intial appearance, and this time over a fast track won by eight lengths, running five eighths of a mile in 591/-,. Next we find him at Saratoga, wh:re, because of lack of stake engagements, he only started once. He made such a wonderful impression in his first start in the East that offers for him came fast and thick and finally Mrs. Vanderbilt, owner of the Fair Stable, secured the youngster from Phil Chinn. Then came the fall campaign, in which Sarazen proved conclusively that he was one of the best, if not the b?st, two-year eld of 1923. Perhaps his most impressive victory was at Laurel October 2 in the Porterhouse Stakes, in which he b?at such good elder opponents as Hazstaff, Bigheart and Blazes and ran the mile in 1 38%. He also easily triumphed over Happy Thoughts, the acknowl dged queen of last years two-year-olds, in the I Laurel Special and later just as easily defeated General Thatcher and Blazes in the Pimlico Serial Weight-for-Age Race No. 2. He was never extended in any one of the ten races he won 3nd there is no telling just how fast or far he can run until an opponent is discovered to put him to the supreme test. There are many competent judges who believe that Sarazen will prove just as formidable this year as he did in 1923. That remains to be seen, but nothing can detract from the following brilliant record of achievement as a two-year-cld ; Date. Track. Race. Wt. Jockey. Dist. Time. July 7 — -Hawthorne Purse 115 P. Martinez 5-8 1:05% July 19— Hawthorne Purse 108 M. Garner 5-8 :59J/i August 28 — Saratoga Purse 115 M. Garner 5 1-2 f 1:05% September 7— 3elmont Purse 118 E. Sande 5 12 f 1 :05 September 12— Belmont Champagne Stakes 112 E. Sande 7-8 1:24% September 20 — Aqueduct. .. .Oakdale Handicap 127 C. Kummer 3-4 1:12 October 2— Laurel Porterhouse Stakes 91 J. Callahan 1 1:38% October 6 -Laurel National Stakes 122 C. Kummer 3 4 1:12% October 26— Laurel Laurel Special 118 E. Sande 3 4 1:14 November 5 — Pimlico Serial Weight for - Age Race No. 2 100 J. Callahan 1 1:40
