The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-19
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By JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK. May 19.-Colone'
IN Bones-Who was that dream 1
saw you with at the Derby?
Colonel Trombones-That was no
dream, that was a night mare.
There isn't much more to say
about our pal Tannery. He was sec
ond breaking from the stall gates,
third going past the clubhouse the
first time around, second starting up
the back stretch, and from then on
he was nowhere. All that can say
for him is that he had honesty in
his heart and larceny in his soul
He gave the dreamer a run, but
mostly it was in the wrong direc-
ton.
The only consolation can offer the
followers Of this source OF occult infOr-
nation is that viii not make public any
more Of my spiritual revelations. Trans
crossing tbs promise I shall do so with
the aid of = new mattress or new mid
night diet.
At any rate. it appears that 1 can be
plenty wrong guessing these things with
nv eyes open or shut and IL that Job is
still open in the pickle factory where my
genius as an outstanding sculptor OF warts
was generally recognized. I can use II.
Certainly as an expert I am OF little help
70 an eager and sxpeetant community.
AS matter Of truth It was strictly
one boss race The Fox was much the
best animal 1t may be true that he had
nobody to beat but it is equally true that
he lost no time or spent very little eEtrsy
beating the field. Sande got him out IN
front going down the back stretch and
from then on it was cake walk.
What astonished a lot of people, inciud-
ing Earl sande and Trainer FItz, that the
Fox. once in front, kept on running. This
is contrary to his usual disposition. lie is
the Jack sharkey Of the S-year-olds. He
refuses 10 give you any more than he has
to- mean to say that after he has taken
the lead he no longer is interested in the
proceedings.
ZEE started to quit on me after
i i we turned into the stretch,
said Sande. "I could see that two
other bosses (they were Gallant
Knight and Ned o. were drawing
up on us and drawing up fast, so I
gave him the whip, just a short,
quick smack, and Immediately he
changed from a hesitating jog into
a fast sprint and kept it up until we
got home"
The time for the mile and a quarter was
2:O7 3-5. which was slow. and an indca-
ton that there was little class to the
winner or the field. asked Sande about
this.
Time in any race is important, but we
could have one faster. l didn't want
to take the lead when did, but you have
10 let this boss run his own race. If
had given him the whip earlier we could
have taken two or three seconds off the
time anyway. maybe more"
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And a. it was your Slumberlng
correspondent can testify that the
Fox cana prancing down in front
with a lot in reserve. He was in a
mild gallop when he passed the
tall black and white pole, which is
the payoff line at the Churchill
Downs track.
THERE S no telling what kind
Il of a boss the Fox is. In many
respects ne is the most unusual
moss that has come to the races in
a number of years. He combines
the homespun qualities of truck
boss with the racing ardor Of
thoroughbred.
Unlike many great bosses OF the past
he is not interested in running. Not in
any sense can he be called an artist. He
Is lazy unima ginative and without a
compelling sense of ambition. This year.
he has won three Of the biggest colt
stakes in America-the Wood Memorial,
the Preakness and the Derby and in each
of these it has been necessary to wake
him M and make him 60.
His one redeeming feature has
been that once awakened he gets up
and goes. To many people this is
the mark Of a real champion, and
for all know the Fox may be just
that At any rate he has developed
the habit of being first and in this
day and time, that seems to be
pretty fair habit.