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BILL CORUM Churchill Downs presi ¬ dent is host to huge Kentucky Derby gathering today Correlation Faces Seventeen Victor to Net Richest Purse Hasty RoadGoyamoThreats RoadGoyamoThreatsBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky April 30 A field of 18 of the nations crack threeyearolds have a rendezvous with Kentucky Derby history at this ancient course on Saturday afternoon at 430 Three breathless minutes later the eightieth winner of this most famous of the seasons classics will stand in the floral winners circle dripping roses and perspiration gloriously while the eav thousands iamt ackiner the rambling Downs cheer him to the echo As the dramatic moment when the band strikes up My Old Kentucky Home ap ¬ proaches Californias elegant bay stretch 1 runner Correlation looms the favorite at perhaps no more than 2tol though this is among the widest open Derbys in years Arrayed against him are Goyamo and Eddie Arcaro Fisherman Determine the sharply improved Hasty Road and others who have won extensive followings Indica ¬ tions today pointed to a record purse one netting the winner 102800 if all 18 ac ¬ tually start the purse grossing 124850 124850There There is also a possibility the crowd and wagering will reach unprecedented pro ¬ portions despite predictions of showers and soft footing If the track is off Correla ¬ tion and Fisherman will attract even more support nor will it impair the chances of Hasty Road Determine Goyamo and Ad ¬ miral Porter In any going there seems some doubt if Whirlaways 201 Derby time mark will be bettered though Hasty Road and Determine rtduced the mile rec ¬ ord to a flat 1 35 in their sensational Derby TrialVisitors Trial Visitors Streaming Into Louisville LouisvilleThousands Thousands of Derby visitors from the length and breadth of America still were streaming into this usually prosaic city to ¬ day coming by air rail and highway and creating endless traffic flows from midtown to the course Though the epic mile and a quarter now is televised it appeared more than 100000 will fill the vast three fur ¬ longs of stands spilling into the innerfield and perching on the stable roofs fringing the backstretch The colorful throng will include Wa fn ington diplomats the governors of nu ¬ merous states and leaders in the worlds of sport industry and finance Kentuckys Gov Lawrence Wetherby will joHn Downs pagoda in the innerfield to present the ornate gold Derby trophy tfhe green and tomary glamorous Derby lmy appearance with flags and pennants frwihf elaborate flower beds decorating the Vcene and a dressy catering staff preparing to serve the traditional mint juleps Early risers will stornv the gate seeking vantage points when they opc n tt 8 oclock in the morning Special tot accept wagers on the Derby 9 a m and the first of t races is to reach the post at 3 3The The lottery of post positio positioContinued Continued on Page Twenty CORRELATION favorite and Californias main hope for Derby success Correlation Engages Seventeen In 124850 Kentucky Derby Californian Rules Favorite Over Fisherman Goyamo Hasty Road and Determine DetermineContinued Continued from Page One OneRoad Road generally regarded as the speed of the field with the additional good fortune to have the number one stall Correlation less dashing in the early furlongs is well placed in number four Goyamo in five and Determine in seven Less lucky vas Fisher ¬ man who breaks from number 17 and Mel Leavitt begins from the extreme outside Dark Star won the Derby from number 10 post position a year ago but since 37 no fewer than five came out of the rail ta tion Considered probables until this morn ¬ ing but absent from the entries are Pine turn Ordained and For Free Ordained is partial to soft footing but trainer Charles Whittingham takes a more cheerful view than do the weathermen observing that he could not foresee a heavy precipitation precipitationBlow Blow Out Short Distances DistancesSeveral Several of the entrants blewout this morning when the track was in good con ¬ dition Admiral Porter breezed a leisured three furlongs in 36 Goyamo going a half mile in like fashion in 50 second Gov Browning measured three furlongs in a breezing 37 Hasseyampa moving over the same ground in 38 King Phalanx breezed four furlongs in 50 Red Han nigan three furlongs in a casual 37 Super Devil was stepped along a half mile in 48 going the quarter in 24 and three furlongs in 36 and Hasty Road sans his blinkers galloped a quarter in 25 Trainer Sylvester Veitch of Fisherman brought the C V Whitney colt to the course following the final race yesterday After cantering once about the course he broke at the five furlongs pole and breezed to the stand in 102 galloping out to six furlongs in 115 115Though Though Correlation is the favorite indi ¬ cations are that Hasty Road