Evening star., 1939-03-11
Six FiI|ies Listed
With q Colts,
II Ge|dings
Ciencio, Eight Thirty,
Allegro, VoIitont
Among Missing
BY ALEX McNEILL,
Associat ted Press Sports Writer.

LOUISVILLE, KY, March 11.-El
Chico, William ziegler, jr's, leading
money winning juvenile OF 1888.
topped list Of lis of the Nations
outstanding thoroughbreds nomi-
mated today for the 65th running OF
the Kentucky Derby at Churchill
Downs May 6.
The list of nominations for the
race was made public by Col. Matt
J. Vim, president of the Downs,
scene of the $4,000 added mile and
a quaner classic since Aristides, the
immortalized little red colt" came
charging down the lane" in 1875.
Ell Chico, the colt which Trainer
Matt Brady described the finest
youngster I've ever seen," has been
established by the betting fraternity
as "a, 2 and evens" favorite in the
winter books.
Others in Favored Group.
Joining the Ziegler colt IN the
favored group are w. L. Brann's
Challedon, winner of three futuri-
ties; Porters Mite, which earned
some 100000 for w. w. Boeing in
winning the Belmont Futurity; Her
bert Wools Technician, winner of
the Flamingo Stakes, seeking to
duplicate the feat of his stablemate,
Lawrin which won the 1888 Derby;
Joe T. Browns Jockey Club Stakes
champion, T. M. Dorsett; John
Marsch's Lightspur, winner of the
Labor Day Handicap at Hawthorne,
and T. D. Taggart's French Lick
Springs Stable, named Yale ONine.
Other likely nominees are Xalapa
Clown, nominated by Mrs. B Franz
helm: A. A. Baroni's Touch and Go
and F. A. Carreaud's Time Alone.
Collectively, the lis nominees. an
even dozen more than were sub
scrlbed last year, accounted for
something like S35O000 last season
in approximately 1000 starts.
Only Half Dozen Fillies.
The colts, usually the sturdier of
the breed, again dominate the list
with a representation of 90. The
gelding division, which can point
| to victories in the classic by Ex-
terminator, Old Rosebud, Paul Jones
and Clyde Van Dusen, lists II, while
the fllies, successful only once-in
1915, when Regret romped home
flrst-trail with an annually dimin-
lshlng delegation of q mere half
dozen.
Missing from the flly list is
Ciencia, winner of the Santa Anita
Derby, and while her trainer said
a nomination blank was mailed
prior to the February IS deadline.
Downs officials say it has not vet
been received.
Volltant, Allegro and Eighty
thirty expected to be nominated.
are absent from the list Based on
their 2-year-old performances. this
trio has been considered of DERBY
| caliber.
Col. Edward Riley Bradley is back
again seeking his fifth Derby con-
quest with Blue Larkspur colt
named Benefactor. The Bradley
colt will be Kentuckys principal
hope of victory Bradley won in
1924, 1926, 1882 and 1888.
East Has Strong Hand.
The East, which has been having
things pretty much its own way
except for the occasional Bradley in
terference, again presents a strong
| hand.
William Woodward of New York,
winner of the classic with Gallant
Fox and Omaha. again is cunning
for the gold cup and cash money
With JohnStoWn, winner Of the
Breeders Futurity at Keenland, and
| five other thoroughbreds.
Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentree
Stables, which scored in 1881 with
Twenty Grand. is we'll represented
with five eligibles, including Roll
and Toss, Third Degree and Lost
agal.
The midwest is represented by
Mrs. Ethel V. Mars of Chicago with
seven candidates. The far-West is
banking on Movie Director Louis
B. Mayors Joy Boy and the King
Ranch of Texas carries the hopes
of the Southwest with Brazado,
Equestrian and Drawstraws.