The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-31
Cavalcade, Mack Garner And Bob Smith Have Passed On

lucky Derby with him. had brought him along to be the champion three year old of his day. Trainers fail in love with horses, especially horses like Cayalcade.
 We remember visiting old Bob down in Columbia, s. C., the spring after Cayalcade won the Derby. We found him out at the old mile track where horses train in the iodine country and he was sitting fin front Of Cayalcade's barn reading rae. ing sheet.
 That's his office." said Clarence Buxton, who operates the southern training quarters. That's all he does here: just sits in front of his horses barn. Same thing day after day"
 Plays Safe
 old Bob grinted Its the only way I can be sure some Of you guys won't steal him"
 Buxton and old Bob were friends Of long standing. Buxton had gone out to Kentucky to watch old Bob saddle Caya1cade for the Derby. He had car and was going to wait to drive him down town after the race but somehow they missed con- nections and old Bob. in his most triumphant moment, vas without transportation. and getting away from Churchill Downs on Derby day is no simple matter.
 old Bob started to walk to town. matter of some five Or six miles. On the way he hailed passing car. The driver was the lone occupant. He brought the car to a stop and said, what can do for you stranger"
 old Bob told him who he was. said he trained Cavalcade and Cav. alcade had just won the derby.
 The driver laughed sardonically. @Oh. yeah? Well, I'm the king of England" And with that he step- ped on the gas and was of in a wflir of motors.
 old Bob caehed in his last ticket some days ago. His death closed the book on a trio that made turf his- tory-the horse. the jockey and the trainer. They're all gone now.
 The jockey was the first to go, Uncle Mack Garner. who had the leg up on Cavalcade in most of his historic victories. including the derby. of course. That was Uncie Maekis first derby win and his last. It came at a time when he was beginning to fade and was all the more gratifying for that reason. Thirteen times before he had tried but failed. Two years later he was upon another derby starter. by now his fifteenth. but he didn't have much horse under him. It was a thing called Sangreal which finish ed Last or whereabouts.
 That was in the spring of .36. In October of that year Uncle Mack went oyer to River Downs to do some riding. On the afternoon of October 2eth he had four mounts. He brought the first one home in front. We disremember what the others did but none of them won. That night Uncle Mack complained of pains in his chest They took him 10 hospital in Covington. