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Kentucky Derby Candidates and Their Records! * I A Brief Review, Published Serially, of the Records j of Eligibles for Fifty-Ninth Running of J Historic Event Saturday, May 6 j Mr. Khayyams victory in the Chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace last Saturday gives the East another probable starter in the Kentucky Derby, and one with better than an outside chance if the son of the Derby winner of 1917 continues to improve. A brief review of his record is given in this installment, along with mention of the stablemate of Ladysman, one of which may start with W. R. Coes Derby favorite. j [ t ; I | : ; 1 t s f i e - - i 0 s " - 1 !. i x to 0 c. s d ] ► 1 # and fc l, n LONG JOHN, br. g, by Noah— Xenora,®" 5 nominated by Lloyd Brothers. j This gelding made ten starts as a two-year-old and won none. He left the maiden class by winning a short sprint on a muddy j track at Lexington in April this year. I MIGHTY ATOM, ch. c, by Terry— Incentive, nominated by B. S. Michell. Twelve starts without a victory was his t record as a juvenile. j MR. KHAYYAM, b. c, by Omar Khayyam— j Alice Foster, nominated by Catawba Stable. This son of the Derby winner of 1917 did a not race very successfully in 1932, but he is a evidently an improving colt. In one of his a a late starts last season he finished third j. with good speed in the Endurance Handicap at Bowie. This race, at a mile and a sixteenth, was won by Projectile, Caesars Ghost g second. On April 25 of this year, Mr. Khayyam won a a six furlongs race at Havre de Grace on r a fast track, running the distance in 1:11%. a He defeated Trace Call by a half length, c Good Advice third. Rush Hour was the fa- _ vorite. This was a good performance. ~ Mr. Khayyams Chesapeake Stakes victory 1 was one of the most noteworthy scored by any Derby candidate this spring, for he won this mile and one-sixteenth feature by six lengths and with a new Havre de Grace track record of 1:44 to his credit. He was • in front all the way, going the quarter in j :23%, half mile in :47, flat, three-quarters in J 1:11% and the mile in 1:37%. The weight was 114 pounds. Behind him were Pom- J ponius, 114; Dark Winter, 112; Inlander, 114; Kerry Patch, 119; Gold Basis, 112; Utopian, j 114; The Dark, 119; Pompoleon, 114; Keep j Out, 112; Projectil 119; Good Advice, 114; ] Caesars Ghost, 114; Crowning Glory, 116; ] Crack Flyer, 112. Getting away to a flying start, Mr. Khayyam was held in restraint by jockey Walls and when the jockey gave him his head he moved away easily and increased his lead over the struggling mass behind him. MY BLAZE, b. c, by Big Blaze— Elizabeth Hughes, nominated by M. J. Conley. My Blaze won two races as a juvenile, in mud and on a slow track. He went o the I j post sixteen times. ! NORTH MILL, ch. g, by Infinite— Irish Lace, , nominated by Shandon Farm Stable. North Mill won three races in 1932, in seventeen starts. He has shown little in subse- quent racing. ONE CHANCE, ch. c, by Chance Play— One Hour, nominated by A. C. Schwartz. This son of Chance Play was a winner only j once in seven starts as a two-year-old. ! ONSIDE, b. g, by Angon — Sidelight, nominated by W. E. Smith. His record in 1932: Seven starts, one winner. OTHERWISE, ch. g, by Wise Counsellor-Kitty . Yansen, nominated by W. E. Smith. , Otherwise held a very creditable record for the period of his competition in 1932, win- ning four races and finishing second twice in six starts. He was a winner the first time he went to the post, defeating Levaal, favorite, on a heavy track, and then for three succeeding races he was unbeaten. These races were run at Churchill Downs i and Latonia, two on a fast track last May, and the last of his juvenile victories on a l sloppy track in June. PARITY, br. c, by Terry— Disparity, nominated by Sagamore Stable. This colt did not win as a juvenile, in five ; starts, but was graduated in his second start this spring, winning a maiden race at three-quarters of a mile on a sloppy track. PHILIPPI