The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
MOORE UP 0 NJ BEANS;.
 WET TRACK SEEN
WhirIaway Has Backers; Our Boots, POrter's Cap
 CO-FavOrites
BY JACK GUENTHER

ID JkANMA "OG9N United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Louisville, Ky, May 2-(UP)-The name of Calumet farms Whirlaway was the first dropped into the box today as handful of hopeful train- CTS and owners gathered at Church. i'll Downs to name sthe field which will run tomorrow in the 67th Ken- lucky Derby.
 The slip was dropped at 8:41 a. m. EDT by Bill Whitley, agent for the stable owned by Warren Wright of Chicago. Whitley named Eddie Acaro as the jockey.
 The skies above the historic race course began clouding up shortly after dawn and 1t appeared that forecasts of rain for tomorrow might come true.
 Pawtucket, R. l., May 2-tUP) Jockey GuStavo Gee Gee) Moore was enroute to Louisville, Ky. today to ride Mrs. Louis Pal- ladino's New England raised Little Beans in the Kentucky Derby Saturday.
 Moore. suspended at Narragan- sett Park here Monday for 10 days because of rough riding, was granted permission by Stewards to replace Don Meade on the colt. Moore worked with Little Beans in Florida during the winter but never rode him in Q race.
 
 Approximately 150 stable hands, townsfolk and visitors ti,ronged the office when Trainer Major Tom Me- Creery and Owner J. F. Byers of Pittsburgh walked ip to enter the Excelsior Handicap winner, Robert Morris, at 9:22 (EDT) Byers named Harry Richards as the jockey. This stable is the only one which fears rain since Robert Morris is the only horse in the race who has demon- strated he is not at home in the mud.
 Max Hirsch jostled through the crowd a few minutes later and filed the entry blank of King Ranch's Dispose. winner of the FTlamingo stakes in Florida and the property of R. J. Kleberg, Jr, of Corpus Christi, Tex. EIirsch, trainer of the colt, selected Carroll Herman as his rider.
 Anderson On Market
 George Carroll, one-time contract jockey for E. R. Bradley and now Q trainer, arrived at 9:30 to enter Market Wise, owned by Louis Tu- fano of Jamaica, N. Y. winner of the $20,000 Wood Memorial last week in New York, Market Wise will be rid- den by Irving Anderson.
 The fifth entry was Blue Pair, owned by Tom Bragg of Los Ange- les. The colt was entered by Trainer Willie Crump and the former jockey said Blue Pair was "rarin' to go." Basil James was named as Blue Pairs rider.
 Mud Horse
 Swain, victor in the l940 Arling- ton futurity was entered by his new trainer W. o. Winfrey, Winfrey created a minor sensation by nam ing Johnny. Adams, national jockey champion thre years ago, as the colts pilot. Adams had not figured in advance forecasts. The trainer said that Swain, owned by Cleveland Putnam of Chicago, would be fit but that the stable frankly hoped for mud.
 Louisville, Ky, May 2-(UP)-The handful of hopeful gentlemen who will match thoroughbreds tomorrow in the 67th running of Americas favorite race gathered today in Q little white shed on the edge of Churchill. Downs to formally name the il horses expected to start in the Kentucky Derby.
 Although local forecasts called for showers throughout the week, the skies above the historic course were blue and the weather was balny as the doors of the racing secretary's office were thrown open shortly be- fore 2 c. m. o. D. T.) and the pa- rade to the entry box began.
 The dead line for entries was il e. m.
 Meade In N. Y.
 The track still buzzed with the news that in New York George