The Washington times., 1936-05-04
Preakness
bEyedBy
Venture
By GLEN MCCARTHY

Springs, Morton L. Schwartz was
disposed to pass up the Pimlico
classic and give Bold Venture a
rest, feeling the colt was entitled
to one after the arduouS Derby
preparation he went through.
If Schwartz should change his
mind, or Trainer Max Hirsh
should talk him into changing it,
Jockey Ira Hanford would not be
available for the Preakness, as the
Churchill Downs officials gave him
Is days for bit Of rough riding.
Brevity is not eligible for the
Preakness. His next start may be
in the WitherS, at Belmont Park
a week later.
# Granville suffers no training
setback from his fall at the start
Of the Derby, he will likely go in
the PreaknesS, and possibly be
made favorite-n Bold Venture
does not go.
Others On Hand
However, three or four Eastern
colts whose trainers skipped the
Derby, may have to be reckoned
with.
Indian Broom goes back to the
Coast. His owner, Major Austin
Taylor, British Columbia mining
tycoon, is one of the most pictur-
esque-looking horse owners to
enter racing since the colorful
Willis Sharpe KiImer first graced
O club house lawn.
Brevity, even though he should
have won the Derby, was over
rated by Miami horSemen and rae.
ing fans. He is not the superhorss
they proclaimed, just a real good
race horse.
A lucky horse possessed of a
magnificent heart, Bold Venture
won the Sixty-Second Kentucky
Derby. A horse greatly overrated
by hundreds Of veteran horSemen
and racing observers, Brevity, was
unlucky to lose this same Ken.
lucky Derby. And a horse, aston
iShingly overrated by racing men
who fell under the spell of his re.
cent flashes Of speed, Indian
Broom, had no excuses.
cannot recall a horse Of Bold
Ventures youth and limited rae
ing experience whose courage was
so Sorely tried. High strung, will.
full, he met with racing and stable
mishapS last year that must have
completely Soured a less stout
hearted thoroughbred. He ran
away before the starts of two
rich, juvenile stakes on 1885 and
on both occasions fell over the out
side fence. He was badly knocked
around in the running of the
Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga and
so sharply injured he was retired
for the season. But-before he
could reach retirement the car in
which he was being shipped
caught fire-and he narrowly
missed cremation, which was the
fate Of two stable-mateS.
Thirteenth In Line
And today, in the $4,000 Derby,
Bold Venture was thirteenth-next
to last horSe-away from Starter
Hamilton'S gate. had to race
outside many horses. sailed to
the front at the end of three-Quar.
tiers prematurely what crtti-
cism of little Jockey Hanford's gen.
eralship there would have been
had his colt met defeat) raced
Indian Broom, ColdStream and He
Did off their feet in q quarter Of
a mile. looked beaten at the 100
yard mark. but responded like
a true Observation-Disclosures as you
would expect Of a son Of st. Ger
mans (Sire of Twenty Grand
when Hapford called on him for
everything he had in the closing
strides.
There is a saying, something
about one who lives by the sword
passing out that way. Jockey
Wayne Wright, often accused Of
rough riding-SometimeS unjuStly,
I suspect, suffered plenty at the
hands Of rough riders In this
derby. Brevity was knocked to his
knees in the first rush from the
gate. and in a twinkling was
way way back tenth.
Brevity had to race plenty wide
thereafter. The stumble obviously
took a lot out Of him. but no
one can deny the Widener colt
ran a grand, winning race. Even
after he was clear Of all interior
ence, and was charging down the
homeStretch, overtaking Bold Ven
ture with every stride. Brevity
still was unlucky, for Wayne
Wright is a southpaw whipper and
had little chance to use his CAD,
for Bold Venture was running
straight and true: to get whip
hand room, Wright would have
had to Swerve his mount out to
the right-a costly move with
only $50 yards to go.
just a few highlights on the
race: The Brevity camp won their
plea-that the colts blinkers be
put over his head at the post,
rather than in the customary
place, the Saddling paddock;
Jockey Wright wore the blinkers
tied around his waist in the post
parade. Bold Venture takes rank
as the fifth longest shot ever to
win the Derby-and the longest
since Exterminator in 1918. Bold