The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

/ Even if a muddy track
should develop there would be
no especial change in the bet
ting line which favors Cav2l-
cade, Mata Hari, Peace Chance
and Bazaar, because the en-
tire field was rated as at least
fair in heavy going.
Cavalcade is listed as a superior
mudder. Sir Thomas, Sgt. Byrne,
Peace Chance. Blue Again and Sing
ing Wood are all regarded as for
midahle candidates over a slippery
track.
The crowd which began arriving
at the Downs just as the sun came
up had sweued to thousands by
noon.
The rail in front of the clubhouse
was packed solidly with spectators.
mostly women, five hours before the
Derby was scheduled. Only a few
Of the fainter-hearted were driven
to cover by the gusty rains.
FOgarty Is Scratched
The field was reduced to eighteen
at scratch time when John F.
O'Neil declined the issue with Fo-
garty, which was grouped in the
mutuel field betting.
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 we're 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 fremen fighting the
flames. All horses in the doomed
barn were saved. Damage was
SIS, 900.
The crowd, totalling $4,000, in
cluded the usual tens of thousands
of guys named joe and was e
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 l
Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane's great
colt, Cavalcade, was a firm 2 to l
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 a mile and a quarter.
Second favoritism remained over
night on Mata Hari, the feet fl1y
from the Dixiana stable Of Charles
T. Fisher. Winner Of five of her
eight races in 1888, this beautifully
formed brown flly for weeks was
the Derby winter book ~favorite.
Next in line, at odds Of 6 to l,
came the hope Of all good Blue
Grass racing fans, the Colonel E. r.
Bradley entry of Bazaar, a filly, and
Blue Again. Actually the 6 to l odds
were on the chances Of the flly, 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.
If Colonel Bradley is lucky he will
have his third consecutive Derby
winner, and his fifth of all time.
The Derby, over n and one
fourth miles, will be run as the
sixth race of today's program. 1t
is to start at about 5 p. m, central
standard time. 1t carries a prize Of
$50, 900 added money.