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Hampdens Derby Hopes Soar With Off Track TrackKnockdown Knockdown Works Four Furlongs Seventeen May Parade Postward PostwardContinued Continued from Page One OneDerby Derby with Atkinson left to ride Perfect Bahrain BahrainBlowouts Blowouts tomorrow morning will con ¬ clude the training for all of the 17 ex ¬ pected Derby starters Although In Earnest was declared out of the race yesterday and Wee Admiral will start only if the track is fast or good no other with ¬ drawals were expected except possibly Marine Victory if the track should be heavy Hal Price Headleys Derby hope Pellicle was breezed six furlongs in 125 between races yesterday yesterdayDon Don Yates who will saddle W H Field ¬ ings Jpbar is due at Churchill Downs to ¬ morrow and is reported as bringing a rider for the colt with him Jockeys for most of the other Derby starters have been es ¬ tablished tablishedReturning Returning to Hampden only a glance through his past performances is needed to convince even the most skeptical that the Delaware horse fully deserves his lofty ranking as one of the seasons topranking three year olds Untried as a juvenile Hampden won one out of two starts on the West Coast galloped to an easy victory in his first start at Jamaica finished second behind Assault in the ensuing Wood Memorial over a fast track then outclassed his field in last Saturdays mile and a six tenth Chesapeake Stakes over a muddy track at Havre de Grace GraceAny Any reasonable doubt that Hampden cant handle holding mud was com ¬ pletely erased through his sterling per ¬ formance in the Chesapeake in which he all but ran away and hid from his rivals and his fast track form is equally con ¬ vincing vincingA A versatile runner who can take the track or come from behind Hampden wont be lost hi the rush so to speak if the speed in the race goes out to burn up the track The colt will be there or there ¬ abouts as the early furlongs are covered and by the same token he wont be found wanting in the last desperate stretch run that always has been the true test for a Derby winner
