Evening star., 1935-05-05
$4,000 See Classic Run
Under Worst Conditions in
Years-Roman Soldier
Second, WhiskoIo Third.
NELLIE FLAG CROWDED
SERIOUSLY AT START
Today, Injured, Runs Twelfth.
Victor, Son of Gallant Fox,
First in 1880, Runs Mile and
Quarter in 2:05-0nly Filly in
Race Favorite.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

CHURCHILL DOWNS, LOUIS
VILE, KY, May 4.-Gallant son of
a gallant daddy, William Woodward's
Omaha, stretched his long legs COM
fortably today on the cold, rain
drenched surface of the historic
Downs oval and galloped to a smash
ing victory in the sixty-frst Ken
lucky Derby.
While a thoroughly soaked but
highly excited crowd of nearly $4,000
spectators roared their acclaim, the
big, gangling chestnut colt admin
istered a sound beating to II rival
3-year-olds, including the crack filly
favorite, Nellie Flag, and duplicated
the triumph of his famous sire, Gal
liant Fox, the winner Of the 1880
Derby, for the New York banker,
whose colors Omaha also carried this
afternoon.
Running with much the same CON-
fidence his daddy showed five years
ago, Omaha steered clear of the early
jam, took command on the back
stretch and never was seriously men
aced in the long stretch drive despite
q game finish of the powerful black
colt, Roman Soldier, the Texas Derby
winner.
Whisk0lo Runs Third.
A length and a half separated
Omaha and Roman Soldier at the
finish with an outsider, Whiskolo,
Whiskolo was four lengths behind
Roman Soldier, but length and q
half in front of Nellie Flag, the
capricious filly which suffered from
early interference and barely took
fourth money, by head, from Black
birder.
The rest of the big field was we'll
scattered. with most of the heavily
played choices nowhere. Plat Eye,
after setting the pace for half mile,
finished eighth Commonwealth, sup
posed to be at home in the somewhat
slippery going, was tenth and Today,
c. v. Whitney's erstwhile favorite,
finished twelfth after weakening
badly in the stretch. Col. E. r.
Bradley's Boxthorn, the hope of the
"hard-boots" and rated strong con-
tender, never was in the contention
and finished 18th, beating only st.
Bernard and Weston.
It was a dismal, cherries day, with
o crowd of disappointing proportions
shivering in the coolest weather the
derby has experienced in a blue moon,
but it was a grand victory for Omaha
and the colors of the Belair stud.
Jockey In First Derby.
On the track where the great Earle
Sande rode Gallant Fox to triumph
five years ago, Wee Willie" Saunders
of Bozeman, Mont, piloted the Fox's
son to victory with all the finesse and
resourcefulness of a veteran. instead
OF youngster getting the thrill of
his first derby conquest.
The outcome wrote new derby his
tory. Omaha is the third son of a
derby winner to capture the blue rib
bon prize of old Kentucky, but the
span Of five years in which The latest
father and son victory has been
achieved is new record. Seven years
separated the first pair, Halma in 1895
and Alan-a-Dale in 1902. The tri-
umph of two of the Bradley stars,
Bubbling Over and Burgoo King. were
six years apart, 1925 and 1882.
Winner Pays $40 For 81.
Second choice in the betting at 4
to |, Omaha paid $40 to win for each
50 ticket In the mutuels, as we'll as
SIS to place and $3.50 to show The
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