Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-08
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BY HENRY McLEMORE

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 7. CUP)-
Bull Lea will win the Gath running
OF the Kentucky Derby today. 1
pick him. Poor horse!
Bull Lea now automatically be-
comes a member of that sad and
undistinguished company of Ken
lucky thoroughbreds who have felt
my kiss of death.
I often wonder, as I tramp the
mCors in the twilight, accompanied
only by my sheep dog and keeper,
whatever happened to Military, the
horse 1 picked to win the Derby
last year. 1 hope that those per-
sistent rumors that have Military
hauling a milk wagon in Min
neapolis are not true. If they are
I'd hate to live on his route, be-
cause the milk and cream always
would be late.
And whatever happened to Grand
Slam, my sure fire tip of two years
ago? Reports that he still is some
where on the backStretch here at
the Downs are repeatedly cropping
up.
But today is another day and I
give you Bull Lea. You take him
at your own risk.
I'm warning you now that only
multi-millionaires, inmates in our
better institutions for the mentally
inadequate, counterfeiters with we'll
oiled machines, or persons who Just
don't care. should follow my advice.
Not that Bull Lea isn't a great
horse. He is, this big barrel-chested
son of Bulldog and Rose Leaves.
He has early speed, courage to spare
and the power to carry the l26-
pound Derby weight the full dis
tance of a mile and a quarter. Read
the form charts and you won't find
but one Derby rival he has any
reason to fear. that beng an article
named Fighting Fox. OF course.
saying that all Bull Lea has to fear
is the Fox is like saying the only
thing that Napoleon had to fret
him was Wellington, or that all a
turkey has to fret is Thanksgiving
What l mean is, the Fox constitutes
a menace that cannot be lightly dis
couraged.
I am doing my utmost to keep
my selection from Bull Lea. SO is
his stable. Word that I had picked
Bull Lea had no sooner reached
the street before his stable issued
an order forbidding him to read a
newspaper, listen to the radio, or
talk to strangers. His handlers
know as we'll as I do that when ]
select a horse to win it would be
much more merciful for me to take
his chances of victory out behind
the barn and drown them like
kittens.
My choice for place money is
Fighting Fox and for show money.
Dauber. This latter named creature
would be my first choice but for
the fact that, like visiting relatives,
it takes him so long to get going.
Dauber simply can't start moving
until at least a mile has been COW
cred, and sometimes his opponents
are not sufficiently courteous to
drop into a corner drug store and
have a soda while waiting for him
to catch up.
Those Of you who were fortunate
enough to read me last week may
be a bit puzzled over my selection
of Bull Lea, because then / named
LaWrin as my choice. That was in
New York, and since coming here
/ have learned that LaWrin has
delicate feet and has to run in what
almost amounts to bedroom slippers.
Knowing from experience how hard
bedroom slippers are to keep on.
am not going to have any horse
of mine wearing them in the Ken
lucky Derby.
But will be sore if LaWrin comes
in! Much sorer than his feet will
ever be- f48t