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WOODWARD TO ENGLAND Chairman of The Jockey Club Sails Today to See Perifox Start Son of Gallant Fox Pronounced PronouncedChoice Choice for Epsoms Famous Race Omahas Second Gold Cup Try EPSOM DERBY CHOICE LONDON England May 19 William Woodwards Perifox remained a firm choice at final odds of 85 to 20 to win the Derby at a callover of the card on that race at the Victoria Club last night All higher rates of odds were eagerly snatched up about the Ameri ¬ canbred colt which promises to go postward a warm favorite at Epsom Downs two weeks hence henceThe The French challenger Le Ksar which carried M E De St Alarys silks to a runaway victory in our first classic the Two Thousand Guineas stakes and after that success momen ¬ tarily became the Derby choice was a drifter in the betting and was finally offered at odds of 9 to 1 with few takers He was replaced by Lord Astors Cash Book as second choice the New ¬ market Stakes winner being in good demand and backed from opening odds of 10 to 1 down to two points lower odds with 8 to 1 the best offering offeringMaj Maj J S Courtaulds Solfo was 10 to 1 Le Grand Due 100 to 8 Goya H 13 to 1 and The Hour 20 to 1 NEW YORK N Y May 19 William Woodward owner and breeder of the Ep ¬ som Derby favorite Perifox will sail for England tomorrow aboard the S S Beren garia to see this colt perform at Epsom on June 2 Woodward also will attend the Royal Ascot meeting most famous of Eng ¬ lish race meetings where he hopes to see his champion American threeyearold of 1935 Omaha winner of the Kentucky Derby Preakness and Belmont Stakes make amends for an unlucky defeat in last years renewal of the Ascot Gold Cup most cov ¬ eted and exacting of all distance races In this event he also has the fouryearold Bos well and Flares both recent winners All being well with Omaha on the day of the lAscot Cup the fiveyearold son of Gallant Fox and Flambino will carry the confidence of his owner and trainer trainerTOUGH TOUGH EPSOM COURSE COURSEWoodwards Woodwards first mission will be to see Perifox bay son of Gallant Fox and Peri ¬ winkle in action at Epsom in the worlds premier race the Derby Stakes run over the one mile four furlongs and five yards course a test that searches out weak spots in the best for there are few more peculiar courses in England or anywhere else The first half mile of the Derby course is slight ¬ ly on the ascent The next fivefurlong Continued on thirtyfirst page WOODWARD TO ENGLAND Continued from first page stretch is down hill and around the famous Tattenham corner into the stretch where a gradual ascent has to be made for the final three furlongs Not all horses can give their best on this peculiar course courseIf If Perifox can race in his best form over the switchback Epsom course the chances of his ownerbreeder winning his first Derby are bright indeed for the son of Gal ¬ lant Fox is reported as coming up to the race in splendid condition having accom ¬ plished all that has been asked of him in both public and private trials His latest public test in the one mile and a half Payne Stakes at Newmarket last week so im ¬ pressed the critics that they immediately made Perifox the Derby choice over the French invader Le Ksar the runaway win ¬ ner of the Two Thousand Guineas GuineasBEASLEY BEASLEY ON PERIFOX PERIFOXPerifox Perifox will be ridden by the capable jockey Pat Beasley better known to his intimates as Rufus who as first jockey to the Freemason Lodge Stable has ridden Perifox in all his races He has yet to ride a Derby winner a distinction also denied Woodward and his trainer Captain Cecil BoydRochfort Voodward and BpydRoch fort shared in two classic victories when Brown Betty won the 1933 One Thousand Guineas and when Boswell won last years St Leger Stakes a victory in which jockey Beasley also participated participatedWin Win or lose on Derby night Woodward as chairman of The Jockey Club of New York will be an honored guest at the annual Derby dinner given at Buckingham Palace by the King Should Perifox win the Derby the Woodward silks white with red spots will be the chief decoration of the Royal banquet table
