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HARRY F. GUGGENHEIM— Has Flying Fury and Racing Fool in his double bow. His Dark Star upset Native Dancer in the 1953 Derby. lll-Fated Guggenheim Stable I Eyes Another Upset in Derby I , 1 , ; , I : Entry of Racing Fool and * Flying Fury Carry Hopes For Second Classic Score Captain Harry P. Guggenheim, diplomat, soldier, philanthropist, businessman and sportsman, will be seeking his second Kentucky Derby score today. His lone victory in this classic will stand as perhaps one of the best remembered of the century. That came when his Cain Hoy Stable colors were carried to a tremendous upset by Dark Star in the 1953 running, the previously unbeaten Native Dancer being just a head back. The Cain Hoy unit will be represented in tomorrows 81st edition of the Derby by the stakes winners Flying Fury and Racing Fool. Flying Fury, winner of Tuesdays Derby Trial, captured the Champagne Stakes as a two-year-old, finished second in the Pimlico Futurity and third in The Garden State. The Trial marked the Nas-rullah colts first time in the money in four starts this year. His stablemate, Racing Fool, took the Blue Grass Stakes last week at Keeneland, his fourth consecutive victory in six starts this year. Although the son of Jet Pilot didnt account for any stakes money last year, he did win two juvenile events. Has Had Share of Misfortune Although Guggenheim • has had great satisfaction from the Derby, the race also has brought its share of misfortune. The master of Xain Hoy had his hopes pinned on Turn-to, an Irish-bred colt who gave promise of becoming one of the best horses in years for the 1954 running. Turn-To was a strong early favorite for the Derby, only to bow a tendon several weeks before the race. In this regard, Guggenheim can be considered one of the unluckiest of .race horse owners, for the same mishap befell Dark Star in the Preakness. One of his other unlucky horses was Armageddon, who, blinded in one eye by a clod, nevertheless scored some notable triumphs but whose defeats In some Important tests were attributed to his limited vision. " Capt. Guggenheim has been in racing since 1936, operating first under the nom de course of Falaise Stable and later adopting the name of his Sot lh Carolina planta- Coitfimrerf n Page Twenty-Six Ill-Fated Guggenheim Stable Eyes Second Derby Victory Continued from Page Four tion, Cain Hoy. In addition to Dark Star, Turn-to and-Armageddon, other well known horses who have won stakes for Cain Hoy have been Battle Morn and War Dog. Guggenheim, born in 1890, is a mem- ber of the famed American mining family.* After completing his education he took oyer active direction of several of the mining firms and stamped himself an extremely able executive and administrator. He is now senior partner of the firm of Guggenheim Brothers and is chairman of the board of the Anglo-Lautaro Nitrate Corporation, which produces approximately 65 per cent of the worlds natural nitrate and iodine. In 1929, Guggenheim was appointed United States Ambassador to Cuba, holding that post until he resigned in 1933. He served in Cuba during one of the mos politically and economically turbulen periods in that republics history. Guggenheim also is a pioneer in aviation rockets and jet propulsion. He helped organize one of the first naval aviation unit£ in Word War I. and saw active duty in France: In 1942, he was recalled to active service and was in combat in the Pacific, aboard an aircraft carrier, receiving several citations. In November, 1945, he was promoted to the rank of captain. Guggenheim is a member of The Jockey Club and various other civic and philanthropic organizations.
