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DOWNS BECOMES QUIET fir Damion Principal Casualty of Saturdays Derby Renewal Marshall Fields Colt on Shelf for Month Reaping Reward and Clodion Slightly Injured LOUISVILLE Ky May 10 The hue and cjy of the sixtythird Kentucky Derby hav Jng passed into the limbo there was a gen ¬ eral exodus over the weekend of contestants in the 50000 special which saw Samuel D ftiddles War Admiral gain the most impor ¬ tant leg on the years threeyearold cham ¬ pionship pionshipThe The principal casualty of the Derby was Marshall Fields Sir Damion He received cut along the left hock and the injury jpay keep him out of competition for a inonth or so Walter A Carters Clodion grabbed himself while Reaping Reward gwned by Mrs Ethel V Mars and No Sir Which carried the colors of Miss Mary Hirsch Deceived superficial cuts about their hind legs legsWar War Admiral headed the shipment of fleven Derby horses from here and he went to Pimlico where next Saturday he is to penew hostilities with Jerome H Louch jieims Pompoon the Derby runnerup which got away for that point in the same shipment shipmentThe The others to leave the scene of Saturdays battle of the countrys foremost threeyear olds were Sir Damion Merry Maker Fairy flill Clodion Melodist Court Scandal Bil ¬ lionaire Sceneshifter and Fencing Besides War Admiral and Pompoon the only horses which went to Maryland were Merry Maker owned by Miss E G Rand and Fairy Hill Qwned by William DuPont Jr New York was the destination of all the others othersDEFER DEFER DEPARTURE DEPARTURESceneshifter Sceneshifter and Fencing the property of Maxwell Howard deferred their departure tmtil this morning while all the others got liway Sunday SundayBesides Besides War Admiral and Pompoon the only horse which took part in the Derby likely to try for honors in next Saturdays Weakness is Merry Maker and he may only be a starter if the track is muddy or heavy heavyThe The Derby horses all of them western wned still at the Downs are Reping Re ¬ ward which finished third Military Dellor Heelfly Burning Star No Sir Bernard F Grey Gold and Sunset Trail H HIt It is generally conceded that the Derby winner will go to the post in the Preakness one of the strongest public choices in the history of that old fixture and should War Admiral win it he will be the third succes ¬ sive Kentucky Derby winner to have gone on to take the Pimlico race raceBold Bold Venture took both the Kentucky and Maryland features last year and Omaha ac ¬ complished the feat the year before beforeIn In 1934 the Derby winner Cavalcade lost to his stablemate High Quest in the Preak ¬ ness but finished the season wearing the champions laurels Nevertheless unless pres ¬ ent plans are changed the West will have no starter in the Preakness Preaknessj j FEW CASUALTIES CASUALTIESIn In spite of the large field which competed in the Derby there were remarkably few casualties and the racing world seemed to agree that the best horse won and that Pom ¬ poon decidedly was the second best That the race was truly won was attested to by trainers and jockeys who participated in the race as none of them had anything but praise for War Admiral Even the owners trainers and riders of the few horses which Deceived minor scratches and bruises offered I no alibis for defeat defeatWar War Admirals trainer George Conway said the colt came out of the race in fine fashion and that he would be pointed for other eastern fixtures besides the Preakness also that he might fill several engagements lp the West Among the stakes for which War Admiral is eligible are the Belmont Withers Washington Parks revival of the American Derby the Latonia Derby and the Arlington Classic ClassicC C F Clarke who trains Pompoon was Satisfied that the son of Pompey would con ¬ tinue a contender of the years threeyear old title and declared that he would fill all engagements as long as he holds his present good form
