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TALK ABOUT HUNCHES TRY THIS ONE Since the year in which Regret won the Kentucky Derby demonstrating that it could be done by one of her sex owners of other crack fillies have had nothing but regrets after the big race was run and the shouting had died down Fillies dont win the Derby a favorite saying of dyed inthewool Kentucky horsemen rolls off their backs like water off a duck and when a brilliant filly come along with every pros ¬ pect of being able to cope with her stronger male rivals shes sure to be among the Derby field if she stands spring training and comes up to the race in a sound and fit condition Last year it was Mata Hari An ¬ other year Startle once Viva America etc back to the first day of Louisvilles great horse race when neither Aristides or his owner had any idea of the fashion they inaugurated or the honor they had gained an honor which increases with the passing of the years yearsWhats Whats the odds on Nellie Flag winning the Derby is a question on every lip as the zero hour for the big race approaches No need to answer that a fillys chance figured on history is fiftynine to one Re ¬ gret being the only miss to win in sixty renewals Useless too we suppose to at ¬ tempt to add the appended table to the odds against the Calumet Farm streak But if Nellie Flag wins the Derby she will con ¬ found more than one expert and indicate that for one year anyway an owner of a filly had NO regrets In addition she will be the first horse whose name begins with an N to score the B horses showing a preponderance of victories in this statistical angle of the race due to the Bradley Derby touch touchThe The following shows the letters of the alphabet together with the number of win ¬ ners of the Kentucky Derby whose name began with the letter preceding the figures figuresA A 5 B 9 C 3 D 3 E 2 F 2 G 2 H 3 I 0 J 2 K 1 L 4 M 5 N 0 O 2 P 3 Q 0 R 3 S 4 T 2 U 0 V 1 W 3 X 0 Y 0 Z 1
