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1 ■ f Unfortunate Favorite i i mm BREVITY SIXTY-SECOND DERBY TO BOLD VENTURE . X : » w m Brevity, Unlucky Favorite, Beaten by a Head After Marvelous Race Bad Jam Right After Start Sends Brevity to His Knee* and Granville Falls and Loses Rider — Indian Broom Finishes Third LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 2. — Bold Venture, the unluckiest of horses last year, had luck riding with him today and he emerged victorious in the sixty-second running of the Kentucky Derby. Brevity, the hope of more than half of the more than 60,000 persons bulging the stout fences at Churchill Downs, finished second, beaten a head. Indian Broom, the speedy hope of the West, was third among the fifteen classy three year-olds competing in the nations popular fixture. The chestnut son of St. Germans and Possible, bred and owned by Morton L. Schwartz, of New York, survived the gruelling mile and one-quarter struggle to earn 7,725 of the gross purse of 8,150. Brevity •collected ,000 for Joseph E. Widener, of Philadelphia, for being second; Indian Broom won ,000 for Major Austin C. Taylor, of Vancouver, in taking third honors, and Charles B. Shaffers award for Coldstream for finishing fourth was ,000. A terrific jam occurred right after the start, which not only caused Granville, the hope of William Woodward, to fall and to unseat jockey Jimmy Stout, but also sent Brevity to his knees, and Wayne Wright had everything he could do to retain his seat. But for that accident the favorite might have prevailed. In the only other race in which he has been defeated, the Hopeful Stakes, Brevity was caught in a bad pocket and was almost knocked down. HIRSCHS FIRST WINNER. Bold Venture gave his owner and trainer, Max Hirsch, their first Derby victory as well as giving young Ira Hanford his first triumph in a major event since he began riding last year. Hanford handled his big mount in faultless fashion and gave a superb exhibition through the stretch as Brevity and Wright fought with everything they had to wear him down. ibis latest edition of the Derby was run under clear skies and over a fast track that saw the six furlong record broken by Ariel Cross in a preceding race. Bold Venture ran the distance in 2:03"5, which did not threaten the record set at 2:01*5, by Twenty Grand, another son of St. Germans, in 1931. The fractional time was :23% for the first quarter, :47*s for the half mile, 1:12?5 for the three quarters, and 1:3745 for the mile. With all the ceremony attending a Kentucky Derby running, the field was dispatched by William Hamilton at 4:45 oclock after having been at the post four and a half minutes. This delay was caused principally by The Fighter, Grand Slam and Holl Image. WRIGHTS GREAT FEAT. The starters, of which Gold Seeker was the lone filly, were in alignment when the start was effected, but the horses on the outside, principally Sangreal and Coldstream, swerved to the inside and knocked the others into a solid mass of horseflesh. Granville got the worst of it, and Stout could do nothing to save his mount. Brevity went to his knees, but by great horsemanship Wright put him back on his feet again. He Did, Bold Venture, Grand Slam, The Fighter and Bien Joli were able to break away from the jamming and fought for the lead in the run to the first turn. In front of the judges stand, Bien Joli and The Fighter were eased back to escape possible interference on the turn. Rounding the clubhouse turn, He Did sprinted into a clear lead and was two lengths ahead of Coldstream as the field swept into the back stretch. Grand Slam was a head away, while Bold Venture was in fourth position, another two lengths back, but closely pressed by Teufel, Indian Broom and Merry Pete. Brevity was in ninth place. As the field raced down the back stretch Hanford called on Bold Venture, and he Continued on ticenty-sixth page. J ; S j j j ! I I J SIXTY-SECOND DERBY TO BOLD VENTURE Continued from first page. darted to the front on the outside of He Did, taking the lead by a length at the half mile post. Indian Broom attempted to go with him, but could not quite match the speed of the Schwartz representative, but he was a half length off He Did on the far turn. Coldstream was fourth, with Grand Slam fifth, while Brevity had been taken to the outside and was sixth. Running with smooth action and under a steadying rein, Bold Venture increased his margin to a length and a half on the second turn. He Did tired under the pace and Indian Broom took undisputed possession of second place, while Brevity drove into third place. Coldstream was fifth, back of the Mason colt. Right after the field straightened out for the stretch battle Brevity caught and passed Indian Broom and set after Bold Venture, which Hanford had guided several yards off the inner rail. The favorite gained steadily on the son of St. Germans and was at his heels entering the final furlong. The youthful Hanford sensed the danger and went to work on Bold Venture with a vengeance as was Wright on Brevity. Hanford whipped with his right hand, while Wright was using his left. Inch by inch the favorite gained on Bold Venture, and it appeared he surely would make good for his countless supporters, but the Schwartz colt, fighting on with rare courage, held his advantage to the end, although it was but a foot or two at the finish. Their sinew-straining stretch duel carried them out six lengths before Indian Broom. Indian Broom took third place by three lengths over Coldstream. Bien Joli was five lengths farther away in fifth place, then followed Holl Image, He Did, Teufel, Gold Seeker, Merry Pete, The Fighter, Grand Slam and Sangreal. After the running the stewards announced the suspension of fifteen days each of jockeys George Burns, Hanford and Nick Wall. Burns was on Indian Broom, which broke out from his number two position at the start and might have had something to do with the accident befalling Granville and Brevity. Wall was on Coldstream, which bore over after the start, while Hanfords mount crossed over sharply while taking command at the half-mile post. Bold Venture, which was unable to win a stake last year, although he was the starting favorite in the Hopeful Stakes, made the Derby his second victory in two starts this year, having captured an allowance event at Jamaica before being shipped here. In the Arlington Futurity last summer he lost his rider right after breaking away from the post and ran away nearly a mile and last fall he injured himself at Belmont Park and later became ill, but he wintered splendidly at Columbia, S. C, and has done everything asked of him this year. In paying 3 for each straight mutuel ticket, Bold Venture became the longest priced winner since Exterminator was vic-I torious in 1918. He paid 1.80 to place and .00 third, while Brevity paid to place and to show, and Indian Broom .80 to show. The Widener colt was the favorite at 4 to 5, with Indian Broom the second choice because of his record-breaking performance at a mile and one furlong in California several weeks ago. A field of twelve maiden two-year-olds, meeting over four and one-half furlongs, opened the Saturday program. Reaching the post one minute after the selected earlier starting time of 12:30, they were sent into the contest without a second delay, and their brush resulted in victory for the Everglades Stable Kermay. Traveling the distance in the excellent time of :53Vs, he won by two lengths. Prairie Dog raced to the place with Par third and Sweepalot fourth. Impeach, owned by C. A. Peck and the favorite, captured the fifth race, at one mile, in easy fashion, running the distance in 1:37 to defeat Onalark by four lengths, while Flint Shot was a nose farther away in third place. Nine better grade platers made up the field. They were away to a good start, with If Blaze taking a short lead with Flint Shot in nearest pursuit. Onalark went down tho back stretch in third position, with Impeacli fourth under stout restraint from Charles 1 Corb-tt.
