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BEN A JONES Is pinning his hopes on the favorite Hill Gail to give him his sixth saddling success in the Derby Hill Gail Choice of Seventeen In 100000 Kentucky D Drby rby Calumet Farm Also Enters Top Blend Blue Man Rated as Easts Main Hope Wright Stable Jones Arcaro Depend on Bull Lea Colt to Continue Domination in Race RaceBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 2 Seventeen of turfdoms outstand ¬ ing threeyearolds trained to the minute for the race of their lives have been named for tomorrows seventyeighth running of ofthe the famed 100000 Kentucky Derby This Run for the Roses will be telecast filmed and broadcast around the world but the magic of the Downs classic today was lur ¬ ing gay thousandsto Derbytown and it was indicated the crowd once again will exceed 100000 As the 430 CDT post time neared for the historymaking mile and a quarter event most of the experts esti ¬ mated that Calumet Farms recordsmash ¬ ing Hill Gail trained by Ben Jones and ridden by Eddie Arcaro would be a stout favorite to flaunt the devils red to its fifth Derby victory Early calculations had the superb son of Bull Lea 6 to 5 with a pros ¬ pect he would be backed down to oddsqn when mutuels open at 9 a m tomorrow tomorrowThe The Easts slender bay Blue Man noted for his drives down the pay dirt of home ¬ stretches is generally considered Hill Gails most formidable rival Ice cream tycoon Arthur Abbotts colt will be ridden by Conn McCreary whose Here Come the Marines finishes have netted two Derbys and he is expected to be about 3 to 1 when the band strikes up My Old Kentucky Home HomeTrack Track Record Could Be Broken BrokenThe The entry of Myhelyns gray Wood win ¬ ner Master Fiddle and J J Amiels Count Flame Texas boast Gushing Oil from the Sam E Wilson Jr stable and C V Whitneys sharply improved Cold Com ¬ mand also are expected to be the medium of extensive play Cold Command goes into the race with the distinction of having outfinished Hill Gail recently at Keene land The presence of Montpeliers Pintor and Bayard Sharps Hannibal seems to assure a blistering pace and if the track remains fast there is a possibility Whirl aways 201 Derby record will fall fallLongshot Longshot players will back such as Mrs Gordon Guibersons Californiabred Arroz Dixianas clean limbed Sub Fleet Reverie Knolls Smoke Screen and H G Bookmans Versatile Happy Go Lucky Swoop Brown Rambler Eternal Moon and Shag Tails are in the mutuel field and will be supported Master FiddleCount Flame Entry Gushing Oil and Cold Command Also Well Fancied Fanciedby by those who reflect that fielder Count Turf raced from obscurity to enduring fame in the race last May The favored Hill Gail may have a running mate in Top Blend who won a maiden race here last Monday If the rains come as the weather forecasters predict Cold Command may be withdrawn and such amphibians as Gush ¬ ing Oil Master Fiddle Happy Go Lucky Swoop Pintor and Hannibal probably will attract somewhat more play In the event all the 17 named yesterday and today face starter Reuben White the event will gross 125000 and net the winner 97300 97300By By a remarkable stroke of luck Hill Gail who has shown the most dazzling speed drew the number 1 post position in the Special Kentucky Derby Section Begins on Page 19 starting gate His rival Blue Man breaks from out in number 15 with Master Fiddle in 14 and Arroz on the extreme outside This could mean that the stretch runners shall have to spot the favorite several extra lengths lengthsThree Three of the entrants blew out over the speed conducive Downs strip this morning Hill Gail was clocked a breezing three fur ¬ longs in 37 going very easily Trainer Woody Stephens sent Blue Man a handy halfmile in 447 and Hannibal breezed the same distance in 50 50Firsts Firsts for Master Fiddle FiddleThe The program selections concur in the general estimate with the association se ¬ lector listing Hill Gail Blue Man Master Fiddle and Cold Command in that order It may intrigue hunch players that Master Fiddle who with his running mate Count Flame was the first horse entered also was the first horse drawn in the lottery for post positions yesterday afternoon afternoonBill Bill Mr Derby Corum is optimistic that with any luck in the weather this re ¬ newal of the world famed turf classic will be witnessed by the biggest crowd ever based on the unprecedented demand for re reContinued Continued on Page Nineteen GOLD CUP that goes to owner of Ken ¬ tucky Derby winner Hill Gail Heads Field of Seventeen Seeking 100000 Kentucky Derby Calumet Colt Has Blue Man As Main Rival at Churchill Master FiddleCount Flame Entry Gushing Oil and Cold Command Also Well Fancied FanciedContinued Continued from Page One Oneservations servations The Derby this year will be tele ¬ vised live and in this way many millions will see Americas racing greatest spectacle This telecast presents thoroughbred racing in the quintessence of its sporting appeal and it is probably the finest single public relations job in turf history A chain of 40 TV and more than 200 radio stations with feature the race at an estimated cost of some 150000 The air waves ohow be ¬ gins at 415 p m C D T The growing popularity of the thoroughbred sport gen ¬ erally and the Derby in particular is de ¬ scribed by the fact the actual attendance is expected to reach record dimensions de ¬ spite television televisionThe The Derby crowd will be entertained be ¬ tween the nine races on the card by several bands ranging from pickaninny jug bands to the noted Dixie division band Trays of mint juleps will be butched through the crowd a movement in the Frankfort legislature to prohibit the sale of intoxicants where wagering is legal hav ¬ ing Bailed by a margin of one vote The gates open at 8 a m Derby wagering at 9 a m and the first event goes to the post at 1130 a m mAwards Awards Other Than Purse PurseIn In addition to the winners share of the 100000added purse the hero of this Derby will receive a 5000 gold trophy his trainer a 3000 award his jockey a cup and his breeder a 2000 prize There is 10000 second money 5000 third and 2500 fourth with the trainers of the sec ¬ ond and third to finish receiving 2000 