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Kentucky Derby Recollections i Bubbling Over ran the fastest mile and a quarter of the Derby since colts have car fried 120 pounds This was in 1926 and he led his stablemate Basenbaggage by five lengths Display one of the greatest moneywin ¬ ners of all time was a dismal failure as A Derby contender He finished tenth in 392C and never was in the running runningChamp Champ de Jlars and Roycrofter common platers now running where the competition is Aery cheap went in the Derby of 1926 but they never got anywhere trailing the others Just as 192G was E R Bradleys big Derby year one of his two big ones so was 1927 H P Whitneys great year Whitneys Bostonian won the Preakness Stakes with Whiskery third Then his Whiskery Avon the Derby with Jtostonian just a head away from fourth Derby money Rolled Stockings after beating Osmand in the Derby Trial was second choice to the Whitney entry in the Derby of 1927 He finished far back The Derby of 192S brought together a whale of a field if you consider what all of these contenders accomplished in after years Reigh Count ilisstep Toro Sun Beau Dis ¬ traction PeteeAArack and Sortie The Derby of 1924 which Black Gold won has often been called the off field of modern times But for it the field of 1930 might gain this dubious distinction jMorvlch was a very strong favorite when he won in 1922 paying only 120 to 1 The Bradley entry consisting of Bet Mosie By Gosh and Busy American was second choice Bet Slosie finished second and John Finn a long shot was third thirdPrudery Prudery which died a few weeks ago was the last filly to finish in the money in the Derby This was in 1921 the year Behave Yourself won Very few fillies have started since including Startle in 1921 and Ben Machree in 1929 Fitzsiinmoris chiefly in the East and Baker largely in the West have been fitting horses for performance with the best through many years Old Rosebud ridden by J McCabe in the H C Applegate colors ran the Derby mile and a Quarter in the record time of 203 and that mark established over a water soaked track still stands Many of the old timers are sanguine in the opinion that on the day he accounted for the Derby Old Rose ¬ bud was the greatest horse this country has known And just look at some of the things accom ¬ plished by some of those that were beaten by Clyde Van Dusen in the Derby of 1929 Blue Larkspur won the Belmont Withers and Classic Stakes AVindy City won the Ameri ¬ can Derby Karl Eitel won the Fairmount Derby The Nut won the Latonia Champion ¬ ship Stakes Ben Machree won the Latonia Cup CupBy By a strange twist of destiny Kilkerry which is slated to assist Broadway Limited in carrying AV T AVaggoners Three Ds Stock Farm colors in Saturdays Derby reg ¬ istered his first and only victory when he defeated Chariot Copper Son and Colonel Henry in the mud at Churchill Downs las Derby Day The race marked his first start and the Derby brings him to the post for the first time this year The highest odds in recent years against the first three in the Derby w re in 1923 when Zev Martingale and Vigil shared the big money Zev was better than 19 to 1 Mar ¬ tingale as one of the Cosden entry was practically 20 to 1 straight and Vigil belong ¬ ing to W J Salmon was better than 15 to 1 straight The favorite in this race was F Johnsons Xassau which finished fourth fourthPaul Paul Jones the winner in 1920 was the first to carry the present arbitrary Derby weight of 126 pounds Cleopatra was the only filly which ran that year and she was far out of it The Whitney entry of Upset Damask and AAildair was the betting choice of that year Jt was recently reported that Paul Jones died at the farm of his owner in Virginia James Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons trainer of Gallant Fox the Derby choice and ace of the invaders and A Jack Baker trainer of Tannery chief hope of the AVest for its thirdwin iii consecutive runnings of the race are horsemen of the old school and long ago qualified as conditioners of highest skill
