The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-02
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press staff Correspondent
CHHR CHILL. D0WNC

CHURCHILL DOWNS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May e.
The field for the sixty-second
running of the Kentucky
Derby was reduced to IL
crack 3-year-olds at scratch
time early today when Dnei-
per and Seventh Heaven, a
filly, were withdrawn.
Neither had been expected to
start. Dnieper, owned by Mrs. P.
A. B. Widener, had been scheduled
to run coupled with Joseph A.
Widener's Brevity, the heavy favo-
rite. Seventh Heaven, a $1,000 plat
er owned by w. G. Goodloe, was a
last-minute, unknown entry yester-
day.
Clear weather and a fast track
a break for Brevity-was the OUT
look at scratch time. The sun be-
gan shining and the track, which
mad been sloppy from several days
rain, rapidly was rounding into
shape.
Hope for Dry Weather
The vanguard of the expected
record-breaking crowd of $4,000 be-
gan arriving at the rambling old
course early. Twenty-Five persons
had lined up outside the general adj
mission ticket window at the crack
OF dawn. -Four Derby fans from
st. Louis stayed there through the
night.
Col. Matt VIM, ringmaster of the
Blue Grass classic, was enthusiastic
over the weather. A heavy rain
storm hit West Louisville early this
morning and continued for Is min
utes. But here in Louisville, where
the Downs nestled snugly, only q
few drops fell.
AT $50 a. m, the track was mod,
erately fast and the sun shone
through threatening clouds. Two
hours later the weather was clear
and the track fast.
Post-time for the classic was an
nounced at 4:40 p. m.
Largest Crowd Expected
Electromagnetic largest ever to
attend the Derby-came from every
state of the Union and every sta
ton OF life, and came by every
conceivable means of Transports
ton. Excursion trains, fleets of
buses, airplanes, automobiles and
horses brought constantly swelling
rived sof people into a city where
hotels and rooming houses were sold
out days ago.
Every unit of the CROW entered
the city, started toward the track,
and eddiedthrSugh the grand stand
and paddock with one question
dominating everything:
Who'll win it?"
The answers were as varied as
the question was monotonous.
Getting away from the eria
of the mob which was here to have
a good time and spend something
like s10,000,000, the race narrowed
| GOWN 70 SIX horses.
Brevity Loses Support
They were Brevity, Bold Venture.
Grand Slam, The Fighter, Gram
vile and Col. e. r. Bradley's entry
of Bien Joli and Banister-nobody
can split them, zlot even Col. E. r.
Bradley himself. who's won. four
! Derbies.
Brevity had lost support in the
last "a hours. He no longer was the
horse that couldn't be beaten, but
the horse which may be beaten
not by one, but by several. His last
workout was the worst Derby fay
orite ever has had on the eve Of
| the race.
He still was the favorite and was
expected to carry most of the
none ytoday. probably going to ths
post at anywhere from even money
to 9-5, according tosthe track condi-
tions. But the smart horsemen
aren't near as solid for him as they
were AZ hours ago.
CHS (WFBm viii carry an ex-
elusive broadcast Of the running Of
the sixty-second Kentucky Derby at
Ais this afternoon. At the micro
phone win be Bryan Field, Bob
Trout and Hugh Conrad, the same
men who described the event for
CHS listeners last year. The broad
cast will last until 5, and will u,
clude . description. prior 70 the
running. Of the crowd, track and