and 1000 respectively and their breeders 1000 and 500 respectively Track super ¬ intendent Tom Young has ordered the tra ¬ ditionalwreath of American Beauties for the winner another armload for the win ¬ ning jockey jockeyThe The days secondary attraction is the fiftysecond running of the 10000 Debu ¬ tante Stakes for twoyearold fillies at five furlongs and this event has drawn a lively field including Calumets Bubbley C V Whitneys Flamenco and Clifford Mooers Gifted Gal all recommended by winning form at Keeneland KeenelandIn In accordance with an oldestablished Derby custom the trophy will be presented by Kentuckys chief executive and in ac ¬ cordance with a new custom the Debutante cup will be presented by a prominent mem ¬ ber of the fair sex In 1951 this was the Duchess of Windsor WindsorHill Hill Gail will be the medium not only of extensive wagering in the Derby but also of several new records if he can bring it off He would give Mrs Warren Wrights flossy Calumet Farm the distinction of having bred five winners of the race equal ¬ ing the records set by A J A Alexander and J E Madden in another generation Additionally he would break Calumets tie with the late E R Bradley in the matter of winners each now having been repre ¬ sented by four And he would enable trainer Ben Jones and jockey Eddie Arcaro to better their own Derby marks of five winners and four respectively respectivelyThe The Derby favorite has been trained for speed since coming to Kentucky and has fallen into the habit of running on or with the pace in his races It seems highly im ¬ probable these tactics will be altered very much in the Run for the Roses and jockey Gerald Porch who rides Cold Com ¬ mand expressed the view of most of the other riders and trainers in the race when he remarked this morning I hope there is something in the race to make him Hill Gail run the first part of it itA A swift early pace would benefit the stretch runners Cold Command Sub Fleet Blue Man and Master Fiddle Jones has said that he never a trained a Derby horse who showed faster trials than has Hill Gail And his observation I never have worked a colt the full distance for the Derby answers those who have noticed that Hill Gails moves have been confined to sprints Hill Gail appears the Midwests best hope of turning back the invaders who are headed by the Easts Blue Man Master Fiddle and Cold Command and Califor ¬ nias homebred Arroz Blue Man has done everything trainer Woody Stephens has asked of him satisfactorily since coming here from Long Island where he created uch a favorable impression in Experimen ¬ tal No 2 He incidentally had rather a nar ¬ row escape the other morning when a loose horse galloping about the shed rows al ¬ most collided with him as he cooled out on the walking ring ringMcCreary McCreary Seeking Third Success SuccessIn In Conn McCreary who rode the Derby winners Pensive and Count Turf Blue Man has a familiar rider and one who fits him perfectly Both like to come from far off the pace in a Garrison finish finishMaster Master Fiddle was beaten by Blue Man on Long Island but escaped his orbit and won the Wood and no Derby candidate appears to have come up to his engage ¬ ment any better since arriving on the grounds The gray son of First Fiddle holds his flesh well for all his winter and early spring campaign In Dave Gorman he has a rider who seems to rise to the occasion and do his best saddle work in the richest stakes Most of those who back the Rut hicktrained entry of Master Fiddle and Count Flame will back them because of the Myhelyn colts promise promiseIncidentally Incidentally if Master Fiddle should prove the winner it will be quite a feather in Rutchicks cap marking the second con ¬ secutive year he has conditioned the Derby winner in as many tries It also would afford pedigree pundits a sentimental lot of copy for the reason Master Fiddle de ¬ scends from Regret the only filly to win the Derby and one once considered poison in a pedigree pedigreeSub Sub Fleet appears to have satisfied trainer Jack Hodgins that he is up to a sprinting mile and a quarter under 126 pounds There was some question on this point until the Derby Trial in which the Count Fleet colt annoyed Hill Gail the first six furlongs in 109 and some small change before tailing off Form students wonder however if he can improve sufficiently to give him a winning chance with lill Gail and they have vague doubts also about Mrs Gordon Guibersons Arroz who was a resolute but distant second in that mile run runPerhaps Perhaps the fact that the speed horses Pintor and Hannibal are in the field will debilitate Hill Gail Rival riders have noticed that the favorite sometimes does not look so formidable when brought to a drive C V Whitneys Cold Command has the unique distinction of being the only threeyearold to beat the Calumet colt since the son of Bull Lea discovered his peak form in the Santa Anita Derby The TheContinued Continued on Page FortvSix COLD COMMAND A victory over Hill Gail in the Dixiana Purse at Keeneland places the C V Whitney homebred in the limelight for todays Derby running Hill Gail Choice of Seventeen In 100000 Kentucky Derby DerbyContinued Continued from Page Nineteen Nineteenlittle little War Admiral colt had a weight pull in that sprint but is expected to fancy the extended mile and a quarter of the Derby That he is ready for the race of his life was shown also in the Blue Grass Stakes It was run in sloppy going in which he floundered but he nevertheless came from almost a sixteenth of a mile off Gushing Oil and had the Texan collapsing at the finish Many observers promptly dismissed Gushing Oil as a serious Derby threat on the premise he Nvill not stay the course under the weight His connections remain supremely confident however howeverThe The Downs surface tends to be sticky and holding when it is thoroughly wet and in such an eventuality it is not expected that Cold Command will start Conversely it is estimated that the chances of Gushing Oil Happy Go Lucky Swoop Master Fiddle and others would be enhanced Indeed Swoops last minute dash to Kentucky for the Derby is said to be predicated in some degree on a gamble the weather bureau is right in predicting an off track
