The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-08
'C|ENCIA, SANTA ANITA WINNER
 ONLY CHALLENGE
Challedon to Run Against Champ Again; Impound,
 YOlitant In
BY JACK GUENTHER United Press Racing EditOr)

Louisville, Ky, May 8 = (U.P0 = Kentucky called Johnstown another Man O War today while thousands of visitors turned toward Maryland to watch William Woodward's bay whirlwind bid for the second leg of Americas triple crown in the Freak ness at Pimlico on Saturday.
 Kentucky's derby party is over for another year, but the memory of Johnstown = the mahogany express will finger in Louisville as long as the race for the roses is run. If they were the least bit selfish or small. the boys who run the big show at Churchill Downs could not resist a chuckle. In years gone by, the derby has made the preakness. Today Johnstown has all but killed it, sim- ply by being too good.
 For Johnstown won the derby as few other horses have. With the big scoreboard flashing his odds at 3-5 lowest price in 35-years-he broke second among seven rivals, length ened the flashing bite of his hooves and walked home
 For just 20 seconds-William Zieg- ler's Fl Chico stuck his nose out ln front. Then the race was over. Jumping ahead at every stride, Johnstown swept to the lead even before the quarter, widened it to four lengths at the half, five at the stretch and eight at the wire-so far ahead he might have stopped to count the house before he passed the finish.
 w. L. Brann's Challedon finished second, and John Hay Whitney's Heather Broom, trained by Earl Sande, another length back for third. Valdina Farms Viscounty was fourth, and all(the rest might have been so many woolly lambs. The or- ders was Technician, Fl Chico, T. M. Dorsett and On Location-last and least. Johnstown's triumph was the third for Owner Woodward and Trainer Jim Fitzsimmons, who sent Gallant Fox and Omaha out to run of with the horse shoe bouquet in 1880 and 1885.
 Opposition Frightened
 The only question about Johns- town was how good he really is His owner doesn't know, his trainer doesn't know, and Jockey Stout doesn't know; he never has had to whip him. The answer is not likely to be found in the Preakness, be- cause Johnstown already has fright ened half his opposition away. He ran the mile and IA over a fast track in 2:03 2-5-third fastest time in 65 years-without even a sharp word to drive him. The Baltimore special, at a mile and 3-16, appears even more to his liking, if possible
 Only five starters appear certain to challenge the new champ. They are Gilded Knight, who will run with him as an entry, probably at odds of 1-50; Challedon; Saratoga Stables Volitant; A. G. Vanderbilt's Impound; and a fleet miss who may have chance-King Ranch's Cien- cia, the stretch-stepping lilly who won the Santa Anita derby. But from the talk in the Bluegrass land today they are as good as whipped already. Trainer Matt Brady said he is convinced Fl Chico is sprinter; Owner Herbert Woolf said Techni- clan won't go. and similar senti- ments were expressed for Porter's Mite. Additionally, Eight Thirty and Ariel Toy are doubtful.
 A check-up disclosed that 80,000 people saw the derby and sent $1,- 665, ,733 tumbling through the mutu- els, with $5S0,227 going on the feat- ure race alone. Johnstown won $46,- $50 and paid $3.20, $500 and $2.80, prices that were steals all the way. Challedon picked up $6,000 and re- turned $3.60 and $320; Heather Broom took $3,000 and was worth $500 for show; and Viscount earn ed $1.000-but paid of only in head aches