The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
GayeSt Crowd Since War
SWarmS Louisville
for Race.
$4,000 IS FIRE LOSS
Stable Blaze Threatens
Mata Hari, Second
Betting Choice.
By United Press
LOUISVILLE, KY, May
). Derby day dawned
cloudy and threatening.
The weather forecast was
for light showers.

/
| The weather forecast was
for light showers.
By Unitcd Press
CHURCHILL WINS,
Ky, May 5.-The gayest
Kentucky Derby crowd since
the war swarmed over this
classic course today to thrill
to the sixtieth running of
Americas greatest test of the
thoroughbreds.
Everything was offered that any
racing fan could want. There was
distinct favorite, the fleet Caval-
cade, a close second choice. a we'll
balanced field, and a tremendous
long shot
An unexpected but thrilling part
of the entertainment was a stable
fire last night that for a time
threatened the entire Derby field,
but only one entry was in actual
danger. Howard, a long shot, and
several other horses were led from
the flaming structure into the main
enclosure.
Mata Hari, one of the favorites,
was in a stable only 200 feet from
the blaze. She was not disturbed
appreciably by the commotion of
Louisville firemen fighting the
flames. All horses in the doomed
barn were saved. Damage was
$75,000
The crowd, totalling $4,000, in
Guided the usual tens of thousands
of guys named joe and was sea-
Soned with such nationally famous
figures as Postmaster General James
A. Farley, NRA Director Hugh S.
johnson, Kentucky'S Governor Ruby
Laffoon, stars of stage and screen,
including Mae West, Clark Gable,
Harry Richman and Will Rogers.
Cavalcade Is 2 to 1
Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane's great
colt, Cavalcade, was a firm 2 to
favorite. This stalwart brown son
of Lancegaye out of Hastily, fin
ished sixth on the list of money
winning juveniles in 1888, winning
two of his eleven starts, and has
been conditioned perfectly for to-
days test at mile and a quarter.
Second favoritism remained over
night on Mata Hari, the fleet filly
from the DiXiana stable of Charles
T. Fisher. Winner of five of her
eight races in 1888, this beautifully
formed brown filly for weeks was
the Derby winter book favorite.
Next in line, at odds of 6 TO /,
came the hope of all good Blue
Grass racing fans, the Colonel E. r.
Bradley entry of Bazaar, a fiily, and
Blue Again. Actually the to l odds
we're on the chances of the fllly, for
Bradley has no notion of starting
Blue Again. The colt was entered
solely as protection against an I'M
toward accident to Bazaar during
the night. Colonel Bradley must
have his colors in the Derby.
There is one other entry receiving
serious reports, but Peace Chance,
the entry of Joseph E. Widener of
Philadelphia, quoted at 8 to l, was
the colt fans were talking about
more and more as the hour of the
Derby approaches.
Agrarian Is Dark Horse
Not all horsemen we're agreed on
the tops. Just outside the select
circle is the entry of Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, whose Discovery, a 10
to-1 shot, is a much debated nomi-
nee. Then there's Spy Hill, from the
Greentree stable of Mrs. Payne
Whitney, quoted at II to l. Agrarian
rated by many good judges as a
prize bet, also at IL to /; Speedmore,
something Of dark horse at 20 to l,
and Sir Thomas, once a top choice,
another 20 70 l shot.
If Colonel Bradley is lucky ne will
have his third consecutive Derby
winner, and his fifth of all time. If
the race was at mile, Sgt. Byrne
AAlASA4D NC CAAD "a VI AIC3 DuJ J4lCAC dit
racing experts who insist the only
way the Simonetti entry could do a
mile and a quarter would be in a
van.
There's a song about you ought
to be in pictures" and there's an en-
try which would rate such distinc-
ton il it wins, and it is Riskulus, the
30-to-1 shot upon whom the Holly
wood colony has dumped its money.
QuasimodO Is 100 to
The tremendous long shot is
Quasimodo, quoted at 100 to ! and
rated doubtful starter, but actu-
ally a distinctly probable one. It's
owner, Mrs. z. F. Simms, has set
her heart on having her colors in
the Derby.
The pre-Derby celebration was a
continuous performance. Bars in
the downtown Louisville hotels re-
NAMED open throughout the night,
and although there are plenty OF
them they were jammed
The hotels were packed virtually
to suffocation. There wasn't room
in the town.
The Derby, over one and one
fourth miles, will be run as the
sixth race of today's program. It
is TO start at about p. m, central
standard time. 1t carries a prize Of