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Son of Man o War Rates Best in 50000 Turf Classic Twenty Entered to Start in Americas Most Popular PopularRace Race Milky Way Stable Entry and Heelfly HeelflyVie Vie for Public Fancy LOUISVILLE Ky May 7 Twenty threeyearolds are scheduled to meet in the sixtythird Kentucky Derby at historical Churchill Downs tomorrow The biff field with post positions weights riders trainers and owners follows JPP Horse Wfc Jockey Trainer Owner 1 War Admiral 126 C Kurtsinger G Conway Glen Biddle Farms 2 Dellor 126 BJames J M Goode J W Parrish 3 Melodist 126 J Longden J Fitzsimmons Wheatley Stable 4 Fairy Hill 126 M Peters B E Handlen Foxcatcher Farms 5 fMilitary 126 C Corbett B McGarvey Milky Way Farm 6 Court Scandal 126 E Steffen W Burrows T B Martin 7 Merry Maker 126 H Dabson W A Shea Miss E G Band 8 tFencing 126 J Westrope JE Sande M Howard 9 Billionaire 126 G Woolf H J Thompson E B Bradley BradleyThree 10 Heelfly 126 W D Wright J B Pryce Three Ds Stock Farm 11 Grey Gold 126 J Bosen G B Miller E W Duffy 12 JSceneshif ter 126 J Stout E Sande M Howard 13 Clodion 126 I Anderson W A Carter W A Carter 14 Pompoon 126 H Bichards C F Clarke J H Louchheim 15 Burning Star 126 CParke J J Greely Shandon Farm 16 Bernard F126 LHardy A Miller I J Collins 17 fBeapg Bewrd126 A Robertson B McGarvey Milky Way Farm 18 Sunst Trail H 126 JMcCoy G Walsh B Walsh 19 No Sir 126 H Le Blanc Miss Mary Hirsch Miss Mary Hirsch 20 Sir Damion 126 E Yager G M Odom Marshall Field fCoupled as Milky Way Farm entry JCoupIed as M Howard entry LOUISVILLE Ky May 7 Twenty threeyearold colts and geldings regarded as almost certain starters and eight of these representing the East were entered today for the sixtythird annual Kentucky Derby which will thrill a record crowd for American racing at Churchill Downs here tomorrow Named for the race which will be decided over a mile and a quarter for a gross purse of 62575 are War Admiral Pompoon Reaping Reward Military Melodist Sir Damion Dellor Sceneshifter Heelfly Fairy Hill Court Scandal Clodion Merry Maker Bernard P No Sir Fenc ¬ ing Billionaire Sunset Trail II Grey Gold and Burning Star The field the most representative in several years and with no standout promises to develop one of the most stirring con ¬ tests in all the history of the classic event which has produced many bit ¬ terly fought breathtaking struggles strugglesand and long has been recognized as the premier fixture of American racing racingIncluding Including the winner of the more impor ¬ tant threeyearold stakes already decided the juvenile champion and others ranked high in the racing of 1936 and practically every other horse with a chance to go on to greatness the Derby brings together the cream of the division and the winner may be expected to account for championship honors The Derby universally is consid ¬ ered the most important leg on the three yearold title and not infrequently the win ¬ ner of the Churchill Downs special continue on to prove the champion championEXPECT EXPECT 70000 CBOWD CBOWDFor For the race the eastern colt War Ad ¬ miral a blocky son of Man o War which already has sired one winner of the coveted stake is almost sure to rule favorite The race will likely be staged under favorable conditions and before a crowd well in excess of the 70000 which were estimated to have witnessed runningThe last years running The fair weather that enveloped this area yesterday underwent a slight change early today when the skies became partly oveiH cast but forecasts were that Derby fang probably would escape a wetting wettingAs As entries were received and closed this morning trainers of the candidates ex ¬ pressed satisfaction with the condition of their respective horses though some of course were not nearly as optimistio as others From their expressions it is safe to say that none barring ill luck will offer excuse after the race has been run Those whose horses appear to be the stronger con ¬ tenders were duly confident the others at least a good percentage of them looking to racing fortune to level the chances of all allMeanwhile Meanwhile preparation of the entire field reached an end as the speed of a number of the scheduled contestants was sharpened T Continued on thirtyeighth pagt DERBY OF INTER ¬ NATIONAL ASPECT Continued from first page cago will be guests of Mr and Mrs J F Babbitt BabbittMr Mr and Mrs Alexander Hamilton Adams will be hosts to Mr and Mrs James Bunn Norman Johnson Frank Gunn and Leo Jarboe of Chicago Sam Weger and Edward Grossman of Rockford 111 James Shinkle and James Baker of Huntington W Va VaMr Mr and Mrs Charles Welsch and Miss Lee Welsch will be the guests of Mr and Mrs E A Weidekamp WeidekampMr Mr and Mrs Sidney Rosenblum will have as their guests Mr and Mrs John Haus of St Louis and Messrs Jerome Alshuler Al ¬ bert Pike and Chris Solsesberg of Aurora BL Arthur Tuppre and Ernest Gluck of Chicago and Bert Bacharach of New York MANY EASTERN GUESTS GUESTSMrs Mrs Eugene Sommer Niagara Falls and Mrs Alfred S Kphl and Miss Hazel Efford Buffalo will be guests of Mrs Theodore Stankovitz and Miss Carolyn Kelly Miss Rita Rosenberg will be hostess to Misses Jeanette Solinger Brinkley Ark Ruth Mal vin Cleveland and Miss Evelyn Raff Chicago ChicagoMessrs Messrs Howard Riegler Cincinnati and George Allen Boston will be the guests of Mr and Mrs George F Laib LaibMr Mr and Mrs Henning Chambers will en ¬ tertain Mr Joseph Kennedy Mrs C J Hofforan Atlanta Miss Cora Garwpod Athens Ga Miss Emily Garwood Little Rock Mr B E Sale Atlanta will be the guests of Mr and Mrs B C Sale SaleMr Mr and Mrs Walter Ayers Fort Smith Ark and Mr and Mrs Matt Rothart Ben ton Ark will be the guests of Mr and Mrs Thomas F McGuire McGuireMr Mr and Mrs Senator K Gray will have as their guests Mr and Mrs Boyle O Rodes St Louis Mr and Mrs Glen B Woodward Bloomngton Ind Mr and Mrs Nulton Par ¬ rish and Mr and Mrs Herbert Trandall Hamilton Ohio and Mrs H F Allen Lon ¬ don England and A O Robertson New York