will be a slight second choice over Goyamo and Determine particularly is the going is firm Wagering on Derby Day which reached a record of 4306065 last season could very readily surpass that volume tomorrow tomorrowThe The purse distribution in the Derby still follows the pattern by which the winner receives not only the timeless honor but virtually all of the purse The second prize is 10000 with 5000 to third and 2500 the fourth to finish Additionally the breeders of the first three will be awarded 2000 1000 and 500 respectively And there is a gold trophy appropriately the handsomest token of victory in racing for the owner of the winner winnerFlorida Florida Derby and Wood Winner WinnerMillions Millions of sports devotees all over America today are analyzing the form of the entrants for this event The fancied Correlation goes postward as the winner of his two latest sallies in such distinguish ¬ ing engagements as the Florida Derby and the Wood Memorial which have brought him earnings of 187100 in just four starts to date of his threeyearold campaign He captured the Gulfstream Park Stakes in going which was yielding and sticky as ¬ suring that he is impartial in the matter of track conditions conditionsDetermine Determine was beaten exciting inches in his latest start but his form in the Derby Trial was worth more than many of the victories recorded by some of his rivals Just ahead of that mile in track record time of 135 the stalwart little gray had won six consecutive races including the Santa Anita and Bay Meadows Derbys His progress has been slow but steady and he now emerges a distinct threat to the favor ¬ ite regardless of track conditions conditionsGoyamo Goyamo qualified well for the Derby in the Blue Grass Stakes back at Keeneland The Woodvale colt has his foibles but jockey Eddie Arcaro has acquainted him ¬ self with them and needless to say has charted the Derby course with unique suc ¬ cess The son of Goya II is not the most cheerful performer in training and it was necessary for Arcaro to punish him in mak ¬ ing his run from last place to first in the Blue Grass but he is a capable colt and appears like the favorite and Fisherman a natural distance runner In the Florida Derby in which he moved prematurely Goyamo made it clear that he can untrack himself in heavy going for all his length of stride strideFisherman Fisherman Forgiven ForgivenFisherman Fisherman is forgiven by his admirers for his failure in the Wood on the basis of his slow beginning Ahead of that the dimin ¬ utive son of Phalanx won the second of the Experimental at a mile and a sixteenth in the slop Eye witnesses thought he won that event rather more on class than be ¬ cause of any flair for running in wet foot ¬ ing As a twoyearold he was among the best developed in New York where the prerequisites are high He won four stakes including the important Champagne and the East View and this latter event at the direct expense of Correlation CorrelationHasty Hasty Road may be a shorter price than many imagine because his two brightest performances were given before Louisvil lians at the Downs where he won the KJC Stakes in 136 last autumn and last Tues ¬ day the Derby Trial in 135 The expression horses for courses might be quoted in this instance and this is his track In the Threave Main at Keeneland he was an abject disappointment turning loose of the bit when Adams drew his whip atop the stretch Before that he had behaved un ¬ like a whip horse in the Futurity at Bel mont Park last fall But Adams is familiar with the Roman colt who with blinkers added to his equipment and no recourse to the whip ran on with grim determination when brought to a hard drive in the Trial TrialThese These are the most likety to succeed in the upcoming Derby judging the field on what has been seen of them A victory for any of the others would come in the na ¬ ture of a surprise regardless of the tracks condition even though Admiral Porter im ¬ proves many pounds in off going and it would seem Timely Tip dos top This last mentioned colt winner of the Arkan ¬ sas Derby has a boundless enthusiasm for competition as does Admiral Porter It is a question however if they have the class And in most form students opinions this applies also to Hasseyampa Gov Brown ¬ ing Black Metal Allied Red Hannigan and in short the others of the unwieldy field fieldAt At the same time it has got to be re ¬ membered that the record of the past 79 Derbys is subtlely spotted with Donerails Count Turfs Gallahadions and other sur ¬ prising winners Also that it sometimes has happened this first of the mile and a quarter classics for the newly turned threeyearolds has produced a colt par ¬ ticularly adapted by nature for the Ameri ¬ can classic distance There were Assault Ponder Exterminator Omaha and Shut Out none of them quite so brilliant in ad 1 vance of the Derby
