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HEELFLY RETAINS HIS SPEED Waggoner Kentucky Derby Candidate Scheduled to Make Three-Year-Old Bow Today. ARLINGTON, Texas, April 5. Heelfly demonstrated to a large gallery at Arlington Downs Sunday morning that he had lost none of the speed that carried him to a new track record over six and one-half furlongs last fall when he went a handy three-quarters in 1:14. Acompanied by Gin Daisy and on a fast track, the son of Royal Ford and Canfli sped over the quarter in :22 and the half mile in :47. Gin Daisy was timed the quarter in :22 and the half mile in :47. Heelfly will make his 1937 debut in the San Antonio Purse tomorrow. Several other eligibles for the Texas and Kentucky Derbys will oppose him. Dead Calm, W. E. Snyders hope for Texas Derby honors, which finished second in the Louisiana Derby, breezed three-quarters in 1:25;. He was hard held throughout
