The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-15
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BIZ JOE WILLIAMS

By JOE WILLIAMS
4 OUISVILLE, KY, May 15.-Well
IL it turns out that my boss IN the
Derby, which is Tannery. is very
popular with the folks down this
way and that a great number OF
them will line up in front Of the
machines to play him from left to
right to beat the favorite, Gallant
Fox. Saturday. Indeed, there is
growing sentiment that the fifty
sixth renewal of the classic will re-
solve itself into an International
race, with the Fox representing the
east and the boss dreamed about
carrying the hopes Of the west, as
well as my twenty biscuits.
In the hotel Hobbies today the boys who
profess to know what IL is all about are
saying that IL the Fox can leave Tannery
behind the son Of Galahad The Thrice
will have nothing else to worry about be-
cause there is nothing else in the race.
SOMEHOW CRACK BRIGADE HAS
BEEN LOSING ESTEEM WITH THE LOB
BY ORAcLES AND THIS IS RATHER
STRANGE TO THE AMATEUR TURF MAN
IN VIEW or THE FACT THAT THE FAST
MOVING YOUNG OFFSPRING OR Mr..
LIGHT BRIGADE GAVE THE FOX
PLENTY OF FIGHT IN THE PREAKNESS.
LOSING THE NOD BY LESS THAN A
LENGTH IN A DRIVING STRETCH FIN
IsH.
ITHE expert explanation of this
Il is that Crack Brigade was
brought to top form for the Freak
ness. that he was as fit as he will be
and that in the natural course OF
events he will be somewhat less fit
for the Derby. On the other hand,
Tannery has been brought along by
more gradual degrees and is now
ready for his best effort, and If he
isn't good enough to beat the Fox
Saturday, he never will be.
As say. that is how the boys are igur-
ing the race in the hotel Hobbies, the Fox
to win. Tannery to place and Crack Bril-
gade to show. AS far as the boys are
concerned the rest of the field will be
merely taking an airing. It's strictly
three-hoss race with the boys and the
Ned O's. the Buckeye Poets. the Gallant
knights and the High Foots are so much
atmosphere.
or course, it doesn't necessarily
~ follow that this will be the
case, since the boys do not know
any more about these things than
Gus the plumber, if as much, and
it is a mistake to place too great
a stress on their oracular Sputter-
ings. because it has been demon
strated over a long stretch Of years
that any boss with four legs and
a general sense of direction has a
chance to win in a Derby field, and
especially if the day happens to be |
drenched with rain, as it usually IS.
n
Nobody seems TO know whether the Fox
can go in the mud. and if he can how |
and where. 1 asked the Earl of Sande /
about this and he admitted he didn't |
know. "If the track is anywhere near fast |
We ought to win" he said. but If it's |
muddy 1 don't know" Naturally. the |
Earl Of Sande. who has his heart set on
winning the Derby for the third time, is
roofing for a dry racing strip with less
than one-half of one per cent moisture.
AM NOT SURPRISED TO LEARN |
THAT MUD IS THE FAvORITE DISH OF |
MY HOSS AND THAT THE THEME SONG |
OF HIS WHOLE FAMILY HAS ALWAYS /
BFEN HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE
A SONG WHICH is SUNG WITH SPLASH
ING EFFECT ON TRAILING FIELDS.
TANNERY'S daddy, Ballot, was
Il weaned on mud and his man.
nv. Blemish, wouldn't leave the
barns unless it was raining pitch
forks and pearl necklaces, and no
body could ever persuade the old gal
to carry a paraSoI or even put on her
galoshes.
Well. this makes it pretty nice. but as
I saw I am not surprised because l have
known for more than week that nv |
boss was as good as in, and if he needs
a muddy track I am sure that something /
will happen to see that he gets one. He is
ali boss. Jack Baker. the trainer. saws he
was never more ready for the race in
his life.
HOW ABOUT THEM BUM KNEES
HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE?" I ASKED. |
THIS MOVED MR.. BAKER TO A LOUD |
AND RAUCUOUS LAUGH WHICH |
DOOMED ACROSS THE TRACK AND WAS
LOST IN SILENCE AMONG THE DECOR |
GUS OLD ELMS THAT FRINGE THE |
FIELD his KNEES IS AS GOOD AS |
YoURN.' ANSWERED MR. BAKER. AND |
MAYBE BETTER" I SAID I HOPED so. |
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TITS knees stiffened little on
i Il him last July at Arlington"
continued Mr.. Baker. land we laid
him off for a month. 1t was more
of a rest than anything else and
when he came back he was as
sound as dollar and maybe
sounder." Mr.. Baker likes to be
emphatic about such things.
IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT AP-
FEARED INCREDULoUS BECAUSE TIE
CENT? ENfAN INVITED IdE INTO THE
BARN. YOU CAN FEEL. THEM KNEES
FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO-" HE
URGED.
I WOULD GET A BREAK LIKE INA /;
NOW IF IT HAD BEEN EACK STAGE
WITH zIEGFELDl