Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-05-09
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Stars to Clash in Few Biz
Races Until Arlington
Classic in July.
Nv ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer


Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, May 9.-The unex-
pected victory of Herbert NJ Woolf' S
Lswrin in the Kentuck Derby Sat-
urdsy did little TO settle the 3-year- old
turf situation.
The lankv, Kansas City-owned son
M Insco-Margaret Lawrence is not
eligible for another important stake
until the $4,000 Arlington Park
classic July %. And then, too, there
still is the ailing Stagehand to be
reckoned with.
Stagehand, if sufficiently recovered
from the sore throat that forced his
withdrawal from the Derby two days
before the race, will start in the re-
neual of the $4,000 Preakness at
Pimlico next Saturday. But even the
star trained by Earl Sande is not in
the $4,000 Belmont stakes June 4.
All of this means that as far as
the 3-year-old situation is concerned,
the Preakness and Belmont will be
just two more rich stakes. The
classic figures to be the race to settle
matters.
Lawrin'S Time Unimpressive.
Although LaWrin ran a game race
under Eddie Arcaros guidance to give
the Kansas City, Mo, merchant and
Trainer Ben Jones their first Derby
victory in their initial try. the per-
Torrance was far short of those turned
In by the last two victors-War Ad-
r1iral and Bold Venture.
Lawrin was clicked in 2:0445 for
the mile and a quarter as he came
stretch and then turned back the
challenge of William Dupont, jr's
Daliber TO register by a length. War
Admirals time last year was 2:03ls
and Bold Ventures 2:0335.
After getting away in a tangle from
the No. l post position, Arcaro sent
lawrin to the outside on the back
stretch while Menow was setting the
pace with Fighting Fox in closest pur-
suit for furlongs. Coming around
the last bend. the 22-year-old Newport,
Ky. Jockey found an opening on the
rail for his horse and through the
hole he went to take command and
drive on to victory
Dauber, also second to Stagehand in
the $4,000 Santa Anita Derby, was
the only one of the more highly re-
garded contenders to give good ac-
count Of himself, and even he paid to
] to place LaWrin, fourth choice be-
hind Fighting Fox, Bull Lea and Me-
now. returned 1920 and a 50 straight
ticket.
Rich Win for WOoIf.
The victory carried financial tri-
umph as well as high turf honors for
Woolf. In addition to the purse of
$47.050. Woolf was reported to have
won nearly $150,O00 on the colt, large
" through future book bets. Lawrin
boosted his earnings for two years to
about $4,000.
The distance was too long for all
except Lawrin and Dauber, and it was
too short for the latter Can't Wait,
midget alongside Lawrin, was five
lengths behind Dauber in third place
and just holding on at the end The
Fox, 7-to-5 choice to give the East its
fifth straight triumph in the classic,
finished disappointing sixth as
Menow took fourth and The Chief
fifth in a blanket finish with Can't
Wait.
Bull Lea, heavily played second
choice, could do no better than eighth
behind despised outsider. Co-Sport
Elooto and Mountain Ridge, the other
two rank outsiders, finished Just as
their odds indicated, ninth and tenth,
respectively.
Since Dauber is strictly a stretch
runner, Du Point is not sure how
he'll 60 in the Preakness, which is
sixteenth of mile shorter than the
Derby. The last sixteenth was where
he did his fastest running last Sat-
urday.
Hes a mile-and-a-half horse"
said Du Pont after the race. II don't
want to do anything that1l harm his
chances in the Belmont Stakes "a
mile and halD, but If he stands
the return trip all right we'll give
him try at the Preakness."
No Excuse for Fighting Fox.
Three, and possibly four, of the
other Derby starters will be in the
Preakness The definite starters are
Can't Wait, Fighting Fox and Menow.
The possibility is The Chief. Earl
Sande's colt received two cuts in his
right hind leg and the former jockey
reserved decision until determining
the seriousness Of the injuries.
Trainer Sunny Jim" Ttzsimmons
had no excuse for Fighting Fox.
"He Just wouldn't run after seven
eistts Of a mile" said Fitz. Jimmy
Stout hit him twice with the whip
after he showed signs of weakening
and then he quit altogether. I'm going
TO try him with blinkers in the Freak.
Ness"
Frank Kearns. trainer Of Bull Lea
believes his horse had no chance after
the start. He said he saw Menow anC
Mountain Ridge bear over on Bull Les
rs they broke from the barrier anC
thereafter his horse refused to run
The Preakness field probably will be
nlled out by the addition Of Bourbon
King, stablemate Of Menow; A. C
Compton's Sun Egret, Mrs. H. G
Phipps' Quick Devil and StOrmscud
- both Of which also are trained By
Ntzsimmons, and two or three lesser
tights already On the grounds.