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Keen Sectional Rivalry In Todays Derby Field Owners from East, Middle West, Southwest and West Seek Laurels LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1.— Great inter-sectional Interest has been aroused in the Derby because of the presence in the field of horses representing the East, the Middle-West, the Southwest and the Far West. Numerically the East has the strongest hand, for six of the challengers for Derby honors are owned by residents of the Atlantic seaboard. New Yorkers have five of the horses, Mrs. Payne Whitneys Devil Diver and Shut Out, William Woodwards Apache, Mrs. Edward Mulrenans First Fiddle and Mr. and Mrs. Barclay K. Douglas Fair Call. The sixth easterner is Fairy Manah, owned by William duPont, Jr., of Wilmington, Del. Chicago has three colts on which to pin its hopes for a Derby victory, Warren Wrights Sun Again, Mrs. Albert Sab-aths Alsab and Mrs. Ethel V. Mars Dog-patch, while another midwestern contender is Sweep Swinger, the candidate of Theodore D. Buhl of Detroit. From "deep in the heart of Texas" hail three of the most prominent Derby contenders. Requested, the powerful threat owned by Ben F. Whitaker of Dallas, and Valdina Orphan and Hollywood, who will carry into the battle silks of Emerson F. Woodward of Houston. The Far West has contributed three members of the overnight field. They are Sir War, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Moore of Sheridan, Wyo.; Boot and Spur, the property of E. C. A. Berger of Los Angeles, and First Prize, who races for Ellwood B. Johnston of Los Angeles, but who is not expected to compete.