JR., br. c, by Philippl— Snow r Shower, nominated by S. Harry Jobes. He made no starts in 1932. PIERRE PAN, b. c, by Peter Pan— Coventry j Girl, nominated by R. L. Woodard. Started eleven times in 1932, won none. POMPOLEON, b. c, by Pompey— Polygon, , nominated by W. R. Coe. He won only one race in seventeen starts s as a juvenile. Was a starter in several 1 minor stakes, but displayed little class. In his first start this year he defeated ■ I j Rapscallion and a few other Derby candi- dates at three-quarters of a mile on a heavy track. He was not an important factor in I the Chesapeake Stakes. POMPONIUS, b. c, by Pompey— Wigwam, I nominated by W. R. Coe. The most likely of the Coe candidates to 3 go along with Ladysman, judging by his s late improvement in 1932 and his recent I j I performance in Maryland. Last year he e , was a starter in twenty-three races, winning % I four. His best race was in the Pimlico Futurity, won by Swivel, Pomponius finish-c i- I ing fourth, beaten only a nose by Repaid, , He went to the post at nearly 50 to 1 in the e , betting, but ran a good race, moving up p | resolutely in the latter part and closing j fast. He was also fourth in the Spalding g Lowe Jenkins Handicap, won by Sarada. This spring at Havre de Grace, with 116 6 | pounds, he defeated Character, 110, on a a sloppy track, getting up in the last fifty y yards to win by a half length. Others in n the field included Rush Hour, Okapi, Sun n Captor and Crowning Glory, Pomponius was second to Mr. Khayyam in n the Chesapeake Stakes, beaten off six x lengths. 5 j j I t j a a a a j. g a r a c _ ~ 1 • j J J j j ] ] I j ! , j ! . , i l ; r j , s 1 ■ I j I I 3 s I j I e , % I i- I , e , p | j g 6 | a a y in n n in n x = I * POMPOSITY, b. c, by Pompey— Some More, nominated by W. R. Coe. Has shown nothing to entitle him to | Derby consideration. a POPO, b. g, by Rolled Stocking— Gossip t Avenue, nominated by J. W. Parrish. c This gelding won only one race in seven- T teen starts last year, that on a heavy track, but he was often in the money. POPPYMAN, b. c, by Chatterton— Poppy ■ Red, nominated by Mrs. J. H. Whitney. Poppyman won from a few rank outsiders « ® among the Derby eligibles in his first start as a three-year-old. The race was run on heavy track at Havre de Grace and those behind him were Silent Shot, Caesars Ghost, r Crap Shooter, Dominus and Keep Out. j Although he won the Troy Claiming Stakes at Saratoga, probably his best race was in the Eastern Shore Handicap, which attracted a fine field and was run on a - muddy track. Poppyman finished third. He * also finished second to Illusive in the Mine- ola Claiming Stakes at Belmont Park on a good track. * POT AU BROOMS, ch. g, by Pot au Feu— " Broomiola, nominated by Coldstream Stud. Pot au Brooms was a late starter last j year, making his first trip to the post in August. He was unable to win on a fast track, but when he ran in mud late in 1 October, he outclassed his rather mediocre I company, winning two races, each by six lengths eased up. In his last start of the year he finished second to Charley O., which j is now very much in the Derby picture, and ; he was conceding weight to that racer. ] POT AU PLUCK, ch. g, by Pot au Feu— j Plucky, nominated by Coldstream Stud. This Coldstream Stud candidate has failed | utterly to qualify as a Derby candidate. He , was beaten far off in all six starts as a juvenile. PROJECTILE, b. c, by Swift and Sure— j Fair Priscilla, nominated by A. Pons. j With Swivel out the Swift and Sure colt j will be the dependence of Adolphe Pons in . the Derby, and as a two-year-old he showed himself capable at times of beating pretty good fields. , He finished up his juvenile season by winning the Endurance Handicap at Bowie, easily leading Caesars Ghost and Mr. Khayyam. His best performance, however, was in the Thomas Curran Memorial Stakes, which he won by a length on a fast track, Broad Bill second and In High third. Altogether, he won four races in fourteen starts last year and his money winnings totaled 6,630. In his