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REAPING REWARD MAKES 1937 DEBUT TODAY Mrs Mars Star and Stablemate Military in Derby Trial Purse poon Sir Damion Clodion and Merry Maker Arrive From the East LOUISVILLE Ky May 3 The arrival of four more Eastern candi ¬ dates for the Kentucky Derby Pompoon Sir Damion Clodion and Merry Maker long workouts through the mud by Court Scandal and Burning Star and the entry of thirteen eligibles in tomorrows Mile Derby Trial Purse were todays highlights at Churchill Downs where the 50000 spectacle wjll be staged next Saturday afternoon Tomorrows Derby Trial is designed as the last important test in competition for Derby horses and the manner in which some of them perform is expected to determine whether they will be in the field when the big race is run next Saturday Further it gives Churchill Downs natrons an onnortunitv to conrnnrp tiiA relative running qualities of some of the candidates and its result will be watched with keen interest interestHeading Heading the list of outstanding Derby candidates scheduled to match strides in tomorrows Trial Purse are the two repre ¬ sentatives of Mrs Ethel V Mars Reaping Reward and Military and William DuPont Jrs Santa Anita Derby winner Fairy Hill Reaping Reward and Military are no strang ¬ ers to Churchill Downs patrons the former also having been seen under colors on the local course but Fairy Hill will be receiv ¬ ing his formal introduction to Churchill Downs tomorrow tomorrowAmong Among other formidable Derby candidates named overnight for tomorrows mile test are J W Parrishs Dellor Mrs W H Fursts Gerald Miss Mary Hirschs onetime conqueror of Pompoon No Sir and I J Collins Bernard F FLess Less highly regarded but whose perform ¬ ances tomorrow may determine their Derby status are Warren Wrights pair Galsun and Gosum J B Respess Main Main A C Ernsts Albubble and Josh the joint prop ¬ erty pf Mrs H C Herndon and A L Fer ¬ guson gusonDETERMINE DETERMINE SIZE OF FIELD FIELDThe The running of the Derby Trial is expect ¬ ed to determine within two or three the ac ¬ tual size of the starting field for the 50000 fixture which this year is destined to be contested by one of the largest arrays in its history historyThe The arrival of this last quartette of east ¬ ern hopefuls leaves only Melodist winner of the Wood Memorial Stakes last Saturday to complete the Derby picture all of the other probable starters already being on the scene of the race Melodist is due from New York tomorrow tomorrowA A single palace horse car was shared by the four eastern candidates which arrived from Jamaica shortly before noon today Pompoon J H Louchheims champion juve ¬ nile of 1936 and deposed Derby favorite as a result of his defeat in the Wood Memorial in charge of Cyrus Field Clarke was accom ¬ panied by two stable companions while the three others were unescorted so far as sta blemates were concerned All stood the trip in good fashion and examination made after Continued on thirtieth page t 3 j j 1 J i i = REAPING REWARD MAKES 1937 DEBUT TODAY Continued from first page j they reached their quarters at the track failed to reveal any untoward developments developmentsSharpening Sharpening their speed for tomorrows j race seven of the Derby Trial entrants en ¬ gaged in short brisk spins this morning Of them Bernard F covered the longest dis ¬ j tance the Ohio threeyearold going five furlongs in 10346 handily Reaping Re ¬ ward and Military stepped off a half mile each in 49 while Fairy Hill went a like distance in 50 Dellor three furlongs in 36 Galsun the same distance in 38 and Gbsum threeeighths in 39 39Excellent Excellent workouts by War Admiral and Heelfly and the announcement that E R Bradley would only start Billionaire kept Derby interest at the boiling point here over j the weekend War Admiral traveled a mile and a furlong in 155 breezing and Heel fly the property of Paul and Guy L Wag ¬ goner of Texas continuing to train in sen ¬ sational fashion breezing a mile in 140 while H J Thompson the Bradley trainer announced that he brought only Billionaire J here from Lexington and that Brooklyn would not fill his engagement in the famous j race raceBILLIONAIRE BILLIONAIRE READY READYThompson Thompson said that while neither of the threeyearolds had been able to win in their early spring engagements the stable had come to the conclusion that Billionaire was the better at this time Since last fall Brooklyn had been regarded as one of the j more potential candidates He was third in two engagements at Keeneland where Bil ¬ j lionaire finished second both times the two starting In the same events eventsNo No Sir was another to work Sunday but T with tomorrows engagement so close at j hand he had a very easy mile trial Miss Hirsch sent him the eight furlongs in 149 149Sir Sir DamiOn owned by Marshall Field and j trained by George Odom made the west ¬ ward trip under the personal care of Jack Odom wliile Willie Shea looked after Mrs E Grands Merry Maker and Walter A Carter of course supervised the transfer of j his own Clodion ClodionMelodist Melodist Mrs H C Phipps gray son of Royal Minstrel left Jamaica this afternoon c according to word rom his trainer James Fitzsimmons and will reach the Derby course shortly before noon tomorrow In ¬ cluding the Phipps horse none of thesebe j lated eastern invaders will be seen under silks e until tKeir riders are helped into the saddle in the Downs paddock Saturday SaturdayCOURT COURT SCANDALS WORK WORKIn In the face of severe conditions Court Scandal Townsend B Martins winner of Hialeahs Flamingo Stakes and runnerup to Samuel D Riddles War Admiral the pres ¬ e ent Derby favorite in the Chesapeake Stakes worked the full Derby route of a i mile and a quarter in 217 The son of Royal Minstrel performed in handy fashion z and the trial was a good one as he main ¬ tained a steady pace throughout the quar ¬ ter being timed in 25 the half in 51 threequarters in 118 and the mile in 146 146Burning Burning Star owned by P A and R J Nash whose possible entry in Saturdays race was a surprise announcement several days ago though the colt had won his only engagement at Keeneland traveled a mile and a furlong in l59 and also impressed His fractions were 25 for the quarter 53 for a half mile 120 for three quarters and 146 for the mile For the last five furlongs he had a companion in Sun Mica which was timed in 105 105Neither Neither Court Scandal nor Burning Star if he starts will be seen in competition be ¬ fore Saturday
