The Washington times., 1924-05-05

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Picking Derby long shot is now
the most popular indoor and outdoor
sport throughout the Middle West
Fav0rites rarely are established by
reason Of their records. The only
records compiled by these three
year.olds were made az two-ytelr-
Olds, running at four, five and six
furlOngs, with only q few races as
long as a mile. Two-year-old sprint.
ers do not always go out as three.
year-olds and win races at a dis.
lance of mile and a quarter, the
Derby route.
Wise Counsellor, st. James, Sara.
zen and Black Gold, the latter win
ner OF the Louisiana Derby over a
long route late last winter, have
been established favorites. Wise
Counsellor closed his two-year- old
career last fall by winning a beau.
tiful race at Il mile from Mad Play,
Harry Sinclair'S star, Battle Creek,
Chilhowee and a number Of otheI
Derby eligibles. in the remarkable
time Of 1897 2-5. Beau Butler tri-
umphed in. the Pimlico Futurity
at the same distance, with almost
as much speed, over some more
Derby candidates. But aside from
these two events, this years three
year-olds had few long distance tests
last summer and fall.
The difference between a mile
and mile and a quarter is not
merely two furl0ngs, according to
hOrsemen. IL ID the difference
between q sprinfer and a distance
runner, Wherefore nobody can
prOye right now that any of the
baby sprinters of last season will
mature into distance-running
Derby winners.
Every ian is welcome to his own
Judgment, but Andrew Jackson
Jones, porter on the Baltimore and
Ohio, out of st. Louis toward New
York, allows as how Stanwix will
win the Dubhy. Why? Because he
understands Gtanwix, belonging to
Harry Sinclair, is a better colt than
Play. which ran Wise Counsellor to
q head last fall. II Wise Counsellor
Is the class of the field and could
beat Mad Play only head, theT
Stanwix, much better than Mao
Play. can cert.n'y whip the whole
bunch-following the logic Of Mr.
Jones. But the head barber in the
Union Station shop up at Indian
apolis, a horseless racing hotbed
understands that Black Gold ha:
the race at his mercy.
Black Gold viii be at short odds
he Ia
colt that should pay handsomely
II a winner. Mr.. Jones is one 81
several hundred thousands looking
for q long-priced winner. Many OF
these other thousands are inclined
Beau Butler, Bobtail and Better and
Better.
StiIl others remember how Omar
Khayyam won the Derby, after
very poor season as . twO-year-
old, and find three Of Omar's sons
eligible this year, They are Comic
Artist. Aga Khan and Abu Ben
out rs very ordinary two year
fall. Comic Artist, owned by Car
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here at Churchill Downs and
seems to be coming along wei.
On the other hand. so the argu-
| ment runs, 1t has been years since
the Whitneys won Derby. They
are about due. and they have a
whole RIFT of eligibles, including
Husky, Transmute and Whiskalong.
1t may be smart to play the name
Iof whitney, or-but what's the use?
The race may be between Wise
Counsellor, Sarazen, st. James and
Black Gold, or it may fall to some
so-calIed outsider at a long price.
Between twenty and twenty-five are
expected to start on May II, when
Colonel Winn has the Downs packed
with humanity. OF this score or
more several will be long shots, and
there's more rejoicing in turfdom
over one longshot that wins than
over twenty popular favorites.
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