The Washington times., 1922-06-24


on behalf Of the world.
Harry Payne Whitney. Of New
Yerk, 10 here with his great pair.
whiskaway and Olympus. and Ben
Block, Of New York. threatens with
,his fleet Norwich, son Of Runnymede.
hesten only once In thirteen starts
and that the thirteenth.
Comes also r. T, Wilson, presi,
dent Of the Saratoga Racing Asso.
citation. with his splendid colt. Piliory.
biggest money-winning three-year-
old of the season.
Whiskaway has, defeated Norwich
In the Carleton Stakes and Olympus
has the fremont 10 his credit. Pillary
has triumphed In the Preakness and
the Belmont Stakes. each at S50.O00,
over splendid fields. And Norwich.
finally has beaten Kentucky's best
in the Kentucky Derby.
Small wonder there 10 blood In the
eye Of Old kentucky. Perhaps q
dozen Of the fieetest the Blue Grass
can muster win face the barrier with
the worlds best. and In this field
Kentucky finds only the smallest
crumbs of comfort. -
+, There 10 no consolation In the
left,lisndod claim TO Harry Payne
whitney, who maintains Q great
breeding farm near Lexington. IL
either oi his fiiers wins. kentucky
VIII be glad because 10 likes him
and admires the way he handles
h0rsefiesh, but win remember that
he Is o New Yorker. W. 's ..
Crumbs OF comfort are chiefly
these; That Deadlock, winner Of the
Ten Broeck Handicap. Is himself
esain and, according to the shan.
mons, who owns him, more nearly ut
than ever to represent the Blue
Grass against the world, that u, n.
Bradley. whose Behave Yourself aud
Hack Servant made turf history
iast year by their penchant for run.
ning one,two in great races. seems
pursued him this season. and nrSm-
ises to do something with Bet Mosie
and BY Gosh, his 1929 B models. the
former having suffered bad ride
In losing TO Norwich In the Derby;
and. finally, that John Finn, son Of
Dick Finnell, which ran. third to Nor
vich In the Derby. and Thibodeaux,
comparatively uhtried, may show
more foot than they have yet dis
Small crumbs. Kentucky win ad.
mit To put II another way, they
ere dark horses at best. and the 9TH
ers running tomorrow for the honor
Of the Blue Grass are darker still.
Some there win point out that
Whisltaway In beating Morv'ch
last week, carried only 1os pounds,
whereas he will have to tote eighteen
q quarter. Others will recall that
Pillory has faced no such speed a.
he will meet today, and still others
will cling to the fact that Albert
johnson, the capable jockey who has
piloted Norwich to his greatest
victories. will not have the mount,
yielding the saddle instead to
Frankie Keogh. ~
But these are the arguments cf
desperation, and Kentucky, back on
her launches, Is desperate.
Whatever else happens. and re-
Gardless Of Kentucky's duel with the
world, Q wonderful race II promised.
The field is to number from twelve
% fifteen fine colts, and the track,
unless weather changes, will be fast.
A crowd Of racing elite will tax
Latonia's seventy-acres. for already
Cincinnati and the Kentucky suburbs
are thronged with barons Of finance.
captains of industry, and lords Of
society come to witness this supreme
test in the sport of kings. Cabinet
members and public figures. like
James Middleton Cox, of Dayton,
Ohio, remembered for a race Of his
own, will be present.
But in the rush to the rail TO see
q thrilling finish, rank means moth.
Ing. They are all either aristocrats
or democrats alike, And this throns
tomorrow viii merely shrug its
shoulders and, for example, say:
fwhof Oh. Jimmy Cox. but we
can see him run any time. Out
here are horses"