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DERBY CANDIDATES ARRIVE Briery, Mordecai and American Byrd Shipped in From Florida. Mucho Gusto Included in Shipment of Kirby Bamsey Son of Marvin May to Be Held Over for Illinois Campaign. LOUISVILLE, Ky April 12. Although they are not seriously considered as Kentucky Derby possibilities, three more eligi-bles for the big May 6 event have arrived at Churchill Downs. They are E. R. Morris Briery, Ramsey and Smiths Mordecai, and W. H. Whitehouses American Byrd. These three-year-olds were included among a number of horses to arrive here from Florida. Briery and Mordecai came from the Everglades State in a shipment of thirteen horses trained by the local horseman, Kirby Ramsey, while American Byrd and several others were unloaded by trainer R. T. Runnells. While Briery and Mordecai were nominated for the Derby and also the Derby Trial Stakes, they are not the outstanding horses in the Ramsey establishment. This honor goes to the venerable Mucho Gusto and Palamede, with Mucho Gusto the brightest star in the stable. MUCHO GUSTO FIRED. Mucho Gusto, winner of many handicaps, i3 not eligible for any stakes here as he was fired during the winter, and Ramsey plans to bring him along with utmost care. Last year this seven-year-old son of Marvin May and Sweetheart Time won the Kentucky Handicap here at Churchill Downs and six other important handicaps, earning a total of 5,160. The year before he was even more successful, and Ramsey again expects him to take his place among the leaders of the handicap division. After the close of the Churchill Downs season, Mucho Gusto and the rest of the Ramsey horses will invade the Chicago sector, where the Marvin May horse raced with much success in the past. It is likely that he will be ready for important competition at Lincoln Fields. He is owned jointly by Mrs. Ramsey and R. F. Coppage, another well known turf patron. With Mucho Gusto ineligible for any stakes here, Palamede, owned by Mrs. Ramsey, becomes the stables sole reliance in the Clark Handicap and the Kentucky Handicap. Another important member of the string is Dolly Whisk, winner of the Debutante Stakes here last spring and a nominee for the Kentucky Oaks this season. She is owned by E. A. Carney. Others in the stable are Mrs. Ramseys Red War, Boy Baby, Baked Bibescot, String-along, Busy Baby; August Sprows Bow and Arrow; C. L. Croans U Demon; Croan and Ramseys Bucket Head, and Hunter Lyons: Feng. The latter also is an eligible for the Clark, and Kentucky Handicaps. Ramsey took up Stringalong and Busy Baby on his arrival from Florida, they having wintered in Louisville. R. L. VEDDER STABLE RUDER. Here to do the riding for the Ramsey-trained stable is R. L. Vedder, nineteen-year old Cimmaron, Kansas, jockey, who joined the establishment during the winter in Florida. Vedder, who rode well in the South this winter, handled a total of 111 winners in 1933 and accounted for approximately 00,000 in purse money. He is a valuable addition to the Ramsey stable and he expects to have a successful season in Kentucky. Several other stables not boasting horses as fashionable as those mentioned, also unloaded at the Downs and Douglas Park during the last twenty-four hours. L. V. Bellew, Jr., received eight more horses, owned by J. W. Barnes, of Miami. They came in from Florida. Bellew now has a total of eighteen head. Other horsemen to arrive with racing material were: S. T. Baxter, Don McEachern, R. L. Lott, Frank Rector, Eddie Legere, and divisions of the A. G. Tarn and Clyde Van Dusen stables.
