The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-04
KID JOCKEY IS
HERO OF HOUR
Negro Swipe Also Claims
Honor as Bold Venture
Wins Derby
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
United Press Staff Correspondent

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(UP).-You can take it from
Rufus do Right Scott, Bold
Ventures negro swipe, that this
years Kentucky Derby was the
greatest ever. Had it not been for
ado Rights" courage, Bold Ven
ture never would have lived to
come down the stretch Saturday
and under the wire one head in
front of Brevity.
do Right" saved Bold Venture
from flames which broke out in a
box car carrying las horses from
Saratoga, N. Y, to New York City
after two horses were burned to
death. 'Do Right" with the aid
Of the train crew got the fire out
and saved Bold Venture.
Ira Hanford, who rode Bold
Venture to victory, had to beg his
mother to let him become a joe
key last July. One of her sons.
Buddy Hanford, had been killed
in a spill at Pimlico about three
years ago. She didn't want to see
pug-nosed Ira follow in the same
procession which took the life Of
Buddy. Finally, Ira's persistence
won out and he quit an Omaha
high school.
Hanford, who arrive dhere Fri
day, had never been in Kentucky
before.
Bold Venture couldn't have
won the derby any other way, ex-
cept the way it happened. He was
in a jam at the start. Brevity, the
horse .he beat by inches, would
hove won had he not been jostled
at the start, knocked off stride
and almost to his knees. Only the
big heart of little Hanford in
Bold Venture run faster
than he ever had before in that
duel along 'Heartbreak Highway
the last drive to the wire
saved the race for the colt owned
by Morton L. Schwartz, New
York sportsman.
With courage seldom seen at a
race track, Hanford, lashing his
stood off Brevity's desper-
ate bid: Bold Venture, 20 to
shot, beat off the challenge of the
As favorite ridden by the wes-
tern whirlwind. Wayne Wright. !
For those Is seconds quarter |
Of a minute of the most stirring |
action old Churchill Downs ever
witnessed - Hanford, a baby
faced, little boy, rode with the
skill of a Cande, the heart Of a
Texas ranger and the tenacity of
q bulldog.
Wright, the experienced, hard
riding jockey who has been win
ming the rich stake races-Santa
Anita handicap, Santa Anita der
oy, Florida derby-with ease, was
utmaneuvered and beaten by
cid apprentice.
After the race the stewards de-
,ided to set down Hanford, and
;wo other Jockeys, George Burns
who piloted Indian Broom to
;hird place, and Nick Wall. who
brought Coldstream in fourth. for
rough riding. In the shuttle and
am at the start of the race,
jockey, Jimmy Stout,
vas tossed off, and the BelaIr
mud horse ran around the track
'iderless in last place.
Bold Ventures time Of 2:O3
IS was the third fastest derby
.ver run at mile and quarter.
The record is 2:O1 As, set by
twenty Grand in 1881.
Paying $43 for a 81 ticket
Bold Venture was the longest
,riced winner since 1918 when
Ixterminator paid about 80 to |.
The winning purse was $37, 725,
f which little Hanford will get
o per cent as his fee. Bold Ven
ure was trained by Make Hirsch'
Who before the race said: "Only
ne horse can beat Bold Venture
nd that's Brevity and | don't
hink he'll do it," III
The crowd, called the largest
yer to see the derby by Colonel
fatt Vim, wagered 81, 26s;Hfe. II
ighest total since 1881. On the
erby alone S472,750 was bet, an
Increase of 1S per cent over the
UNI bet on the race last year. IL