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Kentucky Derbys of Past Charts and Future Books 1927 4 The 1927 Kentucky Derby was preceded by some rather puzzling future book wagering. True, J. E. Wideners Osmand was the favorite right from the start and remained so until within a few days of the race. But do you remember Rip Rap, second choice, later to fade away to 15 and then come back strong to be quoted at 6 to 1 in pre-post odds? Scapa Flow oponed at 10 to 1, receded to 12 and then down to 6. A big splurge on Hydromel brought the Camden colt down from 200 to 20 to 1. However, the Derby resulted in a Whitney victory, no surprise to the big crowd present to see the race, who made the entry of Bostonian and Whiskery favorite, although both horses opened at 20 to 1 in the future books. Whiskery won in a close and hard-fought battle with Osmand, while Jock was third and Hydromel fourth. What happened to the others which were well thought of in the early betting may be found in the reproduction of the chart, here presented : FIFTH RACE 1 1-4 MILES. Woodtrap, May 21, 19212:037106. Fifty-Third "I Q9 A9 Running KENTUCKY DERBY. 0,000 Added and Gold Trophy. S-year-XOoUo olds. Weight-for-age. May-14-27-C.D Net vaIue t0 wjnner 1,000; second, ,000; third, ,000; fourth, ,000. Index Horses Eqt A Wt PP St 1 StrFm .Jockeys Owners Equiv. Odds Sir t 130953WHISKERY wb126 7 6 5and 3 34 32 1 McAteeL H P Whitney 40-100 13193 OSMAND w 126 10 4 2 2 2 In 2 SandeE J E Widener 690-100 131932JOCK wl26 1 3 l5 l5 1 2i 3 LangC E B McLean 3780-100 13104 HYDROMEL wsb126 5 8 6 71 4 4 4and GarnerW J N Camden 1600-100 13095 BOSTONIAN w 126 12 11 92 8 64 5 AbelA H P Whitney t 13095 BUDDY BAUER wb 126 4 10 10k 94 53 54 62 JohnsonG Idle Hour Stock Farm 1540-100 13053 ROYAL JULIAN wl26 2 1 74 5 6J 7 7 LilleyW W H Whitehouse 1470-100 131933FRED JR. vb126 13 15 15 142 9i 93 8 BurgerN S W Grant 1830-100 13095 SCAPA FLOW wb126 15 7 3 4 82 8 92 ColtilettiF W M Jeffords 700-100 13095 BLACK PANTHER wb 126 6 5 8 101 101 1Q1 10 SchaeferL W J Salmon 13193 KIEV wb 126 8 14 llh ll2 122 122 ll2 GarnerM J E Widener 13054 ROLLED STOCKINGwb 126 3 2 44 6 14 ll2 123 PooIW J W Parrish 470-100 13009 RIP RAP wb 126 11 13 12 12 13 14 13 ODonnellS Sage Stable 1160-100 12860 BEWITHUS wb!26 9 9 13 15 142 131 145 JohnsonA Idle Hour Stock Farm tt 13053 WAR EAGLE wb 126 14 12 144132 15 15 15 AmbroseE E B McLean tt tMutuel field.1 JH. P. Whitney entry; J. E. Widener entry; ffE. B. McLean entry; JJIdle Hour Stock Farm Stable entry. Time, :23l, AVs, 1:12, 1:38, 2:08. Track slow. r 52 MUTlZtLS PAID , , OFFICIAL BOOKING ODD8 H. P. WHITNEY ENTRY .80 .80 $ 3.40 240-100 90-1 JJ-JjJJ J. E. WIDENER ENTRY. 6.40. 5.80 220-100 19-1 E. B. McLEAN ENTRY 14.20 610r103 Winner-Br. c, by Whisk Broom n. Prudery, by Peter Pan trained by F. Hopkins; bred by Mr. H. P. Whitney. v WENT TO POST 5:09. AT POST 2 minutes. Start good and slow. -Won driving; second and third the same. WHISKERY moved up steadily, though racing a trifle wide and, holding on gamely, wore down OSMOND in the last sixteenth. The latter, always well up for the entire distance, held on much gamer than expected in the final drive. JOCK began fast, showed high speed, but tired in the last eighth. HYDROMEL showed a fine performance and continued gamely in the stretch. BOSTONIAN was far out of it for a half mile and closed a big gap. BUDDY BAUER also closed a big gap from a slow beginning. FRED JR.. began slowly and finished -well,- closing a big gap in the last half mile. SCAPA FLOW was done after a half mile. RIP RAP raced far out of it for most of the .way. Scratched 13095 Saxon, 126; 11107 My Son, 126; 13104 Mr. Kirkvvood, 126. The Future Book prices from the opening quotations until the day of the race follow: 1 - February March April April Pre- Horse. 28 6 6 14 Post Odds Odds Odd3 Odds Odds Whiskery 20 20 30 30 3-2 Osmand ........... . 6 6 5 5 . 8 Jock 40 50 60 60 30 Hydromel 50 100 200 200 20 Bostonian ..... 20 25 30. 30 3-2 Buddy Bauer 50 60 75 30 20 Royal Julian 50 40 50 50 100 Fred Jr 50 100 15 15 25 Scapa Flow.... ...10 10 12 12 6 Black Panther. 50 40 50 50 15 Kiev . ...... 50 30 20 20 8 Rolled Stocking .. 25, 20 30 20 15 Rip Rap. 8 8 15 15 6 Bewithus 50 100 60 60 War Eagle 30 20 20 20 30 a I G
