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H. P. WHITNEY DERBY HOPES Review of His Five Candidates for Kentuckys Famous Race. o .Crazy Coot Most Prominent of Those Named Three Arc Sons of the Great Kace Horse Mad Hatter. j Todays review of the Derby candidates describes the qualifications of the eligibles from the turfs leading stable, that of H. P. "Whitney. It would have been possible for Mr. Whitney to have once more provided the Derby favorite, but he did not nominate either of his two outstanding colts, Whichone and Boojum. By comparison with those two and with the most prominent of the Derby eligibles, the five that were named from this stable rate low. Only one, Crazy Coot, won a stake of importance during his juvenile year. This was the National Stallion Stakes. That was the only race Crazy Coot won in his first year. He made his three-year-old debut at Havre de Grace Tuesday and scored an impressive victory. Another Hatbroom won only one race, a maiden event. Chimney Sweep and Niato raced during the winter, as three-year-olds, but without marked success. The fifth Gigolo has not started. Three of the live Crazy Coot, Hatbroom and Gigolo are sons of Mad Hatter. Gigolo is a gelding by Mad Hatter Frillery. Chimney Sweep is a colt by Whiskbroom II. : Polly Flinders. Niato is a filly by Chantey Minialo. A review of the records of the four that have raced follow: CRAZY COOT. By Mad Hatter Ruth Law, owned by H. P. Whitney. JUVEXILE RECORD: Starts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 4 12 0 1 0,140 In the only race Crazy Coot won he earned - much more money than all the other Whitney eligiblas for the Derby combined. This -was the National Stallion Stakes at Belmont park. The race was run oh a sloppy track and the Whitney entry. Crazy Coot and Prometheus, was second choice in the betting. Crazy Coot, with 117 pounds up, won "by a nose from Keep On. The large field included Black Majesty and Grattan, the latter a Derby eligible. The race was worth 5,740 to the Whitney stable. Crazy Coot went in three other races of 1929. His first start was at Belmont Park May 27, when he was beaten a neck by Sir Johren. The event was the Flower Hill Purse for maidens. Crazy Coot was wearing the winner down in the last strides. He lost another close decision to Kai-Feng in a maiden race. After winning the National Stallion Stakes he went in the Hudson Stakes at Aqueduct, and was one of three to carry the top weight of 125 pounds, the other two being Crack Brigade and Black Majesty. Crazy Coot could never get. up in this company and finished last. He was retired for the winter. . CHI3IXEY SWEEP By Whisk Broom II. Polly Flinders, owned by H. P. Whitney. JUVENILE RECORD: Starts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 14 1 3 2 8 ?2,000 As a two-year-old Chimney Sweep met some pretty fair company, though few that are now prominent in the Derby list. He won only one race. As a three-year-old he "was fairly successful in winter races at . New Orleans, winning one and finishing .third in three others. His best showing was in the Chalmette Purse at the Fair Grounds. Michigan Boy, which later won the Louisiana Derby, was a 1 to 2 favorite in this race. Chimney Sweep won it and Michigan Boy was unplaced. Two others Chimney Sweep led were Bad News Bob, then in the E. It. Bradley stable, and Reveille Boy. After that race Chimney Sweep was beaten on a heavy track by his stablemate, Niato, and Line Rider, and in his last New Orleans engagement he was third to Gold Mint and The Southerner. This Whitney colt made his debut at Jamaica in May, running unplaced in a maiden - event. His next, at Belmont, he won, leading Golden Plume by a length over the five-eighths route. After meeting defeat again, at Aqueduct, he was rested up for awhile, resuming his racing at Belmont, again finishing out of the money. He began his Maryland racing by running third to Zeal and Prometheus. In several races at Laurel and Pimlico he showed flashes of speed, but not always with a disposition to go on. Ho was second in three successive races, beaten by Raccoon, Scared o Nothing and Pious. His most important Maryland engagement . "was in the Pimlico Homebred Stakes, which was won by Buckeye Poet. Chimney Sweep was not a prominent factor. NIATO By Chantey Miniato, owned by II. P. Whitney. JUVENILE RECORD: Starts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 4 1 0 0 3 00 Niato is the only filly of the five representing H. P. Whitney in the Derby entry list. She raced only a few times as a two-year-old and did nothing of note after winning the first start, but she ran very consistently at New Orleans during the winter as a three-year-old, winning two races there and finishing third in two others. Niatos initial start was at Empire City last July 8, and she won all the way from a flock of maidens. In her next three races she finished unplaced. The best company she met was in the Fascination Purse at Empire City. She finished eleventh in a large high-class field, which was led to the finish line by Flying Heels, one of the Derby favorites. Her first start at the Fair Grounds this year was on a heavy track. She won by a length from the favorite, Helen Dean. Herj next also was in heavy going and she defeated Line Rider and several others. Both of these races were at three-quarters. In a mile race, on a muddy track, Niato was a poor third to Lightning Jones and Black Cloud. Her trouble in this race, as . in several others, was a slow start. She ran another mile race, on a fast track, at New Orleans and finished a fast-going third to ! Brother Bank andKincsen. . HATBROOM By Mad Hatter Bonnie Broom, owned itj H. P. Whitney. JUVENILE RECORD: Starts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won 6 1 0 0 5 00 Hatbroom won one race as a two-year-old, but it was in maiden company and his best performance, viewed from the class standpoint, was in a later race in which, he was unplaced. This was at Aqueduct and Hatbroom went coupled with AVhichone, the premier Whitney juvenile. This distance was five-eighths of a mile and Hatbroom had up 114 pounds. Whichone won the event by three lengths in the time of one minute and one-fifth of a second. Hatbroom finished fourth, one length behind Grey Gull, third, and three lengths behind Peto, second. He led Spinach, a prominent Derby eligible, by two lengths, and throughout the dash held a position well up in the running. There were very few in the maiden race that he won at the same track that have since shown very much. Hatbroom met with little contention, increasing his early lead and winning by four lengths. He had up 11S pounds. In a still later race, run at Saratoga in August, Hatbroom had a chance to distinguish himself, but failed. This was won easily by Desert Light one of the Derby favorites, and five others led the son of Mad Hatter to the finish line.
