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DERBY HOPES DEFEATED Galsun, Gosum and Black Look Beaten by The Queen. Performance of Galsun at Keeneland Particularly Disappointing to Admirers of Calumet Farm Colt. LEXINGTON, Ky., April 23. The Queen, which performed for as little as ,500 in Florida this winter, took three highly touted Kentucky Derby candidates into camp in the Fort Springs Purse, which attracted a good week-day crowd to Keeneland this afternoon. Surviving a hectic stretch battle, the bay daughter of Supremus and Ancient Queen, sporting the silks of the F. L. B. Stable, defeated Calumet Farms Gosum by a head, as C. V. Whitneys Black Look was two lengths back of them and well before Tedall and Galsun, the latter coupled with Gosum. Under a well-judged ride from George Smith, The Queen wore down Gosum and Black Look in the stretch after trailing to the far turn. She carried 1031-2 pounds and ran the mile and a sixteenth in 1:46, a second and three-fifths off the track record. SHOCKS SUrrORTERS. Providing a shock to his numerous admirers was the disappointing performance of Galsun. In the thick ol the action until leaving the back stretch, he began dropping back, finishing last, fourteen lengths back of The Queen. Irving Anderson used the whip on the big Gallant Fox colt but he failed to respond, his stablemate racing much more Impressively. A near accident occurred on the lower turn, with Tedall, Gosum, and Black Look all bidding for the lead, The Queen having dropped out of it right after the start. The Calumet colts bore over on Tedall and Bobby Continued on twenty-sixth page. DERBY HOPESDEFEATED Continued from first nage. Dotter had difficulty in preventing the Valdina colt from going down. Upon reaching the back stretch, Dotter had Tedall eased back out of trouble as Galsun showed the way a head before Black Look. Gosum also had been taken back. Galsun was under mild pressure in the run down the back stretch, while Sonny Workman had a snug hold on Black Look, but the Whitney colt, performing in blinkers for the first time, was able to take the lead by a slight margin. GALSUN TIRES. On the second turn. Black Look opened up a clear lead, but in the meantime Gosum had moved into second place and The Queen had made her move, advancing to third position. Galsun tired fast and was last entering the stretch. Gosum went forward to challenge Black Look soon after the furlong had been passed and he dropped his head in front with six lengths to the good. The Queen was right in back of the Calumet colt and she continued to gain gradually under Souths steady urging and assumed command with about twenty yards to go. Gosum fought it out stubbornly, but could not stave off the more seasoned filly. Black Look was not. persevered with after losing the lead and finished, evenly. The Queen advanced from a ,050 plater to a member of the ,500 class in Florida, being claimed for the latter amount by the F. L. B. Stable, the nom de course of the racing confederation of Flick, Litschi and Battle., She was an outsider in the wagering, as Black Look was a slight favorite over the Calumet pair. Summerlike weather prevailed and the track was near its top condition. Burning Star and Gold Flag, the Kentucky Derby eligibles of the Shandon Farm stable of P. A. and R. J. Nash finished first and second in the Elmendorf Purse, which served as the secondary attraction. The chestnut son of Burning Blaze and Owena ran the six furlongs in 1:12, to win by four lengths over his stablemate as Manrico finished at the saddle girth of Gold Flag. WORKS OUT MILE. They were worked out after the race, with Burning Star maintaining his advantage. He was timed the mile in 1:39 and was easing up the mile and one-sixteenth in lATA. Each carried 118 pounds. Earl Steffen had the mount on Burning Star, which wrested the lead from Airlap shortly after leaving the back stretch. Gold Flag moved up fast to join him as they came into the stretch, but the Burning Blaze colt drew away when, called upon and was racing well within himself when he passed the judges. Noticing, bay daughter of Transmute and Drollery, owned by Charles R, Thompson, local patron, had too much speed for the eleven other maiden two-year-old fillies meeting over the Headley course in the first race, defeating the Woodvale Farms Jacqueline M. by four lengths. George South rode the winner, which darted away from the post so quickly that she was able to cut over to the rail and save ground. The other contenders swung wide into the stretch, with Jacqueline M. holding them safe toward the end, beating out Hal Price Headleys Sand Bag by a length and a half. Diavolo Boy and Ebony Boy are additions to the local division of the Valdina Farms stable. Trainer J. J. Flanigan ordered the two-year-old youngsters here from Churchill Downs. Unless plans for the stable are changed, Charles Bacharachs Southland Stable will move on to New York following the close here, trainer Cliff Porter has announced.
