The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-02
KENTUCKY DERBY
SHOULD BE FAST
Eternal Is Early Favorite
but Will Have Plenty of
Opposition.
A NEW RECORD MAY BE SET
Fast Field Indicates That Old
Mark Is Liable to BE
Clipped.

or the hundreds OF horse race,
that are run yearly on the American
tracks there is one that stands out,
the Kentucky derby
n There are many more Ntna~
financially 10 winners. buj none dat
approaches 1t In Interest and there
Is no contest on the turf today In
which an owner would rather see HI,
cOlors out IN front
Year In and year out when spring
rolls around racing euthupu-ls be-.
gin 10 speculate az TO the probrtIe
outcome OF the race the celebrated
Kentucky derby. There is uo race
that produced as keen rivalry As.
does this between the east and IN,
west and which, as result. has come
to be regarded ~ the creates, con.
test on the American turf
Like Winning Pcnnnnt.
Many are the owners and The
trainers who year after year have
striven to develop horse that wous
show the way TO the wire In this
classic And feat It Is. Indeed
for the best OF the equine blucblood,
always face the barrier in It's run.
ming
Find n KentuCkian anywhere at
all In tho spring OF the year and
sure as shoOtin' he has wager down
somewhere on the best Of the Blue.
grass, states entries And If he is
able to reach Louisville on the day
OF racing days don't look for him
anywhere but among the thousands
gathered AT the beautiful course a,
Churchill Downs.
In the past few yeats Kentucky
has been disappointed bv It's entries
II has sent many sterling racers 70
the post. but they have not been
quite good enough. IN 1915 that
great mare. Regret. that ran In the
colors Of Harry Payne whitney. won
John Sanford's George Smith was
best In 1915. and omar Khayyam
was easily first in 1917
Track Too Muddy
Last year il looked as II Ken.
laurels and the natives empticd
tucky was going to retrieye i,y
their pockets In support OF the good
colt EsCoba. one OF the country's
2-year-old stars the previous year
But the track was muddy and Es.
Soba, best when the going is fast
Just failed to head Off the 60 10
shot In the race, Willis Sharpe XII
mefs rangy ESterminator, that
went TO the post when sun Briar.
the notable star OF the Kilmcr sta
bic. proved slow TO round into
form
SO for four years In succession
the east has been the winner and
kentuckians are hoping fortune
may smile this spring, on May 10,
the day OF the race. although BNl
Kelly the 2-year-old they depended
on the most was sold to an east
erner last summer and will so 10
the post in he colors OF j. h. L.
Ross.
However. here are several other
Kentucky owned colts aud fllIes
that may turn up as the winner
They are Blauchi and Leusings
SennInEs Park, B. j, Brannon's Col
onel Livingston and 81 Barnard
the Gallagher Bros daughter oi
Sweep. Regalo and H.. II. Taylors
Colonel Taylor More than q
score OF other Kentucky owned }
N'hA -Vlin ~ tiil'hh Wv 80 '''N'
bles for the race. but the five men
toned generally are regarded the
best OF the lot.
Favorite In the early books is
Eternal, the strapping son OF
Sweep, owned by j. W. MCClciAnd,
who defeated Bill Kelly IN match
race at Laurel Park, Md. last talL
And he In reported TO be training
into tip-top shape at the OAK Lawn
course at Hot Springs where Amer
lean Ace Edwards Cebrian's entry
from California. ala is being
preppcd. Re Frank. who IN sew.
eral races for all ages In Maryland
last fal, demonstrated that he
fast and slayer is {. NJ Gnrrisona
hope: =. A. Clark's Futuri,y WIN
ner, Dunboyne, S. G. Hildrcihs LF'
rus. Mr.. Ross War Pennant NH
Marvel and Sir Barton and + y
Weir's Toto, IL he rack f. MUDDY
II thsy start
All things point TO perhaps iu'
are others that arc sure To make
the contest n genuine 'hoss race
most notable OF the histoncal ht"'
lucky Derbies on May 10.