Evening star., 1938-04-07
.DAUBER, BULL LEA
|. THREATS IN DERBY
Can't Wait and Wise Fox
Also Among Kentucky
Race Possibilities,
This is the last OF a series dealing
NTH the outstanding Kentucky Der
By candidates.
BY ORLO ROBERTSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK. April while not
ciassed among the leaders, a victory
in the Kentucky Derby by either
Dauber, Bull Lea. Can't Wait or Wise
Fox would not be called exactly an
upset
Each has turned in performances
which. If repeated, would provide a
real threat to the more highly re-
garded eligibles in the $4,000 mile and
quarter race at Churchill Downs
May 7.
Dauber for which William Dupont.
]r., paid $4,000 last fall, was good
enough to finish second to Stagehand
in the Santa Anita Derby. Wise Fox.
owned by A. G. Tarn of Winnipeg,
turned in speedy performance in
winning the Louisiana Derby. Can't
Wait, from Myron Selznicks barn.
and Bull Lea. owned by Warren
Wright, showed their worth as 2-year-
olds.
Dauber. which raced in c. V. Whit
ney's silks last year. prefers plenty of
distance. in the opinion of youthful
John Handlen, trainer of the son of
Pennant.
Lacks Early Speed.
He lacks early speed and believe
the longer route of the Kentucky
Derby will be more to his liking than
the mile and an eighth of the Santa
Anita Derby" said Handlen.
whether he goes to Kentucky de-
pends largely on his showing in the
early spring races. especially the
chesapeake Stakes at Havre de Grace
April %. Personally, l believe he is
real horse. He's shown fine form in
workouts at Mr.. Dupont's Delaware
Farm since returning from the West
Coast"
Recalling last years disappointment
over Wrlght's handsome Galsun.
Trainer Frank Kearns is not ready to
declare Bull Lea will be strong Derby
contender but he makes no effort to
hide his belief the son of Bull Dog
will be a topnotch stakes performer
before the season ends.
Rainy weather has retarded Bull
Leas training this spring, but Kearns
is confident his ace will be in shape
for his debut at Keeneland. If all
goes we'll in that race, he'll start IN
the Blue Grass Stakes there and then
move on to the Downs for the DERBY
Bull Lea, in the money in six of his
nine races last year, probably turned
in his best performance back of
Teddy's Comet and Tiger in the Ar
lington Futurity.
Aqueduct Test Awaits.
Can't Wait, conqueror of the highly
regarded Fighting Fox in the 1897
Junior Champion at Aqueduct, CAM
paigned with fair success at Santa
Anita during the winter. He now is
quartered in Kentucky, but will be
shipped East to test his Derby ability
in the mile and 10 yards of the Wood
Memorial at Jamaica April 30. AL
though the Junior Champion was his
only stake victory last year, Can't Wait
was out of the money only three times
in 10 races.
Wise Fox, purchased by Tarn from
William woodward during the winter,
was not much as 2-year-old. The
son of Gallant Fox stepped off the
mile and an eighth of the Louisiana
Derby in Isis, however, and left
behind such Kentucky Derby eligibles
as Bourbon King and Sir Raleigh.
Until two days ago Teddy's Comet
from E. F. Woodwards Texas-owned
Valdina Farm, was rated high. He
suffered a torn ankle ligament while
In training at the Downs, however,
and will be returned to Texas for a
rest.