The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-05-07

IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NAOhCn4LL OOWNSs A~S%~
~ VILE, KY. May Another
year and another Derby. Here We
are again out OF the lawn looking
the crowd over. II isn't as big a
crowd as We saw last year, or the
year before, but the tension. the
theater and the coior-they are just
as high and wild There's some
thing about the Derby-something
about any race In Kentucky-that
just IS a little bit different. Maybe
there ought to be law against
holding a race anywhere else.
Well let's forget about laws for a while
and locs around. YOU can't lose any
money cooking srounc i NAV not o
the mcst Eratiiflug part Of the Derry.
bat &c Be az least the most secure. But
who Hants - De sccuref hememDer noN
Percy Rockefeller moaued when the SEN
ators Questioned him about short seilinRl
folks here. mean sporting folks. You
can't beat Colonel Edward Bradley sitting
over there in his box One-tVo Bradley
thew call him out here lies native
sre-tao In the DERBY TO-DAY he has
Two more Rolug-Burgoo King and Brother
doe TO aN and sundry be says. one
DURGOO KING is a curious
ID name. What does It mean?
Wei, see that long, skinny looking
man down there squeezed up against
the rail. Take a full squint at him.
That's the burgoo king Of Ken
lucky. His name is Tommy King
and he halls from Lexington, a
fun brassie shot and a long iron
from here. He can cook burgoo
better than anybody else in the
state. In fact, ne Is the king
cooker Of burgoo. Colonel Bradley
likes his burgoo. He likes King.
Hence Burgoo King in the Derby
today.
Don't ask Mr. King what burzoo IS. Il
takes too long 20 tell. Apparently u Is
~ ~ p05esr fhc cartb aroT q casual de-
scription Of the dash, lasting Tar into ne
night ] am persuaded that it Is glorined
ashestos added II takes two fuil days Of
steady cooking 20 prepare real nrst-class
short order Of burgoo. so don't try 70 get
it at the automat.
TT Is still some minutes before
i the Derby starts and we can't
tell yet whether it is going to rain.
l mention this because Colonel
Bradley. VINO is probably the most
aristocratic gambler in a nation
where gambling in many phases is
illegal, has made a wager OF to l
that IL will not rain. The colonel
is a sort of one man LloydS or
London. He will bet you on the
mean dandruff fall on One-Eye
Connollys coat collar during any
specific month.
Ten DAYS ago. when Top Flight was d
, 10 ! favorite in the winter books nc
offered 70 bet $50 900 against $4,000 that
sonny Whitney's iillv wouldn't run one
two-three The bet was made. TWO GAYS
later TOP Flight was shut out IN 20
cent race at Jamaica. and tTenty-iour
hours later she was Withdrawn from inc
Looking around the stands. J, fan 70
see SONNY whitney. but they teli me ne
him sitting in the same box where nc
sat with his dad seventeen years ago
the Derby. raced to triumph. sonny then
was iust a little fellow and as nc mas
said since. that was his BIGGEST tnIiii A.
mcndouslv disappointed he was when TOP
Flight folded up. And so were the noFs
In the press COOP. Il would have been
THERE'S Admiral Harry Gray
i son of Baltimore sitting over
there with a party of friends. The
Admiral used to run some mighty
fine bosses. On of them was My
own. Back in 1923 My Own was
scheduled to race Papyrus, the Eng
lish champion, in an international
race at Belmont. hut at the last
minute the Jockey Club stewards
decided on zev instead.
The admiral didn't know anything
about the shift until he arrived at
the track and read the program It
was a terrific jolt to his ambitions
but he took it like a grand sports
man. "IIf Zev is fit he is the boss
that should start. I think he is
better than my boss"
As YOU NAV recall. 1t was hardly a con-
test. zev won as he pleased. Sande was
M. The illustrious Steve Donohue Eng
lands greatest rider. had the lex up on
PaDvrus. There Is always somebody around
Teady 70 leer the loser. espeelallY II nc
Is visitor from overseas. Sande seemed
to realize this.
He waited for Donohue up at the first
Judges stand. an unusual gesture. Gen.
erallv the winner comes back alone to re-
ccive the hip-hio-hoorav stuff. Just
another little proof that the Sande guy Is
There's Mr. Josh s. cosden going into
the 500 booth That in itself should
make him UNIQUE Cosden Is one OF the
manv big induStrialists who took Il on the
chin IN the panic Some years back when
the Prince 81 wales visited America he
waS the Cnsden's house oucst-and I an
told he rlaved the Coeden tins ~ the
races and with better than fair success.
They used 70 do their betting with john
nv Walters. when betting was an art. and
when Walters was tho most fo-mioe bic
book makcr on any continent