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HEELFLY DANGEROUS Texas Representative Considered Highly and May Be One to Beat Miss Mary Hirsch s Unique Distinc ¬ tion of Being Only Woman Trainer of Derby Entry LOUISVILLE Ky May 7 Although de ¬ feated in the Trial Purse and the Texas Derby at Arlington Downs Heelfly a home ¬ bred son of Royal Ford and Canfli which is the hope of E Paul and Guy L Waggoner for Kentucky Derby honors is gaining back ¬ ers hourly and from present indications will be one of the choices for the classic classicSince Since arriving here Heelfly which sky ¬ rocketed into prominence when he estab ¬ lished a track record of 117 for six and onehalf furlongs last fall has turned in several brilliant trials chief of which was a sparkling mile and a quarter in 206 He has settled down considerably and If it was not for his nervous disposition his chances would be more greatly considered consideredHis His sire Royal Ford is a son of Bland ford which sired Blenheim II English Derby winner which was sold to an Amerit can syndicate for 250000 His dam Canfli was one of the best performers to have car ¬ ried the Three Ds Stock Farm colors and she is a daughter of Campfire ONE THIBD TO CBEDIT CBEDITAlthough Although the Waggoner Brothers and their father the late William T Waggoner have furnished several starters Panchio which finished third to Clyde Van Dusen and Naishapur in 1929 was the only one to gather a portion of the rich prize prizeMiss Miss Mary Hirsch who will saddle her own No Sir for his engagement in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby tomorrow has the distinction of being the first and only woman although shes only a girl to prepare a horse for the Churchill Downs fixture Miss Hirsch who is in her early 20s learned her horses under the able tutelage of her father Max Hirsch who last year sent Bold Venture out to cap ¬ ture the threeyearold special As a full fledged owner and trainer she asks no quarter from her masculine contemporaries Mary contemporariesMary Hirsch set a new precedent several Continued on thirtyeighth page HEELFLY DANGEROUS Continued from first page years ago in New York when she asked and finally received a trainers license It was the first time a woman had ever made such an application of The Jockey Club Since then she has held licenses in a number of states Kentucky being the latest of her fields fieldsWith With all the twenty overnight candidates for the Kentucky Derby expected to start only Bernard F was without a scheduled rider late today as Ike J Collins owner of the Tropical Special winner was unable to make a selection from among the available riders ridersAll All of the riders coming from distant points were at Churchill Downs today with the exception of Wayne Wright and Harry Richards Wright who will have the mount on Heelfly is due to fly from New York arriving here in the morning Richards who will have the leg up on Pompoon is also due tomorrow morning coming by train from Pimlico where he has been riding ridingJimmy Jimmy Stout came in today from New York to ride Sceneshifter He came with James Fitzsimmbns the trainer of Melodist for whom he works as the contract jockey for the Belair Stud Johnny Longden who does the riding for the Wheatley Stable pre ¬ ceded Fitzsimmons by a day dayEarl Earl Porter was assigned the mount on Sunset Trail II by trainer George Walsh He arrived several days ago from Aurora Jimmy McCoy was generally believed earlier in the week to have been the rider selected for the horse
