Evening star., 1940-04-22
Tests This Week
May Untang|e
Derby Dope
Bimwie Faces First
3-Yeur-OId Sturt:
Rivals on MettIe
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports writer.

Associated Press Sports writer.
NEW YORK, April 22.-Miss Sec
retary, take another letter please to
Big Boy Bimelech down at Lexing-
ton, KY:
Dear Bimmie:
Hello again. Remember, we
dropped you line month or so ago
telling how Andy X. was around
and about Dragging that he was 60
ing to run you right out of the park
when he got you in the Kentucky
Derby?
Well, you can just forget about it.
In fact, you don't have to lose
any sleep about any of the boys up
here. For, from what's been show
ing around the East so far, you'll
have to lose lot of last years
stuff to miss grabbing the brass ring
May 4 If the going is fast.
Wood May Clarity Situation.
Unless something comes up red
hot Saturday in the Wood Memorial
at Jamaica, you might just as we'll
get fitted for that necklace of roses
right now, so far as this neck of
the woods is concerned. Yep, those
brand new 8-to-5 winter book odds
on you look to be softer touch
than even money on the Yankees.
Guess you've heard of the Yanks.
And, from what the feed bag has
been whispering around, there
doesn't seem to be much to get you
of your feed down your way either.
Oh, they talk a lot about Oregon's
Midland, but he was both yes and
no on the Coast this winter.
Then, they say that dark hoss.
Black Brummel, looks mighty good,
too. Well, you'll have a gander at
him Tuesday in the mile-and six
teenth Castleton at Keenland, so
you can tell then. And those you
don't see there, you'll probably say
"howdy" to in the Blue Grass Stages
yourself Thursday. You're going
to make your first start in that one,
SO it won't be long now.
The Wood is going to have a large
field out If we have a fast track
for change. All the trainersu be
trying to find some excuse for ship
ping to Louisville to give you a
rassle for it at the Downs. Andy K. Il
be on hand, but he turned out in the
mud for the Chesapeake Saturday
at Havre and he ran about as
straight as the guy who has absorbed
dozen or so of your best bourbons.
Fenelon, Flight Command and
Carrier Pigeon also may go Satur-
day, but their recent outings didn't
uncover anything to get you num-
bhng In your oats. OF the Derby
eligibles, Arnold Hangers Dit, Mrs.
H. G. Phipps' Asp. Mrs. E. Graham
Lewis Jacomar, H. o. Frelinghuy-
sens Ekwanok and that English
fellow with the Dixie name, Robert
E. Lee, are the ones who haven't
given the folks line yet. They'll be
going all out Saturday. Then there
are also Jock Whitney's crack duet.
Calory and Woof Woof, who aren't
eligible for the Derby, but who may
go In the Wood as prep for the
PreakneSS two weeks later. All of
these have been working like the
real Mccoy so far.
Law Of Averages Augurs Rain.
In closing, there's only one warn
ing. The law of averages is a
funny thing. You know, you can
toss eight or dozen passes in a
row with those ivory cubes, but
sooner or later up pops snake-eyes.
The same goes for the weather man.
He's been mighty good to the Derby
here lately, but he's bound to turn
on the faucet one of these days. If
this is the year, you'd better get
ready for lot of undermining. w.
L. Brann's Pictor, who splashed
home in the Chesapeake, and Joe
Widener's Roman, who turned in a
neat swimming stunt at Keenland
Saturday, are going to be hot stuff
on Derby Day if it comes up slop.
Best regards from your old pal.