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DERBY ODDS AND ENDS Chance Sun was the first entry for the Kentucky Derby of 1935 and the winter book favorite even before the nominations were announced announcedThe The Brookmeade Stable of Mrs Isabel Sloane is counting on Psychic Bid to dupli ¬ cate Cavalcades success in the Derby While some horsemen are of the opinion that Psy ¬ chic Bid is only a sprinter trainer Bob Smith will not agree with that theory and believes the cIt will carry his speed as far as any other horse Smith further says he is one of the fastest horses he ever trained trainedThe The most notable absentee from the Derby entries of 1935 is E R Bradleys Balladier which as a juvenile was considered on a par if not superior to Chance Sun Balladier suffered a slightly bowed tendon before the running of the Eastern Shore Handicap and trainer H J Thompson is giving the colt plenty of time to recover from that injury j The Brown Williamson Tobacco Corj poration has the execlusive rights to broad ¬ cast the Kentucky Derby this year and the Columbia network will be used j An elaborate and complete souvenir his ¬ tory of the Kentucky Derby will be pre ¬ sented to the patrons of Churchill Downs on Derby Day Some 75000 copies have been printed to take care of the large crowd ex ¬ pected pectedPlat Plat Eye the Derby hope of Mrs Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable is bred to stay being a son of the Spearmint stallion Chicle and from a Broomstick mare with the second dam by Ultimus from which he probably gets his fine speed speedNellie Nellie Flag the only filly in the Derby is a granddaughter of the mighty Man o War being bv American Flag and Nellie Morse the latter a high class race mare during her career on the turf Nellie Flag evidently inherits some of that dazzling speed that made Man o War the outstand ¬ ing horse of the turf The Belair Stud has a Derby candidate in Omaha well qualified to win the much cov ¬ eted Blue Grass classic at least from the standpoint of breeding Heis a son of Gal ¬ lant Fox the Derby winner of 1930 and the first and only horse to win over 300000 in one year Gallant Fox is by Sir Gallahad III one of Frances great race horses and one of the most successful stallions ever imported to the United States Omahas dam is Flambino by Wrack an English horse imported to this country and another pro ¬ nounced success in the stud One of the sensational developments of the winter book betting on the Derby is C V Whitneys Today In the early quota ¬ tions Today was listed at 100 to 1 and for the past week as the first choice being cut to as low as 3 to 1 Today did little to dis ¬ tinguish himself as a twoyearold winning one race out of seven starts finishing sec ¬ ond twice and third once He has won both starts as a threeyearold his last being an impressive victory in the Woods Memorial Today is by the speedy but unfortunate Whichone and Afternoon the latter a daughter of Prince Palatine a noted Eng ¬ lish horse which met an untimely death in Kentucky where he was standing in the stud
