Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-03
Today's Sports Parade

largely to E. r. Bradley's fetish
for giving his horses names begin
ming with "B".
Regret won in 1915 and became
the first and last filly ever to
score Nellie Flag went to the
post favorite in 1885 and finished
fourth She was the last filly
to be seriously considered by the
customers Matt j. Winn has
been running Churchill Downs since
1904 and enjoys the unique dis
tinction of having seen every Derby.
Winn's office at the track IS
filled with bronze replicas OF al
the Derby winners On the day
of the big race he entertains ceie-
brities with specially concocted mint
juleps in frosted glasses They
call the track Churchill Downs be-
cause the property was owned by
two brothers, John and Henry
Churchill To unlucky bettors
it is better known as Churchill ups
and downs -.
Pari-mutuel betting is popularly
supposed to be modern but the
machines. in modified manner, were
used at the first Derby ever run
in 1875 Old timers still main
tain that the Derby of 1889 in which
Spokane defeated Proctor Knott was
the daddy of EN- all for thrills g.
Winn says more than 10000 were
on hand to see the first Derby . &.
1T has always been a popular race"
he adds ..
Exterminator now ranks as one
of the greatest Derby winners, yet
If his stable companion. Sun Briar,
hadn't gone amiss just before the
race he wouldn't even have started
Sometimes even the men closest
TO the horses do not fully realize
their possibilities Two years
ago Max Hirsch said Bold Venture
would do we'll to finish second to
Rrevity 1t was just the other
way round Brevity finished
second to Bold Venture
Omar Khayam was the first i'm
ported thoroughbred to account for
the Derby He beat Ticket, Mir
way and other solid horses in 1917
Without an accent or monocle,
/ tco ... Don't be in too great a
hurry to dust off the Shamrocks
when you hear Isaac Murphy was
. the first jockey to win three Derbies
/ Old Uncle Murp was black as
/ the Ace CT Spades. but a splendid
! Jockey He innovated the crouch
ed up monkey seat now universally
used by jocks -.
Earle Sande also rode three Derby
winners You may have heard
of him The smallest price laid
against a Derby winner was to
This against Hindoo in 1881
| and Agile in 1905 And as every
body knows by now Donerail, sl849C
tc 50 paid the fattest price The
largest mutuel handle on Derby day
was 100000 in 1926 That's
when everybody had money
Remember? -.
The largest number of starters II
any Derby was % in 1923 Wher
Reign Count galloped home for Mrs
John Hertz over a heavy track
The smallest number was three
This occurred several times in thC
early days Of the race Wher
Clifford Cochran won the Preaknes'
with Coventry in 1925 he remarked
he was too lucky not TO win thC
Derby To make it sure he put
Sande on Flying Ebony and tool
it all
Three Derby winners have stree
winners Of the same race Halma
Bubbling Over and Gallant Fox
Two of Man o Wars sons have wcr
the race but their daddy neveI
started in the Derby -. Just WASH
entered g. Sir Barton and Broker
Tip had never won race befor'
they took the Derby And Brok
er's Tip, if memory serves. neve
won another race . The last WON
an owner TO receive the cup Wi
Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane, will