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TRAINERS OF DERBY WINNERS H J Thompson and J Fitzsimmons I Hold Edge on Others of Profession Sande Who Rode Three Winners In New NewRole Role Others Seeking the theCoveted Coveted Honor LOUISVILLE Ky May 6 To Harold Joseph Thompson and James Fitzsimmons the thrill of saddling a Kentucky Derby win ¬ ner would not be new but each of the other trainers sending a horse to the post in the classic tomorrow is hoping that the honor and glory connected with a victory in the Blue Riband of the American turf will be his hisIt It has been a custom rather than a novelty for Thompson to train a Derby winner as he saddled each of E R Bradleys four win ¬ ners beginning with Behave Yourself in 1921 and continuing through Bubbling Overs triumph in 1926 and the 19323 successes of Burgoo King and Brokers Tip TipShould Should Melodist capture tomorrows race the achievement of training a Derby winner also would develop into something of a cus ¬ tom for Fitzsimmons who first had the pleasure of bringing Gallant Fox here from New York in 1930 and then returning with Gallant Fox son Omaha two years ago to bag the rich prize prizeFitzsimmons Fitzsimmons did not think he would come back to Churchill Downs this spring a few weeks ago but the unexpected yet impres ¬ sive score of Melodist in the Wood Me ¬ morial Stakes last Saturday caused him to change his mind While Gallant Fox and Omaha were members of the Belair Stud of William Woodward the Fitzsimmons trained candidate this year is a member of the Wheatley Stable of Mrs Henry C Phipps and her brother Ogden Mills MillsSANDES SANDES PAIR PAIREarl Earl Sande who has Sceneshifter and Fencing in the Derby for Col Maxwell Howard has enjoyed the thrill of a Ken ¬ tucky Derby victory but as a jockey having ridden three winners of the classic to dupli ¬ cate the feat of Isaac Murphy in the early history of the race Sande guided Zev Fly ¬ ing Ebony and Gallant Fox to their Derby triumphs but this is the first year he has had a Derby horse to train although he has been a conditioner for several years now nowFor For the first time in the long history of the Derby a starter will be saddled by a woman that honor going to Miss Mary Hirsch whether or not she will have the additional thrill of both owning and training the classic winner Her No Sir has trained well for the race since running second to Court Scandal in the Flamingo Stakes Max Hirsch her father trained Bold Venture last years Derby winner winnerRichard Richard E Handlen who looks after the Foxcatcher Farm horses is seeking the achievement of training the winner of the countrys most popular race as well as the victory in the worlds richest contest he having tightened the girth on Rosemont for the Santa Anita Handicap Fairy Hill which Handlen has here for his employer captured the Santa Anita Derby this winter winterPOMPOONS POMPOONS TRAINER TRAINERCyrus Cyrus Field Clarke who looks after the destinies of Pompoon is trying to break down the tradition that the winner of the Belmont Futurity does not score in the Derby while Robert McGarvey whose con ¬ ditioning of the Milky Way Farm horses last season placed Mrs Ethel V Mars at the top of the list of leading trainers is anxious to add the Kentucky Derby to the turf glories enjoyed by the Chicago sports ¬ woman womanOther Other trainers of Derby candidates who have had experience in preparing winners of important tests other than the local clas ¬ sic include George Conway with War Ad ¬ miral George Odom with Sir Damion John R Pryce with Heelfly Bert Williams with Gerald Willie Shea with Merry Maker and J J Greely with Burning Star
