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Nagleron Racing By Barney Nagler Overcast Standard Equipment Derby Morn Cabbie Gives Advice on Race on Way to Track Finally Word Comes That The Duke7 is Out OutCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 4 The sun came up early over the old Kentucky Hotel room It brought light but no heat and the cold clutching hand of duty grasped the seat of a paii of sleeping drawers and tossed the tenant thereof out to the Downs It was one way of getting him up early He beat the crowds He just managed to beat pneumonia too Now to beat the horses It can be done the cabbie coming out said by wagering only on the Derby Bet Federal Hill he said My cousin who knows a man works out at the track says he cant miss sure enough My cousin aint been wrong since he picked Kentucky to be born in inHe He probably was never colder than he is today the passenger thought Derby Day brrrrr Man the ice boats bub Overcoats were standard equiment this morning A hardy citizen venturing into the South ¬ land without an outer covering was inviting a deep freeze freezeYou You got anything hot the cabbie demanded demandedNo No but Id like some coffee coffeeI I mean in the race if you dont like Federal Hill HillMy My tip sir is to run for cover Steam never meant as much since Watt invented the engine engineNow Now the taxi was at Churchill Downs Thatll be 135 the cabbie said And dont forget Federal Hill the one my cousin says will win For his tip he was handed a twobit tip tipPress Press Corps Encounters PreRace Chill ChillIn In the press room Whitney Tower of Sports Illus ¬ trated was encountered He had been to Aintree a month earlier on Grand National Day It had been cold and damp there Here it was cold Only early morning spirits were damp A shivering man coming into the press box said between blue lips now I know why bourbon was born In selfdefense selfdefenseKeep Keep up your spirit somebody said It can only get warmer The shivering man raised a bottle to his lips He took a slug Now I expect to live until after the big race he said saidLook Look at this another man said He held up the front page of the Louisville Courier Journal A picture of Jim Norris owner of Spring Hill Farm and the International Boxing Club was captioned Prefers Horses to Boxers BoxersWhy Why shouldnt he said a cynic after seeing that thing between Machen and Maxim at the Exposition Grounds last night Ill tell you about that a regular reader said Couple of weeks ago Uorris was up in Toronto which is hockey country and he said up there that he prefers hockey to boxing In Kentucky hes just as diplomatic diplomaticChit Chit Chat Reverts to Horse Racing RacingI I talked to Jim last night a fellow said He said he talked to Jimmy Jones Gen Dukes trainer trainerAbout About fighters0 fighters0No No about Gen Duke the man said He said Jimmy Jones said to him Jim its tough putting a horse in a big race when hes got a bad foot Its like putting a guy in to fight for the title with a bad hand Thats straight from the horses mouth Or the other one said straight from the horse lovers mouth mouthWhat What about Gen Duke somebody said Is he in or out outThats Thats what were sweating out a fugitive from New York said In this cold a man demanded quizically Yours is the only sweat at the track this morning Sweat heck the man said My knees are playing music like castinets in a flamenco flamencoAt At 916 am a man mushing through the cold found a microphone and screeched into the press box The Duke is scratched Hes out And so Derby Day began
