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1 [ y1;1 ■■■■■■■■■■■;-■■■■.! ji ..iii.ii,.jjwn!j iiti i* ijm ■ : ;, IM. ,i.v ... l ■■ IS I As Many as Twelve May Compete In Renewal of Phoenix Handicap Askmenow to Top Line-Up 1 For Inaugural Fixture of Keeneland Meet at Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 12.— Like the chicken and feather saying "Chicken Today and Feathers Tomorrow," so it is with drought and rain in Kentucky. The greater part of last year there was not enough rainfall in the Blue Grass area to talk about. Now there is more rain than land to care for it. Coming at this time it has slowed up training at Churchill Downs and Douglas Park in Louisville, as well as at Keeneland, where all horsemen who have stabling accommodations at local tracks are moving into the Falls City area. This several -day deluge, however, might prove beneficial to horsemen who have wintered in Kentucky. It was one of those guessing contests so far as the weather was concerned. The track and temperature attracted many railbirds to Kentucky tracks long before the usual time and clipping machines worked over horses long before winter bid his farewell. It all has been taken in stride and. as a veteran trainer stated today, if New York was able to open its season shortly after a snowstorm, Kentucky can do better after a rainfall. Keeneland-at-Churchill Downs starts what is to be expected the greatest spring season since the roaring twenties Saturday with the ,000 added Phoenix Handicap as the stellar attraction. Roman Sox Probable Weights for this six-furlong dash, announced Monday, appears to have met with the approval of the local horsemen. In fact, a field of 10 or probably 12 will face starter Reuben Wesley White. Although pulling up a trifle sore after testing the muddy track this morning. Hal Price Headleys Askmenow, who is expected to shoulder the top starting impost of 120 pounds, walked out of it and, unless there be further developments, the 1943 American Derby winner will carry the blue and white of the master of Beaumont Farm. Expected to oppose this daughter of Me-now, who was favored with leading juvenile honors of 1942, will be Roman Sox, who showed a liking for the local strip last fall; Miss Ruth Collins Hawaaian refugee, Oleana; Darby Dan Farms Best Seller and Bless Me; Dearborn Stables Samborom-bon; Devereaux and Farrells Bold Captain, beaten an inch by Askmenow in the Ameri- ALFRED PARKER— His three-year-old, By Jimminy, is considered a likely starter in the Phoenix Handicap and is the only Derby-Blue Grass candidate pointing for the race. can Derby; Dixianas Amber light; Head-leys Anticlimax; J. E. Meiers Bold Style; Alfred Parkers By Jimminy, and C. U. Yaegers Corona Corona. By Jimminy has been transferred from Keeneland to Derby town, along with Biloxi Bay, also the property of the Louisianan and also a product of Idle Hour Farm. In the event Smith decides to start By Jimminy in the Phoenix, he will be the only three-year-old and Kentucky Derby and Blue Grass Stake eligible using the race as a competitive test for these two leading attractions of the combined Keeneland. War Relief and Churchill Downs 31 -day session.
