Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-06
|0LD.T|MERS CAB
| ON EVE OF DERBY
patisans Of Sweep, Broomstick,
Wrack and Uncle Seek Glory
for Great Sires
TRYsTER STILL FAv0RITE

Churchill Downs. LOulSNilIe, May ".
On tbc eve of the running of the
to-tv. sixth successive Derby. in the
o.nosnhcre Of the Blue Grass. there is
I;,t,o heard on probable odds the
,nrtucls will pay on the winner of the
classic. but rather n conflict OF opin-
s.,s on the relative merits of great
W. I tbo condition of the track and
.ho mndimmcd glories Of other Dcrbies.
'"r r,hn hotel lobbics. whether in tho
c,n,hoch the Henry Wattcrson, the
GrJ omisyillc headquarters for turf
.'rioucrs in Henry Clay's .timcl the
", T.T, thc hotel where Charles Dickens
.anncJ u,,, rorks with Prentice. or lo Old
TUn' Tun where Frank James drew, q hvc
h,rh hh,Jh, straight spade flush and broke
.SH .Sc nokcr king. of Louisville one
ns.h, NIGHT thirty years ago, or IN
.bn most remote boarding houSc-H -
Wv, the champions of Leonardo ~.
Trystcr. Sporting Blood; Hrsy v; lug
or Careful who are talking the mos
todpy II is the partisans OF S".rp,
proomstick, Wrack. lncle ahn I'ne'
sroot sircs that are talking. II 20 Co.
nerdo wins It is victory 'onn.eu ,,,o". ,".
Sweep; If Trystcr: then th" S"n,'onS n aionS
n Broomstirk will score. anu ,, Nv a''"5 nf
"a s.,, ,hn line. It is question OF
,i.odirc that looms large in Kentucky
o,Hrien's Hard Luck w
Cbicopoans hero talk most 9t IN.
~; n'Rr;cn's unlucky break IN the
snso =, pluribus, upon whose success
,nJ",a "a win more than quarter OF
ne esii,;on s dollars. for he had been lay :
u a.. n'' 'tbomsands Of dollars against the th
lnS or horses and betting back ON MS
o.m,' , Rut Pluribus has been WIN
drorn and with it goes a fortune "o''
OF r%o I%C'' G,o, decision Of Commander :,
7. Ross to enter star \0ter !" ~, ~,
Iorhy Is regarded as signihcanl. ,u i,
iii bc remembered that star No'er ,n' .L1
hsr stahlcmatC. Bonifacc., one Oh , ~,
creotest horses of q decade, 10 ~ HH''
sr;si at IIavrc dc Grace IN thr .i.,o ln.n
delnhia Handicap, the two u','.'V,ns sns
Pail Jones. the favorite. Nho ca" .EoS H"S
,bot racc was not n greater one s''"'
r,ystrr ran Mt the Maryland track
Trretcr ytill rules favorite. du'
,,,roi,. tn uncertain weather conditions
e.. Irrv.tcr il considered superior
Inrso Iio in thc mud, while there Is reel
;,s abroad TINT Leonardo ! must hay'
T;,htrinr fast track to win. NoOoaI
"o,,ntr tho Lexington race. when Leon
10 cot bcoten seriously against tli(
SON of sweep. but that he reaches M
yreot flights Of speed on tast 'r"cN
Is unQucstioncd.
Long Shots H.
" ! Salmon's Careful is finding
world of backing and has shown IN
movement since coming to NSht"cES
There is just possibility mat th'
claims Of Grey Lag have been to'
lightly regarded in ante post ca'cu.a
ri"ns IIr is bred TO go route, AM
storinc uunlities have upset many
nerhy The Bradley entry also IL en-
rpcing an increasingly largo share o
Consideration. 1t i believed in win
nirr tho Blue Grass Stakes with Biact
Srryat that the better one. Behave
Yourself. was held in reserve. Ih'
sensationaliStS are picking lirrbrand
the mystery horse. which has beer
Steadily backed down from 800 to ] tC
80 TO anI stil is being played strong
Naury Lee. Billy Barton. COync
McCioodwiu. Muskallongc. United Yer
/ die and others are being watched by
those who sccl, to bet 81 and take dowr
cart load of silver.
There have been many upSets in tEt
| Derby, winning Of favuritcs has bect
| the exception rather than the rule
| Worth and Old Rosebud were winning
/ fav0ritcS in 1912 and 1914. respectively
| Regret. in 1919, was an Indifferent ia
yortc to win. The longest priced winn"l
| Of the decade was Donerail. by McGcc
in 1913, paying S1S3.0O to =.
Sir Barton Surprised
Extcrminator. also by McGcG. pal,
30 10 to win in the mud in 1913. SiI
Barton's victory was surprise, as h'
was a maiden. but the fact that he wa
uttered with Billy Kelly kept down th'
| price.
Meridian. by Broomstick. dcfcate,
ior. Gray. the iavoritc, in 1911. Oma,
hbayyam, in 1917. surprised the talcn
By winning over fast track at goo'
Cd1S. As rule, the public has been
psd judge Of Derby races.
TTyStcr. Leonardo II and Boz
hommc have been sent over the full
Derby distance the last few days. Ro:
nomm"' rs work was the best of the trio
n" ran the mile and quarter il
~" 80. TryStor showed great earl,
speed, but seemed to be slowing up Il
1"e 'nd, His time was 2:U7 81
Leonardo tim" was slower.
Inc DERBY is yet an open race. Man
observers believe that Leonardo II hn
Hu'h IA reserve and will capture tn
"TSeSI Htnk" Of the year.
BeiNgOtlOuS nrp rolling II, rr,,, Ill.,.