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Weighing In By Evan Shipman Nashua Might Have Been Epsom Standout Improved Fencing Earns Bavaria a Stake California Trotter Threat to Local Talent AQUEDUCT, L. I., N. Y., June 15.— If that distinguished sportsman, William Woodward, Sr., were still alive, it is quite possible that Nashua would have an Epsom Derby instead of a Belmont Stakes to his credit, the husky son of Nasrullah — Segula, by Johnstown having been singled out when a yearling as a likely prospect for Capt. Cecil Boyd-Rochforts division of the international stable. Englands loss is our gain, but it is sadly ironic that after so many attempts to capture "the blue ribbon of the turf," the late chairman of The .TflfVlrPV fflnh p.nnlH nnf. Tinvp livprl to see the homebred with whom he had, perhaps, the best chance of all. As good a colt as we all feel Nashua to be would prove a powerful factor at Epsom in any season,, but it is our impression, after discussing the recent running of the Derby with returned travelers from abroad, that this was a "weak year," and that Nashua would have been regarded as a standout in the large field. If their estimate of the winner — the French colt, Phil Drake — is not particularly high, they all, on the other hand, pay warm tribute to the English filly, Meld, who followed an easy score in the One Thousand Guineas with just as clear-cut a victory in the subsequent Epsom Oaks. Their guess is that Meld could more than hold her own with our Coaching Club Oaks winner, High Voltage, but the colts are something else ■ again.
