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MRS GENE MARKEY Iron Liege Beats Gallant Man In 1 52050 Kentucky Derby Gains Nose Decision to Give Calumet Sixth Win in Classic ClassicStables Stables SecondStringer Hdrtack Up Scores in Dramatic Finish of TougHest of All Renewals Round Table Third and Bold Ruler Fourth Shoemaker Admits Mistake on Runnerup RunnerupBy By CHARLES IIATTON IIATTONCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 4 For a brief moment as they went to the post in the 83rd running of the 152050 Kentucky Derby there was a lull in which 90000 people were as silent as 90000 ghosts Then there came the old cry Theyre off And just two minutes two and a fifth breathless seconds later Calumet had won its v M v iii J JJWIJ JMA veWijrUAg veWijrUAgon on for the injured Gen Duke stood in the winners circle dripping sweat and roses gloriously He had won this toughest of all the Derbys by a nose over Ralph Lowes stretch runner Gallant Man as the climax of one of the most desperate dramatic finishes in the history of the first of Americas Triple Crown classics Their drive over the last yards of the mile and a quarter had carried them out two and threequarters lengths before Kerr Stables Round Table another late runner while the favored Bold Ruler finished fourth in a recordbreaking field of nine nineChapter Chapter Has Fictional Quality QualityThe The events of this Derby Day come to one of the most exciting chapters in the races annals They have almost a fictional quality As the crowd began to assemble this morning they learned Gen Duke the Calumet mainstay had been withdrawn as a consequence of his fragmented foot Com ¬ paratively few thought Iron Liege a worthy substitute and he returned 1880 in the tote toteThen Then there was the incident coming to the 70 yards mark just in front of the fin ¬ ish when Willie Shoemaker on the relent ¬ lessly challenging Gallant Man appeared to misjudge the finish and raised up in his stirrups for one stride then sat down to ride some more With all due credit to Iron Liege for his brilliant performance many will always think it was this instants hesi ¬ tation that caused Gallant Man to lose by a nose Upon dismounting Shoemaker manfully admitted his error errorWhat What possibly is there to say of Bold Rulers performance He fired and fell back Continued on Page Four IRON LIEGE the Kentucky Derby winner and trainer H A Jimmy Jones Iron Liege Victorious in 8 83rd 3rd Derby Gains Nose Decision to Give Calumet Sixth Win in Classic Stables SecondStringer7 Hartack Up Turns Gloom To Joy in Markey Camp CampContinued Continued from Page One Onemidway midway the stretch trying bravely to struggle past those on either side into the lead but he had not the resources to match his courage The histrionics of the whole thing are almost impossible to exaggerate Gloom permeated the Calumet establish ¬ ment this morning but it turned to tri ¬ umphant joy when Wee Willie Hartack and Iron Liege struggled home The race was worth 109550 or 107950 net to the already bulging Calumet coffers coffersThough Though it was Calumets sixth Derby Iron Liege was the first Mayor Jimmy Jones was officially accredited with train ¬ ing and he is the first ridden by Hartack champion of the nations jockeys these past two years It also added further to the prestige of the aging sire Bull Lea who sent up the Derby winners Hill Gail and Citation And pedigree pundits are bound to note Iron Liege is from the immediate family of the 1955 Derby winner Swaps SwapsWhen When the tumult had subsided a bit asv the entrants returned to unsaddle the blood pounding in their veins their nos ¬ trils distended and crimson the garland of roses was placed around Iron Liegs arched neck in the disputted territory of the winners enclosure hallowed ground Bill Corum calls it and Gov Happy Chan ¬ dler of Kentucky made the presentation to the Markeys amid popping camera bulbs and much felicitations felicitationsWell Well Placed Throughout ThroughoutIron Iron Liege was well placed every yard of this suspeseful mile and a quarter pegging Federal Hills pace closely up the back stretch and into the gauntlet of shrilling humanity that lined either side of the homestretch thousands deep He got to the front as Federal Hill grew leg weary around the furlong ground a halflength in front which was farther in front than he was at the bitter end where he was only a whisker before the luckless Gallant Man ManFor For all Iron Lieges resolution when the test came for all the vaunted speed of the field competing and the fast racing sur ¬ face it is clear that there were not many true classic colts present today The frac ¬ tions were 2335 47 111 136 and 2 02 ys This time was bettered in late years by Swaps Dark Star Hill Gail Mid dleground and of course the Derby record holder Whirlaway whose 201 still is challenging to all Derby horses who came or will come after him himThe The inclement weather gray and dull with a penetrating breeze made top coats fashionable and had an adverse effect on the total attendance though not the spirits of the colorful throng The temperature was 45 degrees the sharpest since Cita ¬ tions year 1948 when it hovered about the 42 mark The crowds on the stand side of the course were little different from pre ¬ vious Derby days and the accommodations in the three furlongs of stands long since were reserved But the concourse of fans in the innerfield a kaleidoscope of gay colors and on the ground beneath the stands ap ¬ peared down perhaps 10000 or 10 per cent of the usual attendance Wagering was off 80000 on the first three events and there was some question if the volume of play for the day would equal the 4360 232 of 1956 which represented a record A short time before the running of the sixth event it was announced that the early Derby wagering totaled 477632 this in contrast to the 650070 in the prerace pools in 5 6 6Derby Derby Warmth Prevails PrevailsThe The elements and beaten favorites could not however cool the ardor of those who had assembled from coast to coast and Canada to see this Run for the Roses They greeted old friends had steak for breakfast exchanged analyses of the form of the horses quaffed mint juleps listened to the several bands in the innerfield and otherwise went good naturedly about the business of attending the Derby DerbyThe The 57th running of the Debutante Stakes could boast the largest audience that will see a twoyearold filly feature whatever its value and import all during the present racing year E H Lanes Mar garetta beat back 12 others of her age and sex in this 14500 dash of five furlongs furlongsJockey Jockey Vardal Guajardo drove the Texas owned red daughter of Beau Max to the stand five and a half lengths in advance of RoMar Stables Errards Isle the early leader while Hasty Houses Hasty Doll was third a half length farther back Queen Sal a bit impetuous at ttie post finished in fourth place placeThe The successful Margaretta was winning the first stake and made the fourth ap ¬ pearance of her young career in the en ¬ closure Her success was worth 11050 of which 10925 was net to owner Lane Mar ¬ garetta ran a pair of strongly backed favor ¬ ites Casting and Her Gem out of the money as she paid a sustaining 1060 Her time of 59ls was fourfifths of a second behind Delamars course record recordThe The start in the Debutante was perfectly equitable though Star Today was promptly outrun while Errards Isle ridden by the alert Lawrence Hansmann set out in a vain and glorious attempt to win from flag fall to finish She opened up a patch of daylight on her rivals and was succeeding admirably in the short run into the turn But midway the bend Margaretta detached herself from the others and began whittling away Errards Isles advantage advantageIn In the long run through the front stretch she caught and passed the RoMar miss then compiled a decisive margin the final sixteenth while kept under intermittent pressure Hasty Doll ran a creditable race though she never looked like catching the winner She was forwardly placed from the start and closed well to beat out Queen 13al for the third award
