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REVIEW OF DERBY HOPES Broadway Limited May Prove to Be Another Sir Barton. , Busy, Ante-Helium, Good and Hot Among Others Not Faring "Well as Juveniles "Which May Be Dangerous This Year. Practically all the more important candidates for the Kentucky Derby have been covered in previous articles, which have appeared from time to time in Daily Racing Form since shortly after the announcement of. the entries. Here are a few others, which, though they did not perform up to expectations as two-year-olds, may prove more formidable this year. Certainly their owners entertain hopes that they are above the ordinary and warrant being named for the coveted Kentucky Derby. BROADWAY LIMITED By Man o War Starflight, owned by Three Ds Stock Farm Stable. JUVENILE RECORD: Starts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. "Won. S 0 0 . 0 5 This colt made his debut in the Saratoga Sales Stakes last August, then went in four of the great stakes for juveniles and in no other races, which may account for his failure to achieve a single placing. Such a record of effort, without accomplishment, is unique, but it gives an idea of the high value attached to a colt which might have had a good deal more than a row of ciphers to show for his first season of racing had he not been engaged in such a pretentious program. After racing very well in the Saratoga Sales Stakes he went to the post in the Saratoga Special, but he got no farther. He was caught in the barrier and left. In the Grand Union Hotel Stakes he began well, but dropped back when he got into the deep going. Going to Belmont Park, Broadway Limited was a starter in the Champagne Stakes, but he finished last, always outrun. His next, and last start of the year, was in the Futurity Stakes. He was never a contender. He may be another Sir Barton. BUSY By Busy American lcachblow, owned by J. B. Itcspcss. JUVENILE RECOItD: Starts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. TJnp. Won. 5 1 2 0 2 $ 6,681 Busys best race was his second to Gallant Knight in. the Breeders Futurity. He looked for a while the winner of this stake, but soon after he got into a contending position he got into close quarters and then tired. He finished second in his first start, which was at Latonia June 5. The next time he started he was an odds-on choice and won the race. After his Breeders Futurity he was well regarded in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, but was always outrun in this. He made his last start of the year at Latonia and was unplaced. ANTE BELLUM By Supremus Umbel, owned by II. T. Headley. JUVENILE ItECOBD: Starts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. "Won. 5 1 12 IS 1,004 Ante Bellum won his first start, but was unable to lead another field to the finish line. He made his racing debut along with Sydney, a colt which distinguished himself later by winning the Chicago Juveline Handicap. In his initial effort, which took place at Lexington, April 24, Ante Bellum won easily from Sydney, a length separating them at the end. The distance was four and a half furlongs and the Supremus colt was in front from the beginning. Ante Bellums second race was a good one and he was beaten only a head by Fiddler. He tired from his own fast pace and gave way in the last few yards. This was at Latonia and Ante Bellum went to the post a very strong betting favorite. He was somewhat unlucky in his most important engagement, the Cincinntati Trophy at Latonia. He was forced to race wide and, as a result of this, finished next to last. Tannery was the winner of this. Ante Bellum gave a very good account, of himself in his only race on a muddy track. This was at Lexington over a route of five and a half furlongs. Ante Bellum steadily improved his position and finished a fast going third to Justina and Uncle Luther. His courage again was in evidence in his last race as a juvenile, in which he finished third to Monnie and Sis Agnes after being taken back on the first turn. He carried 115 pounds in four of his five races. GOOD AND HOT By Bou Homme Pepper Tea, owned by Mcadowbrook Stable. JUVENILE RECORD: Starts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. Won. 8 2 3 1 2 $ 2,715 Good and Hot, which has figured prominently in three-year-old racing at Agua Caliente during the past winter, is strictly an habitue of the border tracks, having raced only at Tijuana and Agua Caliente. After his start in the Tijuana Futurity March 31, 1929, in which he finished second to Flying Heels, which afterward won the Pimlico Futurity and became one of the outstanding Kentucky Derby choices, Good and Hot did not start again until December 28, after the Agua Caliente meeting was well under way. The Bon Homme colt made a very favorable impression in the Tijuana Futurity. Although he was beaten four lengths by Flying Heels, he made a very courageous finish after having been in such close quarters that he had little racing room. Beginning his career January 1, Good and Hot ran four races before graduating. In his second start he was a close third. In his fourth start he was beaten by a nose by Nifty while making a game challenge. In his fifth, he got up in the last stride to win by a nose. The next time he went to the post, which was in his last race before the Tijuana Futurity, he was odds-on favorite and won easily. All of these races were run on a fast track. His first start of the Agua Caliente meeting, and his last as a two-year-old, was as favorite over a field of some class. He was beaten by Tonto Rock after leading until in the stretch. ASHTABULA By Captain Alcock Wedding Slipper, owned by M. J. Conlcy. Starts. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. Unp. Won. 10 1 0 3 6 $ 876 . The only race this Derby eligible won as a two-year-old was a maiden event. It was run at Lincoln Fields on a fast track and over a distance of five and a half furlongs. Ashtabula started first for J. Muth at Washington Park June 2G. He made two starts on Chicago tracks, then figured in tho money in several races at Dade Park. Later, at Latonia, he was started in five or six races, on both fast and muddy tracks, and finished in the money in only one. ANGER By Chicle Broomiola, owned by A. S. Hewitt. A maiden colt or was, at the end of 1929. Ran only one race as a juvenile and was beaten far off by a host of other maiden colts and geldings. He ran as a long shot and never was the slightest factor. Except privately, perhaps, he has given no indication of Derby caliber.
