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Guerin Received Largest Derby Fee With Jet Pilot ERIC GUERIN, Native Dancer has a 50 per cent "batting record" in the Derby, having ridden Jet Pilot to a thrilling victory in 1947, and was unplaced with On the Mark in 1950. An oddity of the Jet Pilot race was that Maine Chance Farm was so thrilled with the prospect of win- Continued on Page Forty-Pire Thrill of Derby Participation Comes to Many for First Time To Several Others Its An Old Story, But Fame, Fortune Awaits Them Alt 1 Continued from Page Forty -Two ning that Mrs. Elizabeth Graham promised : Guerin double the fee, or 20 per cent, if Jet Pilot was returned the winner. As good as her word, she awarded Guerin a check for 8,432, thought to be the largest jockey Derby fee in history. Guerin, a native of Louisiana, started his turf career galloping horses, rode his first winner at Nar-ragansett Park in 1941. He has been first string rider for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt for the last few years, and has piloted a notable string of Vanderbilt winners, both -stakes and overnights, during the recent months.
