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JEFFERSON FIRST 1932 DERBY Three -Year-Old Stake Race Attracting National Attention. Lucky Tom One of Most Popular Eligibles E. B. Bradley Names Begot, Busted and Two Others. NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 15. Participation of several Kentucky Derby possibilities in the initial Jefferson Derby, the new ,000 added mile event exclusively for three-year-olds, to be run at Jefferson Park on Saturday, January 23, closing day of the meeting, attaches much importance to the race which promises to command not only local interest, but nationl attention as well. This new headliner, the first Derby of the year, was drafted by racing secretary Julius G. Reeder and under governing conditions, the weight will be 120 pounds, with non-winners of ,000 or ,500 twice, getting an allowance of four pounds, a race of ,500 or ,500 twice, seven pounds, ,050 three times, or a race of ,500, ten pounds, two races twelve pounds and maidens, fifteen pounds. Lucky Tom, J. J. Fobinsons bargain colt, which accounted for seven races and 3,140 in his first campaign, is favorably regarded as a candidate for the 0,000 added Churchill Downs fixture and may make his first start of the year in the Jefferson stake. Lucky Tom is among the outstanding three-year-old prospects to race here in several seasons, but this looks like a winter remarkable for the number of better than average three-year-olds to be seen at the two Orescent City tracks and his jefferson Derby company will include others of prominence. In addition to Lucky Tom, the list of probable starters is his stable companion Flying Don; Col. E. R. Bradleys Battling Knight, Bengal Tiger, Bertjohn and Busted; J. Leiters Prince Farthing and Princess Camelia; W. T. Waggoner and Sons Sir Melton and Texas Knight; A. B. Letelliers Sazerac; J. J. Coughlins Camp Douglas; F. Serembas Defier and C. V. Whitneys Habanero, among others. H. C. Riddle, trainer of Lucky Tom and Flying Don, holds them in high regard and if one or both come through the local campaign as Riddle believes they will, the Robinson colors will be seen in Americas premier race for three-year-olds at Louisville in May. Princess Camelia is a stakes winner and trainer N. K. Beal is counting on her for great things during the year. As a two-year-old, she matched Lucky Tom in the number of races won seven although three of the Robinson colts victories vere in stakes. The Leiter filly earned approximately 5,000 during 1931. Colonel Bradley, who has accounted for .wo Louisiana Derbies, has a very strong hand in the quartet named and trainer William Hurley has been putting them through the preparatory stuff without interruption since their arrival at the Fair Grounds from Kentucky. Bengal Tiger Is a son of Manna, the sire of Mannamead and Miracle, among the leading juveniles in England last year. Sir Gallahad III., the son of Teddy, is the sire of Battling Knight and Bubbling Over, last of Colonel Bradleys two winners of the Kentucky Derby, is the sire r" Begot and Busted. Sir Melton and Texas Knight are of the likely sort and under the skillful training of John Schorr, should show to best advantage. Camp Douglas, already the winner of three races here during the current season, has a big following for the Shrewsbury track stake, and Defier, for which Frank Seremba paid 2,600 at the Rancocas Stable dispersal last fall, is a fine possibility. Sazerac accounted for two races last year, and others being pointed for this first derby of 1932 include S. W. Labrots Springsteel, and Mexico; Jackson Park Stable Crystal Prince; John Marschs Simple Singer; Warm Stables The Whig and Our Grief; Knebel-kamp and Morris Thundertone; J. Janusias Sandwrack and A. Pelleteris Colonial Belle.
