Evening star., 1935-05-05
OMAHA IS winner
OF S39,525 DERBY.
$4,000 See Kentucky Turf
Classic Run Under
Dreary Conditions.
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sturdy son of Gallant Fox and Flam-
il. bino, winner of only $3.50 as two
year-old, collected $39,525 net for his
first three-year- conquest. The
q race carried gross value of $49,950,
of which $4,000 went to Roman Sol
dier, $4,000 to Whiskolo and $1,000
to Nellie Flag.
Roman Soldier. backed so heavily
that the black colt went to the bar
rier third choice. returned $6.40 to
place and s4.20 to show in the mu-
tuels. Whiskolos show price was
S3.40.
Interference at two early stages Of
Of Nellie Flag. the tempermental filly
which displaced Today as the favorite
overnight after 1t developed the
popular C.. v. Whitney colt had
pulled up trifle lame, with heel
bruise. Nellie Flag would have re-
turned only $3.50 on the dollar if
she had shown the way home to her
gentleman rivals, but she was never
able to gain a contending position
, after being bumped around impo-
utely at the start.
Filly damned at Start.
It was no day for certainty. any
way, and the colts showed no dis
position to adopt chivalrous methods
and "see Nellie home" the way they
did the fillys dam, Nellie Morse, in
the 1924 Preakness. Nellie Flag Suf-
fered sharp interference from Plat
Eye, carrying the colors of Mrs Payne
whitney's Greentree Stable, soon
after the start as the big field seemed
almost to converge, funnel like, for the
first run down the stretch.
The Calumet miss again was i'm
peded, rounding the first turn, and
Jockey Eddie Arcaro was unable to
get his charge out of close quarters
until the last quarter. 1t was then
too late for Nellie to do anything
about the situation, with Omaha,
winging along fully seven lengths
ahead, but she finished gamely to
land the last money position.
Whether or not Today suffered the
effects of his foot injury. the result
of either kicking or stepping on some
object in yesterdays workout. the
ill-fated Whitney entry never showed
anything like the form that carried
him to triumph a week ago in the
Wood Memorial at Jamaica track.
Todey started well. escaping inter-
ference, but began to fade on the
backstretch and weakened badly in
the stretch, finishing a full braSsie
shot behind Omaha.
Second Blow for Whitney.
It was another severe jolt for the
son of Harry Payne Whitney. The
youthful scion of the famous racing
family was bitterly disappointed in
1881, when the renowned Equipoise
was scratched on the day of the Derby,
won that year by Twenty Grand.
Today was apparently primed to make
a front running bid for this years
big prize, but an accident again
frustrated the hopes of his owner,
c. v. Whitney.
Equally disappointing, but for less
apparent reasons, we're the perform
ances of Plat Eye, Commonwealth and
Boxthorn. all well backed in the bet
ting, whereas Roman Soldier and
Whiskolo, along with the lightly re-
garded Psychic Bid, exceeded previous
expectations by running well all the
way.
1t took Starter Bill Hamilton only
two and half minutes to get the big
field-four short of the Derby record
lined up and away to the echoing
roar of They're Off" 1t required even
less than that for Omaha to demon
strate his superiority over the others.
The son of Gallant Fox negotiated the
mile and a quarter in 2 minutes 5
seconds, good, but not brilliant by
comparison with Twenty Grand's
Derby mark of 2:0l45.
Well Back at Start.
Omaha, as well as Roman Soldier,
ridden by L. Balaski, benefited from
being steered clear of early inter-
ference. Passing the judges stand
for the first time, Plat Eye had taken
the pace-setting position from st.
Bernard, with BoXthorn and Psychic
Bid next, Omaha ninth and Roman
Soldier eleventh.
Boxthorn moved into second place,
behind Plat Eye, at the half mile
mark, with Whopper running third,
Psychic Bid fourth, Omaha coming
up to fifth and Roman Soldier now
eighth, closely following Today and
Nellie Flag. In the long run down
the back stretch Saunders made his
first real move with Omaha, and the
son of Gallant Fox responded, taking
the lead and quickly opening gap
of two lengths, with Whiskolo passing
the faltering Plat Eye to take second
position, and Roman Soldier fourth.
At the turn into the last stretch
Omaha was good length and half
in front Of the oncoming Roman Sol
dier. The crowd roared nightly as
the black colt then came up to Oma-
has flanks and, for a few seconds,
appeared capable of making it close
finishing drive. However, the Wood
ward star still had plenty in reserve
and moved away again in the last
sixteenth. Whiskolo meanwhile was
unable to match Roman Soldiers fin
ish, but hung on gamely to lead Nellie
home. with the rest of the field well
spread out.
The complete order of finish, show
ing the margins separating the horses,
follows Omaha, first by a length and
a half; second, Roman Soldier. four
lengths; third, Whiskolo. length and
q half; fourth Nellie Flag, head; fifth,
Blackhirder, two lengths; sixth,
Psychic Bid, four lengths; seventh,
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