Evening star., 1937-05-04
ande Pair Threats in Derby Simmons WORST Rated
G|VESH|SCASTOFFS
OUTSIDE CHANCE
Sceneshifter, Fencer Have
Developed in Hands of
Former Riding Ace.

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Earl is in town again. It's
been five years since the great
IL Sande visited Churchill Downs,
but the "hardboots" never will forget
the handy guy from Idaho who rode
three Kentucky Derby winners They
speak his name almost in reverence
when recalling the deeds of Derby
greats.
Earl is not here to ride in the sixty
third running Of the Derby Those
days are over. But he has two horses
in Sceneshifter and Fencing that may
have something to say about the
division Of the $4,000 purse late Sat-
urday afternoon.
They've got an outside chance"
said Sande today as he watched his
horses breeze over the Churchill
Downs oval. Yes, I'd say they have
q little better than an outside chance"
Sande always considered Scene
shifter the better of the two until
Fencing whipped E. R. Bradley's Mil
lionaire and Brooklyn in the mile and
an eighth OF the Blue Grass Stakes
at Keeneland last week Now he's
not so sure, although Sceneshifter
consistently outworks his stablemate
Both Are Cast offs.
roth of his horses are cast offs
He bought them for Maxwell How
ard OF Dayton, Ohio, from J. E. Wild
ener last Winter in Florida. Once in
the capable hands of the Earl, they
began to really, step after mediocre
2-year- -old careers.
Sceneshifter failed to run to ex-
pectations in the Flamingo Stakes at
Hialeah Park, but a few days later
came within fraction Of Brevity's
track record Of l:4815 for mile and
an eighth. He is said to have finished
out the Derby distance of mile and
a quarter in less than 2:02 If true,
that's stepping, for Twenty Grand's
mark of 2:0145 is the Derby record.
The former jockey idol is in some
thing OF a quandary, however. He
thought he had Jimmy Stout to ride
Sceneshifter Saturday. Now he hears
the New Jersey veteran, who was
tossed from Granville last year, will
be unable to leave New York, due to
= previous riding engagement. That
leaves Sande with two jockeys to get,
and good Jockeys do not hang on trees
i've days before the Derby.
Hasn't Changed Much.
." OOKS like I'm going to have to
hit the road" he said jokingly.
At that, the Earl doesn't look much
different from the jockey who rode
John Hay Whitneys Overtime into
fourth place five years ago in his
Derby farewell.
Few jockeys, if any, can point to
better Derby record than Sande. AS
an apprentice he rode in the classic
for the first time in 1918 but went
unplaced with American Eagle He
came back a year later to finish
second to Billy Barton with a stable
mate, Billy Kelly.
Sande did not return until 1928
when he won with Harry F. Sinclair's
Zev. He thought he finished in the
money with SInclair's Bracadale in
4OA1 OAG VIC Ju06SS gave I'LL u pldCc
to Bradley's Beau Butler.
Aboard Flying Ebony he won in
1925 and came back to boot Osmand
into second place in 1927-the year
Whiskery won. He staged one of his
comebacks three years later to win
. popular decision with Gallant Fox.
"HardhO0tS" Are PuzzIed
FAILURE of E. R. Bradley's Brook
lyn to stand training for Satur-
days renewal of the $4,000 Kentucky
Derby has left the "hardboots' up in
the air.
They had counted on the son of
Blue Larkspur furnishing the cause
for them to let loose with their famous
rebel victory yell for the first time
since 1888. Bradley's colors still will
be in the race but for some reason
Billionaire, a little fellow, never caught
the fancy Of the Kentuckians as did
Brooklyn. Billionaire has plenty of
speed but there's some question about
his stamina.
IL WAS now or never when Trainer
Frank Kearns sent Warren Wright's
Galsun or Gosum to the post for the
mile Of tie Derby's trial" today. Big
things were expected Of the pair, es-
pecially Galsun, but the offspring of
the Gallant Fox so far has refused to
run his fast morning workouts. In that
respect he's unlike his daddy The
Fox was not much of work horse, but
how he could step when the chips were
down.
Chance for Poor Man.
TE Kentucky Derby usually has
been won by horse owned by a
wealthy suortsman. But there are at
least two poor" horsemen who figure
they'll be In there fighting Saturday