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. . BACK BACK , , TO TO NORMALCY NORMALCY AFTER AFTER KENTUCKY KENTUCKY DERBY DERBY DAY DAY —en —en — — — — — — — * * AFTERMATH OF RACE ♦ General Opinion Favors Burgoo King as Best of Field. ♦ Liberty Limited and Brandon Mint the Casualties of Contest — - Tick On for Preakness. 1 LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 9. — Churchill Downs was back to normalcy and compara* tive quiet today after its tumultuous day Saturday, but horsemen and racegoers still were discussing the Kentucky Derby, with its popular home triumph. Since the run* ning. there has been praise on every side for the son of Bubbling Over for his fine, if not scintillating, performance, and for Eugene James, the wiry Louisville lad, who rode this third Bradley winner. Horsemen, jockeys, critics and others seemed agreed that Burgoo King was by far the best horse Saturday and, while he may not prove a champion, it will take more than a Tick On, Stepenfetchit, Economic or any of the sort that opposed him in the famous old classic to stop him when he is right. Excuses, of course, for some of the nineteen that finished the Derby grind back of the victorious Kentucky colt were heard— no Derby would be complete without them. Alibis, however, brought nothing more than a nod of the head, those of the best qualified judges who witnessed the race being well satisfied that the great margin of five lengths and easy manner in which the Bradley colt triumphed, more than offset what little ill racing luck was encountered by some very few of the contestants. Colonel Bradley, who returned to his Idle Hour Farm shortly after the Derby, received hundreds upon hundreds of congratulatory messages. Nothing pleases him more than an important victory by one of his home-breds, and the success of Burgoo King probably brought more joy to Idle Hour than any Bradley turf success since Bubbling Over, sire of Burgoo King, won the coveted Churchill Downs fixture in 1926. JAMES A LOUISVILLE BOY. Jockey James was the second Louisville boy in successive years to ride the Derby winner, Charles Kurtsinger being astride Mrs. Payne Whitneys great Twenty Grand, the 1931 winner. Both James and Kurt-singer were reared within sight of Churchill Downs and James had his saddle training under Roscoe Goose, who rode Donerail, a 92-to-l shot and the longest priced winner of the Derby, to victory in 1913. The skill and patience exercised by Thompson in preparing the frail, if not delicate. Burgoo King won the commendation of all horsemen. It was a fine piece of work and a real accomplishment. After a conference by telephone with Colonel Bradley, Thompson carried out plans for the immediate transfer of the Derby winner to Belmont Park and, accompanied by Boiling Water, Blind Bowboy and Bonny Maureen, he got away shortly before noon Sunday. It was also decided that Brother Joe would be retired from training and, along with Kai Feng, the ailing three-year-old, went back to Idle Hour Farm today. Although a trifle sore following the Derby, Brother Joe showed no traces of unsoundness Sunday, yet his physical condition is Continued on twenty-first page. AFTERMATH OF RACE Continued from first page. such that further training and racing might have serious results. His stay at Idle Hour Farm will be an indefinite one, with only a slight possibility of his return to racing in the fall. Whether the Derby winner fills his Preak-ness engagement next Saturday hinges upon the manner in which he stands the trip to Belmont Park, and the necessary training. While a good traveler. Burgoo Kings frail constitution may not bring him through to two such engagements as the Derby and Preakness within a weeks time. Reasons to believe that Burgoo Kings next objective will be the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park were advanced by attachees of the Bradley stable. Colonel Bradley had furnished winners of both the Preakness and Belmont, Kalitan winning the former under the Bradley colors in 1917, and his great Blue Larkspur accounted for the Belmont of 1929. - ■ ■ ■ — - i
