Evening star., 1941-03-08
None Strong Favorite
As III Are Named
On DerbyL LIST
Our Boots, Porter's Cap,
WhirIowuy, Dispose
Head Nominees
By the Associated Press.

bS lHS ASSOClhlcu EAcSss
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 8-Our
Boots, Porter's Cap 'WhirlaWay and
Dispose top l12 thoroughbreds NOM
mated today for the May 3 Ken
lucky Derby.
The field is without a Bimelech,
the E. r. Bradley runner which sent
down winter book odds for last
years running, then finished Sec
ond to break many hearts and some
pocketbooks in the $75,000added
classic, richest race in America for
3-year-oldS.
Which leads to these words from
79-year-old Col. Matt Winn, boss of
Churchill Downs, who has seen
every Derby:
There is no outstanding candi-
date, but there are at least 80 from
which the winner may come"
Just a short time ago it appeared
that WhirlaWay, voted No. juvenile
for 1910 by sports writers in close
one with Our Boots, was being
tabled as the likely winter book ia
vorite, but the winds have changed.
Today a Louisville bookmaker was
putting him no better than to !
to win the Derby.
Other Odds Are Quoted.
That same bookmaker quoted odds
of 4 to l on Our Boots and Dis
pose. 6 to l on Porter's Cap, 10 to l
on Bold Irishman, King Cole and
Attention; Is to l on Curious Coin,
New World and Good Turn and the
others as high as 1000 to /.
Whirlaway won his first start in
Florida as a 3-year-old, but his
Derby stock took flop when he lost
a 7-furlong allowance race to Agri-
cole and Cadmium-both in todays
list of Notwithstanding third.
Later it was discovered he was hurt
and then followed his being
scratched in the rich Flamingo
Stakes at Hialeah. won by Dispose.
He is on the mend now and is ex-
pected to resume training shortly.
The nominations, IS less than last
year, include 85 colts, % geldings
and 5 fillies-the cream of the crop.
Here's something about some of
the outstanding candidates:
Our Boots. Woodvale Farms win
ner, as was Bimelech, of the Belmont
Futurity.
King Ranchs Dispose, sensation
of the winter racing season with vic
tories in the Bahamas Handicap in
addition to the Flamingo Stakes.
Porter'S Cap, c. S. Lucky"
Howard's galloping victor in the
Santa Anita Derby.
Wheatley Stables Bold Irishman,
pride of the East. which defeated
both Our Boots and Whirlaway in
the Pimlico Futurity.
Have Recommendations.
King Cole from the Ogden Phipps
Stable, winner of four out of nine
races and S2785O as a juvenile.
Mrs. Porter Corning's Attention,
which went into winter quarters with
S35 900 to his credit.
Cleaveland Putnam'S Swain, sur
prise victor in the Arlington Futur-
ity.
Coldstream Studs Curious Coin,
loser be only a nose to Dispose in
the Flamingo Stakes in a driving
finish
Bushwhacker, Walmac Farms win
ner of the New England Futurity
and Alfred G. Vanderbilts New
World, a Speedster at 2.
Three imported colts were nomi-
mated, Fairmond, Colorado Lad and
Sugar Daddy.
Heading the nominators is Valdina
Farm, owned by Emerson F. Wood
ward of Texas, with five. Bel Air
Stud. boasting three Derby winners
in Gallant Fox. Omaha and Johns
town. named four as did Alfred G.
Vanderbilt. Mrs. Payne Whitney,
Arnold Hanger, and John Marsch,
each named three.
Col. E. r. Bradley, whose horses
have won four of the big races, an
nounced a short time ago he would
have no runner this year because
none of his colts measured up to
Derby Standards