first start this year, which was in the Havre de Grace race won by Ladysman, he finished out of the money. Later he j was fourth in a mile and seventy yards , race won by Swivel, and he failed to get into the contention in the running of the . Chesapeake Stakes. RANGE FINDER, b. c, by Chance Play-Riga, • nominated by Greentree Stable. Range Finder has had no opportunity of ! proving himself worthy of the honor of being a Derby eligible. RAPSCALLION, b. c, by Pennant— Traffic, » nominated by C. V. Whitney. Rapscallion has been beaten too many F times to be given consideration in a Derby field, even though he would carry the colors i of one of the greatest stables. He won only F one race last year and was unsuccessful I throughout his campaign in Florida. Never- theless, as a juvenile he did run well in some ; of the stakes, after winning his maiden start, , a race in which Kerry Patch finished second. One of his outstanding performances was in l the Hyde Park Stakes at Arlington Park, , the first event in which Ladysman was a starter. Rapscallion was third to Crowning J Glory and Misguide. Running with Caterwaul - in the same stable, he finished fourth l in the National Stallion Stakes at Belmont t Park, the race won by Caterwaul, The Peli- can second and Wedding Ring third. RED ROAMER, ch. g, by Wildair— Procne, , nominated by F. and C. Le Bus. This gelding ran fifteen races last year, • winning three, but his career was not marked by any brilliant performances. He e appeared to be improving this spring, but t has done little to warrant the belief that he e would be more than a rank outsider in the e Derby field. RED WHISK, ch. g, by Whiskalong— Spider, . * nominated by C. C. Van Meter. Red Whisk has had a career of ups and d downs, but his good races more than offset t his disappointing performances and he is not 4 without a rather flattering following in the e midwest, where his activities have been con-3 i- centrated. His record last year was six x races won in thirteen starts and he account-L t- ed for ,440 in stake and purse money. His s lone stake victory was in the River Forest Stakes at Arlington Park. He finished sec-g :- ond in the Bashford Manor Stakes. In later r ! stakes on the Illinois tracks he did not fare e ; so well, finishing next to last in the Hyde e Park Stakes and far back in the beaten n | field of the Hawthorne Juvenile Handicap, 3, | won by Head Play. In the latter he met :t with a good deal of bad racing luck, Red Whisk made his first start of this sea- i- I son on a sloppy track at Lexington, was is , backed to odds-on and finished second to o | Warren Jr. He was bet on heavily in n 1 the Brown Hotel Purse, which brought out it , • e t e e . * d t 4 e i- x t- s :- r e e n 3, :t i- is to o in n it a field of western Derby eligibles on open- ing day at Churchill Downs, a week before* the Derby date and finished last, but with a good excuse as he was knocked almost to his knees in the early part of it. RESURRECTION, br. c, by My Play— Ann Earn, nominated by H. M. Howard. This colt was still a maiden at the conclusion of his first season. He ran with good ones, sent to the post by trainer Earl Sande, but did not distinguish himself. SANDY BILL, ch. c, by Wise Counsellor— Sweet Mary, nominated by J. H. Louchheim. Sandy Bill began his career in the most impressive fashion, winning his first three races at Jamaica and Aqueduct, beating such good ones as Dynastic, Repaid and Helios. He won the Colorado Stakes at Ja- t maica and the Hudson Stakes at Aqueduct, but a more important performance was his third to Ladysman and Happy Gal in the Grand Union Hotel Stakes at Saratoga. With his great early speed he dashed to the front and set a good pace, but the end of the three-quarters found him about six lengths back of the winner, though he was good enough to beat out Sun Captor, The Darb, Repaid and others. In the United States Hotel Stakes, also won by Ladysman, he was still farther back. In short, his races left the impression that * Sandy Bill is purely a sprinter.
