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MADDEN SILKS IN DERBY The Mongol or Conscience May Represent Hamburg Place in Saturdays Big Race. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 14.— There have been frequent runnings of the Kentucky Derby when eligibles have been sent to the post to satisfy the vanity of a nominator, rather than with any hope of winning the great classic. There have been sportsmen who have gladly paid the starting fee merely for the gratification of seeing their silks in the distinguished ■ impany. Little of this has been shown in late years, though the promise of starting either Conscience or the Mongol by the Madden Brothers is largely for the reason their distinguished father played such an important part with the stock of his Hamburg Place in the famous old "classic." On the death of John E. Madden, his two sons, "Joe" and Edward, have carried on racing under the name of Hamburg Place, and the promise is that The Mongol will be started in the event the going is r.ady Saturday, while Conscience will be the choice for a fast track. And there is good reason for thi.- pride ■* the silks when it is remembered that the late John E. Madden was breeder of no fewer than five of the winners of the Kentucky Derby. These were Plaudit, in 1898; Old Rosebud, in 1914; Sir Barton, in 1919; Zev, in 1923, and Flying Ebony, in 1925. There does not seem to be even a remote chance for th Hamburg Place silks to play any important part in the running, as far as what has been shown by either Conscience or The Mongol, but it is a fine gesture for the sons of the gr«.it thoroughbred breeder to show the silks in the run-atefl
