Derby Is Again Intersectional Event: Ten States, Canada Represented Today; Owners of Candidates Also Well Known in Other Fields As Well as in Horse Racing, Daily Racing Form, 1946-05-04

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MRS ELIZABETH N GRAHAM Is Issending sending out three horses Lord Boswell BoswellKnockdown Knockdown and Perfect Bahram in inquest quest of her first Derby win Derby Is Again Intersectional Event Ten States Canada Represented Today TodayOwners Owners of Candidates Also Well Known in Other Fields As Well as in Horse Racing RacingCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 3 The honor and prestige of 10 states and Canada will hang in the balance here tomorrow when 17 of the finest three yearold thoroughbreds in training face the barrier for the seventysecond running of the historic Kentucky Derby DerbyAs As usual the great race will be an inter sectional affair with owners of the various challengers hailing from widely separated points of the continent But Kentucky which has fostered the famous race since its inception in 1875 once again boasts numerically the largest representation with three Michigan and Ohio will have two colorbearers in the field while others hail from New York Maryland Illinois Del ¬ aware Louisiana Texas Pennsylvania and Canada CanadaIn In most instances the owners of the re ¬ spective Derby challengers are as well known in other fields as they are in racing racingMrs Mrs Elizabeth Graham who maintains the famous Maine Chance Farm racing stable which will send Knockdown Lord Boswell and Perfect Bahram after the 100000 Derby Purse is from New York and nationally known as a manufacturer of cosmetics Mrs Graham also spends some of her time at her estates in Miami and Arizona ArizonaLivie Livie Automobile Dealer DealerRobert Robert Bruce Livie for whom the hand ¬ some Marine Victory will carry the Bobanet silks is from Baltimore Md and is one of that citys largest automobile dealers dealersAscar Ascar E Breault who races under the nom de course of Brolite Farm is one of Illinois largest dealers in bakers supplies suppliesCharles Charles T Fisher owner of the famous Dixiana Farm under whose banner the fleet Spy Song will perform is internationally known as the manufacturer of automobile bodies bodiesWilliam William duPont Jr owner of Hampden who will race in the Foxcatcher Farm silks is a financier from Wilmington Del duPont a staunch racing patron has de ¬ signed several race tracks William Helis owner of Rippey is from New Orleans where he engages in oil busi ¬ ness and other activities Helis a com ¬ paratively newcomer to racing is a member of a group which recently purchased the controlling interest in the Suffolk Downs track in Boston BostonRobert Robert J Kleberg owner of Assault also is one of the owners of the famous King Ranch in Texas one of the largest in the entire country countryErnst Ernst Head of Accounting Firm FirmAlbert Albert C Ernst who will be rooting for Alamond is president of the Ernst Ernst Company of Cleveland Ohio one of the largest accounting firms in the world worldHal Hal Price Headley owner of Pellicle is a native Kehtuckian and is a banker tobacco grower horsesRobert and breeder of thoroughbred horses Robert S McLaughlin owner of Wee Admiral the Canadian invader hails from Oshawa Ontario and is the representative for General Motors Corporation in the en ¬ tire Dominion DominionMrs Mrs R D Paterson whose silks will be carried by Alworth is from Dayton Ohio and is a member of the family that owns the famous National Cash Register Com ¬ pany panyDavid David Ferguson who will send the Arkansas Derby winner Bob Murphy after the Kentucky Derby gold and glory is from Detroit where he manufactures tools and dies industryLucas for the automobile industry Lucas B Combs owner of Dark Jungle is from Lexington and besides being an ex ¬ tensive tobacco grower is a nationally known thoroughbredsMrs breeder of thoroughbreds Mrs Denzil Hollingsworth owner of Kendor also is from Lexington Ky and is another whose chief interest is in the breeding of thoroughbreds thoroughbredsH H W Fielding owner of Jobar has var ¬ ious business interests in his home town of Rydell Pa Fielding also maintains a thoroughbred farm at Johnsville Pa


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