Hughes To See 57th Derby, Daily Racing Form, 1939-05-05

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HUGHES TO SEE 57TH DERBY LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 4.— Charles II. "trainer" Hughes arrived here today from Havre dc Grace where he served as official timer, and on Saturday will sec the running of the Kentucky Derby for the fiftieth consecutive year. In all Hughes has seen In fifty-six renewals or the Churchill Downs IS stake and once had the pleasure of saddling ig a winner of it. In 3900 lie tightened the ic girth on Lieutenant Gibson, which carried id the silks of Charles H. Smith to victory in n the three-year-old classic. Hughes also to trained Basso which finished second to o [lalina in the 1895 Derby. ta


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