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EIGHTEEN STARTERS Glorious Array of Superb Horses Named for Kentucky Derby H P Whitney Entry Favorite Rolled Stocking Main Re Reliance liance of the West WestCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS LOUISVILLE Ky May 13 Eighteen superb threeyearolds of aristocratic breeding and conformation trained to the minute have been named for the fiftythird running of the Kentucky Derby which will be decided at historical Churchill Downs Saturday afternoon afternoonA A veritable cloudburst that came with the running of the first race Friday left little chance for other than a muddy track for the running of the Derby though Churchill Downs dries out rapidly and there remains a bare chance that It may be brought back before the horses are called to the post postIt It was during the running of the first race and after its finish that the storm broke and rain fell in torrents until the track was covered with water before the field was called out for the second contest of the day dayWith With eighteen named the East holds the best hand both numerically and in point of apparent class Ten of the eighteen are easterners and of these Bostonian winner of the Preakness Stakes for Harry Payne Whitney and Whiskery his stablemate which finished third make the Whitney silks the natural choice over all the other Invaders InvadersEAST EAST HOLDS STRONG HAND HANDOthers Others from the East are the Greentree Stables Saxon winner of the Wood Memorial at Jamaica recently Walter J Salmons Black Panther Joseph E Wideners Osmand and Kiev E B McLeans Jock and War Eagle winner of the Miami Cup Handicap Rip Rap from the Sage Stable of H W Sage and Walter M Jeffords Scapa Flow winner of the Belmont Futurity of last year For this reason the 1927 Kentucky Derby has a greater interest to the sportsmen of New York Maryland and the East than in many a year and for the same reason an unusually large number of eastern sportsmen are already on hand to witness the running runningAll All of the various candidates that have been named with the exception of Saxon have come up to the big classic In mag ¬ nificent fashion but there seems to be a chance for many withdrawals before post time Saxon met with an injury shipping over from Baltimore after his effort in the Preakness and it is more than possible that he will not be at the post It is also possible that Jock will be the sole dependence of the McLean silks and some doubt is expressed regarding th3 start ¬ ing of Mr Kirkwood KirkwoodFor For days the crowds have been swarming Into Louisville and the last day rush came along Friday until the delightful Kentucky city never before had such a gathering of the best men of the turf and lovers of the sport from every section of the country Saturday morning numerous specials will pull into the city and with the many others heading Derbyward all of the former glori ¬ ous records for attendance promise to be eclipsed eclipsedHigh High speed displays over short distances put the finishing touches on the training of most of the threeyearolds which will con ¬ test for the J50000 added money and gold trophy in the fiftythird Kentucky Derby Saturday afternoon afternoonVALUU VALUU OF THE DERBY DERBYOn On the basis of seventeen starters the fiftythird Kentucky Derby will have a gross value of 62550 exclusive of the 5000 gold cup the Kentucky Jockey Club prpvides for the owner of the winning horse For each withdrawal the mentioned gross value will be reduced by 500 Second money amounts to JGfoOO third 3000 and 1000 to fourth The net winning value with seventeen start ¬ ers will be 52025 j The trainers with few exceptions called upon their charges for the best in them in the way of speed to sharpen them for the gruelling struggle over the distance of one mile and a quarter Saturday SaturdayThe The Sage Stables Rip Rap gave the large gallery of early visitors to the Churchill Downs course a thrill when he covered threeeights of a mile in 34Vi with apparent ly little effort He was accompanied by Flip ¬ pant which gnlfoped H similar distance in 35Vi Ripliay continued on UjeJjalfmilQ In 47 quite hrindlly and was well inTiand to Continued on seventeenth pac EIGHTEEN STARTERS Continued from first page finish the fiveeighths in 1 00 It was the fastest trial at the distance recorded during the morning Rip Rap went the first quarter in 22s Trainer Max Hirsch supervised the work and did not hesitate to express his complete satisfaction satisfactionOsmand Osmand displayed abundant speed when he went a halfmile Earl Sande who will pilot the gelding in the Derby sent him the first quarter in 237s the halfmile in 475 and lie completed the fiveeighths in 1 01 The J E V5dener gelding appeared eager ID run Kiev which will be couped with Osmand also went fiveeighths in 1 01 doing his work very handily and seemingly superior to that of his stable companion companionBuddy Buddy Bauer and Bewithus the Idle Hour Farm Stables pair gave a good display of speed when they recorded five furlongs in 1 100s 00s both colts going along in handy fashion They raced like a team the entire distance as follows Quarter in 23B half mile in S7 Trainer Dick Thompson was highly pleased over their showing showingCharles Charles Van Meter did not call upon Rolled Stocking for any extended effort ns the son of Pennant Mary Belle is at the peak of his form formIn In company with Annihilator one of his stablemates Rolled Stocking went three quarters of a mile in 1 15 the first quarter in 24J and the halfmile in 50 very handily Owner J VV Parrish was on hand to see the work 13 B McLeans Jock which will lie coupled with War Eagle gave John Schorr his trainer much encouragement when he went a halfmile in 48 W H Whitehouses Royal Julian worked threeeighths in 37 Fred Jr was not called upon by John Ferris for any speed He is still bothered by cracked heels in both fore ¬ feet but this in the opinion of trainer Ferris will not be troublesome to him In the Derby Ferris is just as optimistic as ever that when the Derby contestants are tiring Fred Jr will be going at his best Nick Burger who is thoroughly familiar with the colt DerbyV will ride him in the Derby V J Salmons Black Panther was given a work after the races Thursday shortly after trainer Tom Healey arrived from the East The colt went a mile and a quarter eased up in 221 Trainer Healey has confidence in his colt gt ing the mile and a quarter and expresses the belief that Black Panther would have won the Preakness had the distance of the Pimlico Stake been the same as the Derby route routeWhiskery Whiskery and Bostonian the Whitney pair which will rule favorite were not called upon for any work Friday Both colts are thor ¬ oughly fit and ready readyIt It is doubtful if Saxon will start on ac ¬ count of an injured leg that is not respond ing to treatment treatmentThe The first race Derby Day will be called at 145 p m and the withdrawal time has been set at 7 a m two hours earlier than the regular time for the declarations The Derby which is the fifth race on the pro ¬ gram will be run at about 5 00 p m mThough Though eighteen have been carded as starters in the Derby it is certain that there will be several absentees regardless of track conditions
