Evening star., 1941-04-27
Rush in Stretch
By Tufano Colt
Gets Nose Win
Son of Brokers' Tip,
'33 Classic Victor,
Nips Curious Coin
BY SID FEEDER.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

hsSOCldleu fIcbS OpOElS WTlteI.
NEW YORK, April 26,-A colt
twice sold down the river" in his
brief lifetime won the 18th running
of the Wood Memorial Stakes to-
day, and thereby became the East S
chief Standard-bearer for the Ken
lucky Derby next Saturday.
The name is Market Wise and
he just poked his nose in front and
held on in a fierce stretch drive in
the l 1/16-mile Derby preview"
which annually features Jamaica's S
spring meeting, while such other
Derby contenders as Ogden Phipps'
King Cole and Bern Stables Mas
ter Henry were fadding fast.
Picked UP at the yearling sales
at Saratoga two years ago for $1,000
by Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloan and
sold to Lou Tufano, a Long Island
contractor, for 81 900 last December,
this stretch-running youngster i'm
mediately was stamped by the 28,-
176 customes who watched him as
chip off the old block" For his
daddy is Brokers Tip. who went to
the Blue Grass unheralded back in
1888 and won the necklace of roses.
Meade Pilots Winner.
And, on Market Wise'S back to-
day, booting him home over Curious
Coin and King Cole in that order
was the same boy who rode his
daddy eight years ago-Don Meade.
On that occasion the Derby wound
up in a riot ON horseback with
Meade and Herb Fischer, aboard
Head Play, swinging on each other
all the way down the stretch
Today, Brokers Tips compactly
built son came from nowhere to
take the measure of seven other
Derby nominees and one non-eligi-
BILE in the fair time of LASS for
the l 1/16-mile. He broke alertly
enough, but, a slow beginner as
usual. Immediately dropped back to
eighth in the field of nine.
Meantime, Ogden Phipps' nursery
rhyme colt, King Cole, handsome
winner of the Paumonok Handicap
here two weeks ago in his only g.
year-old outing up to today, went
to the front as was expected He
was joined Immediately by the only
non-Derby eligible in the field,
Mettlesome, a former stablemate of
Market Wise in Mrs. Isabel Dodge
Sloan's barn.
King Cole Goes to Derby.
AS had been looked for in advance,
these two speed horses cut out all
the pace for half mile. The ques-
ton as far as both were concerned,
was whether each could turn 1t loose
over a distance of ground.
Today both indicated they couldn't,
although Trainer Sunny Jim Fitz-
simmons wasn't too disappointed
about King Coles weakening finish
in third place and Immediately an
nounced he would ship the big bay
to the Downs Monday, in the same
car in which Market Wise will make
the trip to the blue grass.
For three-quarters of a mile it was
King Cole and Mettlesome showing
their speed. Then Curious Coin,
from the Coldstream Stable of Elmer
Shaffer and Jack Howard and
standout performer in the Florida
campaigning last winter, started to
move up from fifth place about the
time Market Wise began to unhook
his running legs from eighth. Gu
riouS Coin, fourth to Mettlesome in
the Experimental Handicap last
Saturday, ran head and head with
King Cole as they turned for home.
Beats Out Curious Coin.
But Market Wise was coming like
a fire engine by this time, he broke
through on the inside three-six-
teenths from home, as King Cole,
heretofore regarded as the Easts
No. Derby possibility, began to
weaken under the challenge. From
there on in, Market Wise and Gu
rious Coin fought it out.
Market Wise paid a neat $3.50
for 81 to his hackers. The victory
was worth $16,650 to his owner.
His addition to the potential
Derby field makes a total of seven
horses who probably will head for
the Downs from New York quarters.
Today'S first three finishers definitely
will go. So, probably, will Arnold
Hangers Harvard Square, fourth
behind Market Wise, and Bern
Stables Master Henry, in spite of
finishing last today. Richard Kle-
bergs Dispose and j. F. Byers'
Robert Morris, who did not start in
the Wood, also will try for the big
heat"
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