Evening star., 1942-05-03
GreentreeCoIt
0utraces AIsab,
VaIdina Orphan
Mate Deemed Better
Is Sixth; Requested
14th in Lot of IS
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May "A
dream came true along Churchill
Downs heart-breaking stretch today
when the chocolate son of a great
chocolate daddy dropped out Of the
clouds in the last quarter mile to
win the richest Kentucky Derby of
them all.
A dozen years after last minute
breakdown robbed his daddy, Equi-
poise, of his chance at the priced
necklace of roses, this new chocolate
soldier-Mrs. Payne Whitney's Shut
Out-ran his heart out in a mighty
stretch struggle to win for his
famous father.
All the long way down "heartbreak
boulevard" he went all out and
finally he hit the wire two and a
quarter lengths in front of Alsab. the
fine little juvenile champion of last
year, who came back a long way
toward his 2-year-old heights with
today's driving effort.
Crosses His Stable Bosses.
1t was double -barreled triumph
for the bum" of Mrs. Whitney's
fashionable Greentree Stable, whose
name was wished on him because Of
the fact his owner is a Brooklyn
Dodger fan. For, even as the deid Of
l5-largest since War Admiral
whipped 10 others in 1937-paraded
to the post and the traditional hush
fell as MY Old Kentucky Home"
drifted out, the Greentree Stable
bosses still regarded Ekky's son as
only its second best bet, not nearly
the horse his mate. Devil Diver, was.
And the betters, who poured $751;
1913 into the mutuel machines on
the derby alone, made the two-part
entry favorlte at $3.50 for 81 vir-
tually exclusively because of what
they thought of the Diver.
But in the final pull, only Shut,
Out and Alsab survived and the
Diver and all the rest of the top
contenders in this widest open derby
in history found out why they call
1t "hearthreak road" this longest
racing stretch in America.
Devil Diver Fades Out.
That last quarter mile got Devil
Diver and he faded to sixth place,
trailing not only the first two home,
but also Valdina Orphan, who fall
tered to third and the high-speed
Rheumatic With Regards, who set
the early pace, then wound up
fourth.
And back of the Diver, came such
other Extraordinarily pre-derpy
standard bearers as the imported
Hollywood in ninth place and Han
dome Apache in 18th. Far down
the track at the finish and all but
out OF sight came the little fellow
from deep in the heart of Texas,
Requested, who never got in it and
was eased up to 18th place.
But despite the defeat Of all these,
the flying son of the Chocolate
Soldier warmed the hearts Of q
crowd that apparently felt the touch
Of war. They knew, every one Of
these hardboots and Invaders in
the get-together variously estimated
at 10000 to 100000 that this spit
tin image" of the big hoss of an
obAiCA SSliCi dtlOll Wdo WulIllllS lilLo
one for daddy.
Makes Up for Sire's Miss.
That was the big thing, even more
than the S64'225 pay-check he
picked up in this 68th and most
valuable of all derbies or the priced
necklace of roses that goes, by ira
dition, to the winner, or the $1,000
gold cup that also is in the prize
package.
They knew that just II years ago,
Ekky came up as the big hoss" in
the derby for Mrs. Whitney's
nephew, Cornelius Sonny Whit
ney. Ekky was the glamour boy OF
a dozen horses on the grounds OF
this picturesque racing plant for
the 57th derby. It was to put a
fitting touch to career that ranks
him among the greatest horses of
all time.
Then the morning of the race
II am. to be exact-word came that
he couldn't make it. There he was
in his stall, ailing with a kidney
trouble that comes to horses from
over eating. To a fearful accom-
paniment, he was scratched. 1t
didn't matter that Mrs. Whitney's
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