The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-09
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That, with apologies to poets
who are seldom associated with
the art of horse grooming and odds
making, sums up the pre-Derby
gossip making the rounds Of the
barbershopS, the corner bookstore
and even the finely appointed par
lors in the Bluegrass State.
Right now the East has the edge
in winter odds with Brevity,
Joseph E. Widener's fleet-footed
sure contender for most any track
trophy. Brevity's sharp favoritism
was well earned in two brilliant
performances this year, and the
horses who take the barrier be-
side him will have to do some
fancy stepping.
Up in those cherished upper
brackets of acclaim is another
Eastern product, Tintagel, owned
by Marshal Field. This colt, who
copied the Belmont Futurity, has
been favored by steady seasoning
in Florida and should be as fit
as Brevity when the Derby is run
at Churchill Downs May 2.
Ned Reign Next
Next among the Eastern contin-
gent is Ned Reign, a worthy con-
tender owned by Willis Sharpe
Kilmer.
The West presents a sparkling
quartet in Hal Price Headley'S
Hollywood, c. c. Skaters Cold
stream, Bohn and Markey'S Grand
Slam and E. r. Bradley'S Blen
Joli.
The strong competition being
offered by the East again this
wear recalls the days when the
Derby, by no particular design,
had the Derby practically to itself.
It was not until 1911, So years
after Aristides won the first Ken
lucky classic, that the East staked
out a claim in the Downs turf.
r. F. Carmen brought Meridian
to the colorful Kentucky oval that
year and he showed diversified
heels to Governor Gray and other
Western hopefulS.
r. c. Hallenbeck followed with
another Eastern victory with
Worth in 1912.
The West then chalked up a
deuce with T. P. Hayes Donerail
in 1918 and H. c. Applegate'S Old
Rosebud in 1914.
Then with a bang the East
came back for more, and got it
in 1915 with Harry Payne Whit
ney's Regret, the only filly ever
to win the Derby; John San
fords George Smith in 1915;
Billings and JohnSon'S Omar
Khayyam in 1917, and Willis
Sharpe Kilmer's Exterminator in
1918.
In 1919, Sir Barton, owned by
Comdr. j. K. L. Ross. Of Canada,
was first, and in 1920 Raj PARIS
Paul Jones took the honor back
to the East.
Bradley Sends Entry
Col. E. R. Bradley sent to the
post the first of his four Derby
winners in 1921, running one, two
with Behave Yourself and Black
Servant. The East came back in
1922 with Norwich, owned by Ben
jamin Black, and followed with
Zev, belonging to H. F. Sinclair.
Mrs. r. M. Hoot, of the West, tri-
umphed in 1924 with Black Gold;
the East with G.. A. Cochran's Fly
ing Ebony in 1925: the West in
1925 with Colonel Bradley's Bulb
bling Over; the East in 1927 with
Mr.. Whitney's Whiskery; the West
in 1928 with Mrs. j. D. Hertz's
Reign Count; the East in 1929
with H. P. Gardeners Clyde Van
Deusen, in 1880 with William
Woodward's Gallant Fox, and in
1881 with Mrs. Payne Whitney's
Twenty Grand.
Colonel Bradley then scored two
in a row for the West with Bro
ker's Tip and Burgoo King. Mrs.
Isabel Dodge Sloane took the claS-
sic in the East's name with Cav.
alcade in 1884, and William Wood
ward tailed his second for the
East with Omaha last year.
A graph showing the see-saW
trend of the East-West battle
might scientifically disclose which
sections horse would parimutuelly
be the most sensible wager, but
there's Brevity, and there's Bien
Joli, and there's So and So and
WhichIl 1t Be, and, take it from
the stables, it could be a dead
heat.