Evening star., 1941-04-30
Trainer Figures
Stretch Speed
Will Prevail
Every Horse in Race
Conceded Chance to
Bring Home Bacon
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April 30.-In
spite of his defeat in the Derby trial
mile, Whirlaway's Kentucky Derby
stock rose today as the most unusual
field in the memory of the oldest
inhabitant was rounded out for
Saturdays 67th running of the Blue
Grass classic.
Every one of the II horses expected
to go to the post before an antici-
pated record crowd of 100000 at
Churchill Downs in this renewal of
the chase after the rainbow of roses
and a yarn" behind him to make
this the different Derby" with any
colt in the race given chance to
hit the jackpot.
Whirlaway, hope of Warren Wright
Of Chicago, was the No. l question
mark. No one argued his right to
that title after the way he picked
up half dozen lengths to overhaul
Tom Braggs Blue Pair rounding the
stretch turn in the trial yesterday,
and then tossed away his whole edge
and some 6 lengths to boot-to
finish second by three quarters of a
length.
Whirlaway's Trainer Confident.
Trainer Ben Jones still was con-
fident, however, pointing out the
stretch-running little chestnut with
the flowing tail probably had in him
half a mile of faster running than
any other horse in the field, and that
1t was up to the jockey to unhook
that speed when it counted most. in
the stretch. Plain Ben was relying
on Eddie Arcaro to do this Saturday.
Wendell EadS. who had the leg up
on the colt yesterday. had Whirlaway
running outside of horses rounding
the bend.
Then there are Our Boots and
Porters Cap, owned respectively by
Roy Martin, the Toledo auto
mobile accessories manufacturer, and
Charley Howard. the Los Angeles
automobile distributor Our Boots
is the most peculiar of all sons Of
Bull Dog. Ordinarily Bull Dogs
get can't go over a mile and they
like mud as much as they like get
ting shot. Yet, the colt has proved
he can travel distance of ground.
and what's more, he likes it better
when the going's gooey.
Porter's Cap was the first foal
dropped by the mare. The Blonde,
after several unsuccessful efforts to
breed her. Breeder A. B. Gay was
so fed up with the experiment that
he gave The Blonde away last year
and sent THE Cap" to be sold to
Howard at the Saratoga yearling
sales for $1,000 two years ago. To
date. the colt has won more than
$95 900. What's more. Porters Cap
has a crooked right hind leg that
gives him the appearance of some
thing which more likely should be
hitched to a milk wagon.
Shares Blue Pairs Earnings.
Blue Pair was bought by Bragg
recently from C. C. Van Meter. Now
it comes to light that instead of the
$4,000 purchase price originally
estimated, the California and Ken
lucky investment broker picked him
up for S12,500 and a percentage of
his earnings. Although his snappy
1865 victory in the Derby trial
showed no signs that he was in
jured, the rumors still went the
rounds that he is suffering from an
ailing leg.
Little Beans is the colt from the
"other side of the railroad tracks"
His owner, Rocky Palladino of Bos-
ton, picked him up. sick yearling,
for $500, but was refused permission
to run on New York tracks last
summer. He'll be there this year,
however, with the blessing of the
Jockey Club.
Market Wise. pride and joy of
Lou Tufano, Long Island IN. "
contractor, was bid in at the year.
ling sales by Mrs. Isabel Dodge
Sloan for $4,000, was run in selling
races for as low as $500, was sold
to his present owner for $1,000 and
last Saturday won the Wood Me-
mortal at Jamaica. How's that for
your Cinderella?
Swain, entry of Cleaveland Put
nam, Chicago sportsman, is here
with a prayer for rain. Only if the
track turns into chocolate sirup is
he given any kind of spot in the
picture.
Topping it all off is another Sara
toga yearling purchase, Robert Nor
ris, bought for $4,000 by J. Fred
Byers, Pittsburgh steelman. Young
Bob can go a route, but whether
he can do it with his reputedly
weak legs-a heritage from his sire,
Jacopo-and with the Derby weight
of 126 pounds on his back, is another
OF the little Derby mysteries.