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JOCKEY RAY YORK Gave Determine Determinea a superb ride to gain the seventh stakes stakestriumph triumph of the season for the Andrew AndrewCrevolin Crevolin colorbearer Andy Crevolins Gray Colt Overtakes Rival in Stretch Net of 102050 to Son of Aiibhai Hasseyampa Third Goyamo 4th Correlation 6th 6thBy By CHARLES HATTON HATTONCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 1 Running like a highly precisioned piece of machinery Andy Crevolins little gray Determine transformed the eightieth running of the Kentucky Derby into a mem ¬ orable classic The Californian who had missed by inches in his challenge to Hasty Road in the Derby trial had this same rival to catch today and vanquished him de ¬ cisively as a crowd of 100000 screamed the place down rolling to the finish winner by a length and a half Two and a half lengths off Hasty Road the Walmac Farms surprising Hasseyampa was third and it was a like distance back to Goyamo w o was fourth in a field of 17 starters startersThe The Wood winner Correlation a slight favorite over Determine finished in sixth position lugging in badly but still running strongly Regrettably this Derby was not without some untoward incidents At the break Hasty Road leaving from number one came out rather sharply and Correla ¬ tion suffered Again in the stretch drive Correlation bore in on Goyamo forcing him over on Fisherman FishermanGovernor Governor Makes Presentation PresentationRay Ray York sent the winner over the dis ¬ tance infast going in the moderately good time of 203 and returned 1060 in the tote toteThe The race netted owner Crevolin of De ¬ termine and his entrymate Allied 102050 with Close Out withdrawn during the afternoon as it became extremely doubtful if he would catch a muddy race track though wet weather was predicted Also he received the compliments of Gov Law ¬ rence Wetherby of Kentucky the gold trophy emblematic of a Derby triumph was toasted in mint juleps and on the whole received a nice dividend on the 12 000 the son of Aiibhai bred by Dr Eslie Asbui j The runningr of the Derby contained a suggestion that the runnerup a brilliantly fast colt had reached the maximum of his stamina at the end of the Trial for it was just after going a mile the smallest colt in the race surged to the front frontThe The race was presented in cloudy humid weather and with all itscolorful pageantry pageantryContinued Continued on Page Five DETERMINE Won his third Derby and the Big One when he accounted for the theSaturdays Saturdays Churchill Downs1 classic The Crevolin colt previously scored in the theSanta Santa Anita and Bay Meadows Derbys Determine Whips Hasty Road in Derby As First Gray Colt Ever to Win Race Reverses Trial Result With York Again Riding Third to Hasseyampa Over Goyamo GoyamoContinued Continued from Page One OneThe The band struck up My Old Kentucky Home as the field filed onto the course on parade there was the customary wreath of roses for the winner and the crowd roared its approval of Determine as he was led in For all the bumping the race unquestion ¬ ably was won by the best horse today Actually he also suffered a bit with Corre ¬ lation in the hassle at the break breakYork York gave the winner the benefit of skillful rating and was never far off the flying Hasty Road as that colt sailed to the front leaving the gate and fashioned a busy pace to the stretch Adams had him running well within himself once a length clear passing the finish in the dash for the clubhouse turn where he was prompted closest by Timely Tip and Admiral Porter with Determine jumping directly in their tracks tracksUp Up the backstretch Hasty Road was two lengths clear of Timely Tip and Admiral Porter with York sitting perfectly still back of them On the turn Timely Tip amazed most of the audience making a bold run at the pacemaker but a few strides later he collapsed and Admiral Porter was by now laboring to maintain a position While these colts were proving outclassed Correlation and Goyamo were beginning to advance together Arcaro and Shoemaker apparently thinking each had the other to beat They were charging on the outside from the middle of the turn But they were too far out of it and York called on Determine swinging into the stretch The gallant son of an unraced sire ind dam went to Hasty Road with a ven jeance straightened for the run home The Sasty House colt again tried bravely to tand him off as he had at the shorter Frial route but was out of his depth ihough he was clearly second best as the ace was run runHasseyampa Hasseyampa was far back in the early tages and made a good run the last three iurlongs picking up tiring horses for third position before the steadily closing Goy imo imoThe The fractions for the race were 23 47 112 137 and 203 coming to a Inal quarter in 26 seconds secondsJohnny Johnny Adams on Hasty Road said I lad to rush the horse out of the gate when mother horse lugged over on me I had vanted to stay just off the pace but had o hurry Hasty Road I hit him once in the stretch but he was doing his best and I didnt hit him again againArnold Arnold Kirkland thought Hasseyampa ran a pretty fair race He was still pick ¬ ing up horses in the stretch but not fast enough We had good racing luck in that I was able to find openings when my horse was moving movingEddie Eddie Arcaro said a horse lugged over on me at the start and I had to pull around him and go outside Gyamo ran his race raceWagering Wagering on the Derby totaled 1543 097 something under the record of 1565 901 back in 52 52There There will be no Triple Crown winner of 1954 Determine a Preakness eligible is not a candidate for the Belmont Stakes StakesThere There is an anecdote regarding Deter mines size or lack of it which seems ap ¬ propriate to the occasion This big little horse scarcely more than 15 hands is said to have given Crevolin some pause on this score at the time of his sale But after he had acquired the colt for 12000 he was approached several days later by breeder Asbury with the offer of a 3000 profit which he declined This was reas ¬ suring and Determine has proved inch for inch one of the biggest bargains of all time timeThis This was the first Kentucky Derby win for trainer Willie Molter as well as for York and Crevolin And there were stories out of California not long ago he preferred to refresh Determine rather than ship him on for the race But Determine is stouter than he appears In any case he was the freshest horse at the end of this Derby DerbyDerby Derby Day followed its traditional light hearted pattern from dawn until post time Skies were partly clouded the humidity high Fleet after fleet of cabs plied Third Avenue from midtown Louisville to the course beginning at an early hour and in the immediate vicinity of the park the sidewalks were crowded by midmorning with those strolling to the entrances An ordinary racing days gathering was at the gates when they opened at 8 a m dashing for vantage points along the rails in the innerfield to remain until the race was run runLong Long lines had formed before the win ¬ dows offering preliminary wagering on the Derby well before 11 oclock and the vol ¬ ume of play on the days first several events suggested the crowd was a trifle less large and resourceful as last years yearsIn In the 54th Debutante Stakes of 10000 added at five furlongs for twoyearold fillies the throng saw a hammer and tongs dash in which Tom Girdlers My Babu filly Gambetta strongly handled by Eddie Arcaro was along the final furlong to im ¬ pose her will upon Clifford Mooers Serry Two lengths separated them at the line where Serry was three and a half lengths before the G G Stables Timely Story as this filly finished third thirdThere There were 14 starters of whom Clai bornes Courtesy was favorite and Gam ¬ betta returned 840 in the tote while adding 13800 to her own earnings She went over the distance in the lively time of 59l5 Just threefifths behind the course mark which showed the racing surface to be about as nippy as ever it becomes
