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NELLIE FLAG POPULAR Public Opinion Swings to Calumet Stables High Class Filly Experts Including Breeders Owners Ownersand and Trainers Look for Queenly QueenlyMiss Miss to Rule Favorite LOUISVILLE Ky May 3 The swing to Nellie Flag that started soon after her ar ¬ rival at Churchill Downs less than two weeks ago and gained added momentum with her almost every appearance on the Derby course whether under colors or not had assumed such proportions today that many skilled in the art of ascertaining public opinion tabbed the Calumet filly as the prob ¬ able favorite for tomorrows race Opinions of men long connected with rac ing and the Derby in particular also pointed to the daughter of American Flag and Nellie Morse as the popular choice choiceThe The following expressions reveal how some of the horsemen in thatgroup feel about to ¬ morrows race Joseph E Widener owner of the onetime winter book choice Chance Sun which was declared out of the race several days ago Id think Omaha had a good chance in an open race You cant overlook Today and Nellie Flag FlagBert Bert S Michell the veteran who devel oped and trained Mrs John D Hertz Reigh Count for his 1928 Derby conquest It looks like Today to me mePete Pete Coyne chief of the J E Widener training staff Beat Nellie Flag and take the money moneyD D E Stewart another of the Widener trainers Nellie Flag all the way Today and Plat Eye next nextJake Jake Lowenstein who developed Windy City winner of the American Derby I look for Nellie Flag to finish in front with Today second secondJ J C Milam Kentucky owner and breeder who developed Exterminator winner of the 1918 Derby under W S Kilmers colors Continued on eleventh page NELLIE FLAG POPULAR POPULARContinued Continued from first page Its Nellie Flag Omaha and Boxthorn BoxthornRichard Richard J Nash part owner of Shandon Farm which had the misfortune to lose Burning Blaze through injuries a week be ¬ fore the Derby of 1932 My choices are Nellie Flag Omaha and Commonwealth CommonwealthMose Mose Goldblatt western trainer for C V Whitney Anything which beats the filly Nellie Flag will win She is the best mare since Regret RegretAl Al Bush retired blacksmith or plater who plated seventeen Derby winners Its an open race with threeyearold form pointing to Omaha OmahaHamilton Hamilton C Applegate whose colors were carried by Old Rosebud one of the greatest of the Derby winners A hard race all the way I like Omaha OmahaRoscoe Roscoe Goose who rode Donerail at 91 to 1 to victory in the Derby of 1914 I like the filly Nellie Flag with Plat Eye and Box thorn bang up upJack Jack T Weaver trainer of Gowell a filly which finished third in the 1913 Kentucky Derby and a few weeks later on won the Latonia Derby Id have to take Nellie Flag You dont get a good filly often but when you do look out outClyde Clyde Van Dusen who won a Derby with his namesake and also developed the filly Mata Hari which finished fourth to Caval ¬ cade last year said Nellie Flag looks like the winner to me Jack McPherson Kentucky horseman who developed several Derby candidates If anyone beats Omaha it will be Nellie Flag FlagWilliam William Crump former rider who has been training for several years and who de ¬ veloped Head Play which finished second to Brokers Tip year before last A tough race with Today Nellie Flag and Plat Eye best from what I have seen
