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BREEDER AND OWNER Winner of Tomorrows Classic May Have Double Distinction. Nearly All the Prospective Starters Bred by Present Owners — Various Sections of Country Represented. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 5.— Along with the honor of owning the Kentucky Derby winner is that of breeding him, and the chances are good the person to receive the trophy emblematic of victory in the great classic tomorrow will do so with the feeling of pride and satisfaction that he bred and raised the colt. Nearly all of the candidates were bred by the owners whose colors they will bear here tomorrow, the principal exceptions among the leading hopefuls being El Chico and Johnstown. Mrs. Bessie Frankheim wasnt actually the breeder of Xalapa Clownj but she may share in the distinction if that colt Is triumphant, as he was produced at Xalapa Farm, owned by her mother, Mrs. E. F. Simms. El Chico was purchased by William Zieg-ler, Jr., out of F. Wallis Armstrongs consignment to the 1937 Saratoga yearlings William Woodward isnt actually the breeder of Johnstown, although he had much to do with producing the fleet colt, now the star of his American stable. The chairman of The Jockey Club purchased the son of Jamestown and La France from, Arthur B. Hancock as a yearling at private transaction, but he bred the colts dam, she being by Sir Gallahad III. from La Flambee and therefore a member of one of the great families established by Woodward. KENTUCKY LEADS STATES. Most of the Derby candidates were bred in Kentucky, but other states are prominently represented. William L. Brann, who imported Challenger II. from England with R. S. Castle at a high price stands at his farm in Maryland, where he bred Challedon, from Laura Gal, a daughter of Sir Gallahad HI., and like La France a mare of Woodwards breeding. Technician is a product of Woolford Farm, which is maintained by Herbert M. Woolf of Kansas City, just across the line from that Missouri city in Kansas and from whence came Lawrin, last years Derby winner. Insofar as ownership is concerned, the various sections of the country are well represented, Johnstown, El Chico and Heather Broom being New York-owned, Xalapa Clown and Viscounty carry Texas hopes; Marylands pride is Challedon; Kansas and Missouri are rooting for Technician.
