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Fabius Triumphant in Derby Trial English Lad Surprises at Sportsmans BeatsCountermand By Length Margin MarginHartack Hartack Has Calumet Colt Home in 1 1363s 363s for Mile Head Man Winds Up Third ThirdBy By OSCAR OTIS OTISCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 1 Calumet Farms Fabius drove to a clever victory by a length over Brandy wine Stables Countermand in the mile Derby Trial here this afternoon and the result of the race hinted that both colts would be strong contenders in the big Derby next Saturday SaturdayGiven Given a carefully judged ride by Willie Hartack Fabius ran a dashing 136 for the mile and went on out a mile and fur ¬ long in l5iys l5iysHead Head Man of the C V Whitney stable Who battled it out briefly at the head of the stretch with Fabius gave way slightly in the stretch and was third a photo in front of Black Emperor and almost a length back of Countermand In judging the Fabius performance on time it should be remembered that while the track was fast it was not lightning fast having dried from good only the previous race raceHartack Hartack Plays Waiting Game GameHartack Hartack did not try to outrun his field on the long run from the chute down the backstretch but laid in wait as Invalidate went out to rip off a fairly fast race Hartack continued chilly to the turn then gradually made a run for it entering the stretch and an eighth out he had scooted out to a full length margin which he maintained to the end endCountermand Countermand turned in a big race to be second Never too far away and always within striking distance he loomed up boldly through the stretch and finished full of run He encountered no real trouble at any part partHead farfrom Head Mans effort was good but was far from alongsideFabius sensational He was right alongside Fabius at the half mile pole stayed1 almost almosthead head and head on the turn as he save a bit bitContinued Continued on Pocye Six Fabius Triumphs fn Derby Trial TrialRuns Runs Mile in 1 36 and Leads Countermand Home By Length Head Man Third ThirdContinued Continued from Page One Oneof of ground but then could not match the spurt that sent Fabius to the front frontBlack Black Emperor ran a pretty fair race lor a rank outsider The California Derby win ¬ ner No Regrets was on the outside much of the way and while not in the first flight at the wire did work out an extra quarter and was tabbed the full Derby distance of a mile and onequarter in 206 206One One of Three Top Derby Choices ChoicesThe The others in the race did not show to undue advantage and in fact were never serious factors at any time High King was wide for much of the distance distanceFabius Fabius earned a net of 13050 for Cal ¬ umet Farm as he went through the brisk motions of qualifying not only as a can ¬ didate for the Derby but as one of the top three solid choices along with Needles and Career Boy BoyThe The early fractional times set by In validate were a brisk quarter in 23 half mile in 46Js and six furlongs in 111 It was at just about this point that Fabius surged into command and while as we say he seemed to have the race won at the eighth pole he was hustled along to the finish to maintain his advantage It was not an easy victory as might be indi ¬ cated by the margin marginThe The Derby Trial a classic stepping stone to the Derby itself was a cleanly run race and no horse had really valid excuse How Blue was eased out of momentary close quarters nearing the far turn and when clear kept on going but a short ways and then dropped out on his own volition High Kings race was not too bad for al ¬ though he finished sixth in the ten horse field he came from last place at the far turn and as we say swung out to lose ground groundThe The record for the trial was Hasty Roads mile from chute of 135 in 1954 a race in which he beat Determine but the Derby of that year saw this result reversed A crowd of 18000 was on hand to see the Derby Trial running a race which has by the way a stakes status in its own right Predictions had been for showers but in ¬ stead it turned warmer during the after ¬ noon and dried the track from a rating of slow early this morning morningFabius Fabius carried a mere 112 pounds in the Derby trial raced under allowance condi ¬ tions as against 118 for both Countermand and Head Man ManThe The public alighted on Fabius chances at the tote windows backing him to even money favoritism Indeed only Fabius the favorite Head man and No Regrets re ¬ ceived any strong public support all others going to the post at 151 or better betterMrs Mrs Harry Trotseks Eternalnown a re ¬ cent winner at Keeneland and ridden by apprentice Jimmy Fowler scored a driving victory in the Kentucky Colonel Purse which brought out seven ordinary three yearolds Eternalnown took command after entering the stretch and held on de ¬ terminedly to repulse a good bid from T Alie Grissoms Genv Path a half length separating the leaders at the end of the six furlongs L and M Prices Greek Sword was along for third two lengths back and a similar margin before Herve Racivitchs Sivis SivisFind Find Eternaltown Guilty GuiltyThe The stewards posted the inquiry sign after the finish and checked with patrol judges and witnessed the film patrol pic ¬ tures before making the result official Eternalnown was guilty of swerving to the inside during the drive but he was clear of Pit Away the tiring early leader when he bobbled bobbledEternalnown Eternalnown clocked in 112 was a 9 to 5 favorite in the wagering wageringMrs Mrs V E Smiths OMcSmith handled by Steve Brooks earned a frontrunning length decision in the Citation Purse Hard ridden during the drive OMcSmith beat Eugene Constantin Jrs Evening Tempo while the latter wound up two and one half lengths on James Paddocks Calidore C V Whitneys favored Jazz Age could do no better than fourth in the capacityfield of threeyearolds threeyearoldsOMcSmith OMcSmith completed his winning trip over the dull footing in 111 He was ah outsider in the tote at 2340 straight straightJ J Kel Houssels Speedy Bond with Jim ¬ my Bidwell in the irons trimmed 11 other maiden twoyearolds in the four and one half furlongs opener and RoMar Stables Bon RuMar under Johnny Rotz was best of the 10 ordinary sprinters meeting in the seven furlongs second secondSpeedy Speedy Bond 27 to 10 straight and Bon RuMir 4206Gb for 2 conibirieS JTor ai 17040 Daily Double payoff
