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AMERICAN DERBY STARTERS Misstep, Toro, Jack Higgins and Other Candidates Reach Arlington Park From Collins ville. With but two exceptions all of the contestants in last Saturdays Fairmount Derby and all of which are among the more formidable of the aspirants for the rich American Derby, to be decided at Arlington Park next Saturday, June 9, arrived Monday afternoon from Collinsville. The Derby aspirants included Misstep, Toro, Jack Higgins, Solace, Martie Flynn and Typhoon. Considerable interest was manifested in the arrival of Misstep and trainer Mose Lowen-stein, who has handled the colt in both of his Derby engagements, was pleased to report that he stood the trip in good condition. Prior to the Fairmount Derby Misstep finished second to Reigh Count in the Kentucky Derby and those two races have netted owner Marks 0,950 and placed his colt second to Reigh Count in the list of winning horses in the West to date. .These two splendid races have brought Misstep into the limelight and make him the logical favorite for the American Derby. In commenting on Missteps race Saturday, trainer Lowenstein declared that the colt ran just as he expected and that he was never in doubt as to the result. Willie Garner, according to Lowenstein. rode a perfect race on the colt, rated him to perfection in the first half, and letting him down at the right time. Garner, who departed Saturday night for Latonia, will come to Arlington Park next Saturday and will ride the colt in his American Derby engagement. Misstep was accompanied here from Collinsville by three of his stablemates, Mop Up, San-utar and Model. E. 13. McLeans Toro arrived in the same car that brought Misstep. This colt also has made an enviable record this spring as a three-year-old and he will be extensively supported in the American Derby. Eddie Ambrose, who piloted the colt in all his stake races this spring, will be here to ride him in next Saturdays classic. Martie Flynn, the speedy three-year-old owned by Stuyvesant reabody, is a well regarded aspirant for American Derby honors. He arrived here in charge of trainer Bob McGarvey, who declared that the colt did not run at his best in the Fairmount Derby, but that he would show to better advantage in the American Derby.
