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NELLIE FLAG SOMAN SOLDIER Pictures of six of the most prominent candidates for the Kentucky Derby which will be run this afternoon at Churchill Downs are shown above Today reliance of the ever popular C V Whitney stable won the Wood Memorial recently and immediately became the favorite A lastminute change of opinion may send Nellie Flag even though a filly to the post the public choice Roman Soldier the Texas Derby winner is rated highly and should prove a factor in the big race Omaha and Plat Eye are formidable representatives from the East that are well qualified to carry off the coveted race Boxthorn is the hope of Col E R Bradley to win his fifth Kentucky Derby and is assured of many admirers and supporters not only from the Blue Grass regions but elsewhere
