Evening star., 1933-05-08
WILL RENEW DERBY
DUEL IN PREAKNESS
Brokers Tip and Head Play
to Race Again at Pim-
Iico Next Saturday.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor


"A YEW YORK, May 8.-Thor-
M oughbred heroes of one of
Y greatest 3-year-old duels
in American turf history,
Brokers Tip and Head Play were
pointed today for the renewal of
rivalry that has gripped the
racing world with fresh melo-
drama and bitter arguments.
They waged the Dempsey Firpo bat
tie of the turf, aided by their jockeys
Saturday In the flfty-ninth Kentucky
Derby, with Brokers Tip triumphant
by 2 inches Of nose in a stretch drive
that has had no superior for thrills
since mighty Man O. War barely beat
John P. Grier in the historic finish
to the 1920 Dwyer.
They are entered this Saturday in
the Preakness at Pimlico along with q
half dozen other survivors Of the bat
tie OF Churchill Downs, and Head Play
may be favored to turn the tables on
the stout colt that upset Derby favor
ties IN his first winning race and added
to the record-breaking achievements
OF Col. Edward Riley Bradley, king of
Kentucky horsemen.
MO matter what else happens, how
~ ever. to these two game colts in
the chase for 1888 3-year-old su-
ctr
mantlc OF American horse racing clas-
sizes will remain vivid chapter in turf
annals.
For the last quarter mile, with all RI
vals beaten off in the first mile, Head
Play and Jockey Herb Fisher struggled
mead to head with Brokers Tip and
Rider Don Meade in a terrific finish,
wnlle $4,000 spectators yelled them
serves hoarSe. Fisher charged that
Meade pulled Head Plays saddle cloth
ana otherwise interferred with him
Meade counter-charged that Fisher
struck him twice with his whip. Fisher.
tearfuliy raging, carried his protest to
the judges, who turned him down. He
carried MS hight with Meade into the
dressing quarters with his fists
~ was that kind of rip-roaring
nnlsh where the hot -headedness of the
participants reflected the sensational
character OF the race. The decision
in favor of Brokers Tip. the first
maiden" to win the Derby since Sir
Barton in 1919, marked the second
straight triumph for Col. Bradley;
horses and his fourth Derby victory
altogether. No other owner ever has
won the Kentucky prize more than
twice.
Brokers Tip paid the big price of
S19.86 for each 81 ticket The dark son
OF Black Toney-F Forteresse was q So
to-1 shot in the Winter books. never
having won a race in five starts as
a 2-year-old and 3-year-old. Until this
Spring q stablemate, Boilermaker. had
been pointed for the $4,000 classic
by Bradley, but did not even 70 to
the post.
HEAD PLAY, by the margin of q
L nose, failed to complete one of the
most dramatic stories of horse
racing: Bought for $500 as a yearl.ny
by Willie Crump, former jockey, and
raced under Mrs. Crump's colors, Head
flay was sold "a hours before the Derby
Tor $4,000 to Mrs. Silas B. Mason OF
New York and Kentucky. Wife of a
prominent contractor, Mrs. Mason had
her whim gratified and her colors in
the Derby for the first time, with an
outstanding favorite. only to see the
blue ribbon slip from her grasp by the
narrowest of margins at the very end
Winter books "cleaned-up" on the
Derby when w. r. Goes Ladysman
2-year-old champion, which went to
the post a 7-to-5 favorite with a stable
mate, Pomponious, found the distance
TOO tough. They finished fourth and
NTH respectively. Charley o, another
heavily played entry, owned by Mrs.
third in starting field of 13 colts.
Charley o was five lengths behind Head
Play and two lengths in front of Ladys-
man.