The Washington herald., 1921-03-13
Will Be, BACKED
HEAVILY m TURF
GASSICON May 7
Regret Only Filly to Win
Derby Since Institu-
ton in 1875. =

LOUISVILLE. Ky, March IA
Only once since the Kentucky
Derby was Instituted In 1875 has
one Of its renewals been won by a
ally. Regret daughter Of Broom
stick and Jersey Lightning. and
granddaughter. through Jersey
Lightning and Daisy r., of. Moo
esty. she the only flly that ever
won an American Derby at Chicago,
established a precedent for racers
Of the softer sex when she defeat
ed SharpshoOter and Pebbles In the
Derby of 1915: But IL is no cinch
that the renewal Of the great spring
three-year-old-race OF May. z which
will have q value Of between SIS. 900
and $4,000. and will attract 10
Churchill Downs the greatest crowd.
perhaps. that will ever have wit
messed an American horse race, will
not be signalized by another ally
triumph.
There were many smart s-year~
old colts racing last season. and the
best Of them are in the Derby But
there was no outstanding champion
like Man o. War. Racing will be for
tunate IL il develops that there was
among these colts q youngster that
natures into such a 3yezr-old ~
Omar Khayyam was in 1917, pr
Sir Barton was in 1918. There were.
on the other hand. a dozen or more
Of remarkably clever Niles and nine
or ten OF these Miles were among
the seasons best money winners
Moreover all of the good Miles are
in the Derby. On STRICTLY two-yesr-
81 a ff a 81
the Derby colts have nothing what
ever on the Derby hIlies.
stepItshtIy Has Good Record.
steplightly. which defeated the
Cincinnati Trophy winner. Star
Voter. one Of the cleverest OF tho
colts Of 1890. in the Belmont Park
Futurity. ranked next to Tryster
among the Juvenile money winners.
She earned a little more than s<h.-
600. and her stable compa anion.
Careful. which defeated some Of the
smartest colts in training in the
$4,000 Eastern Shore at Havre de
Grace in September. won nearly
$3.50 In the matter Of tough
ness no 2-year-old that raced last
season had anything on Careful
steplightIy is the daughter OF III
timus: Careful is a daughter Of the
astonishingly successful Young
English stallion wrack. These Ill
lies belong to the stable OF Walter
]. Salmon. Of New York. and they
are training for the Derby at Lau-
rel. Maryland.
The whitney entry is winter
favorite for the Derby and the
opinion that Tryster. the unbeaten
son OF Peter Pan and Tryst. which
won six straight races and finished
last November at Louisville with a
matter of s5o.o00 to his credit, was
the smartest of the whitney 2-yesr-
olds of 1890 is widely held. James
Rowe. the whitney trainer. main
tsins that Prudery was as good as
Tryster. Tryster had to be whipped
out to beat Prudery in the Saratoga
Special in August and IL will be re-
membered that the Peter Pan hlly
gave Leonardo I'd. one Of the colt
choices for the coming Derby.
twelve pounds and ran him 10 a head
in the Hopeful. Prudery won upward
OF s25.0o0 last spring and summer.
II. therefore. on May Rowe keeps
Prudery in the barn and starts
Tryster 1t will be fair 20 assume
that he has supreme confidence IN
his smsrtest colt or that Prudery
is not training satisfactorily.
Other Promising FflIie,.
Believe Idle Hour. which defeated
Star Voter in the Breeders Futurity
at Lexington in September. earned
nearly $4,000. and Idle Dell. winner
of the $4,000 Walden. a race of
one mile decided at Pimlico in
: November with seven or eight brisk
colts Contending, earned a matter
Of $4,000. Believe Idle Hour has been
no minated for the Derby by Edward
In. Bra 5ley. of Kentucky; Idle Dell
by Larry Waterbury, OF New York,
sometime t'olo champion OF America.
Believe Idle Hour is a daughter Of
Cunard anti Love Not. Idle Dell is .
daughter OF Delhi and Idle Tale.