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SAZERAC FORMIDABLE RACER Looms Up as Best of Outsiders in Louisiana Derby. Defeat of Lucky Tom in Florida Derby Makes New Orleans Race Appear Open Affair. NEW ORLEANS, La., March 8. The eleventh Louisiana Derby two weeks hence, the 0,000 added stake for three-year-olds at the Fair Grounds March 19, is fast developing into an "open" race. Of the forty-five crack racers eligible to compete in the mile and a furlong contest, which ends the Louisiana Jockey Clubs 1932 season, .Lucky Tom was regarded as a standout by many, but, following the defeat of J. J. Robinsons colt in the Florida Derby, considerable attention is being given to several "dark horses" which have loomed up during the past two weeks. A. B. Letelliers Sazerac, winner of his last three races in impressive manner, is the most highly regarded of the "dark horses" being considered. The bay son of Westy Hogan Resistance accounted for the Derby Trial Handicap a week ago and on that occasion conceded several pounds to his rivals. Though Sazerac was a bit late being brought to the races by the late Capt. B. C. Bunbury, who passed on a few weeks ago, and at a time when the 75-year-old turfman had visions of saddling his first Louisiana Derby winner, the colt has shown all of the fine points of the conditioning he received at the hands of his trainer. A. B. Letellier has taken up the training of the colt and is doing a good job of it, keeping the Westy Hogan offspring in the best of condition, and is bent on winning the fixture, which will be worth in excess of 3,000 in gross value. Another "dark horse" to loom up is Walter D., which races for Mrs. W. Diebold of Louisville, Ky., and only recently graduated from the maiden ranks, taking the measure of several Derby hopefuls in a six furlongs dash. The colt has been to the barrier only twice in his career, finishing in third place on the occasion of his first start. Twenty-two contestants are probable at this writing, including Lucky Tom, Renaissance, Princess Camelia, Prince Farthing, Bertjohn, Battling Knight, Camp Douglas, Walter D., Sazerac, Cathop, Sarietta, Espinaca, Sandwrack, Springsteel, Colonial Belle, Defier, Jimmy Sutro, Crystal Prince, Texas Knight, Fatalist, Even Up and Hoops.
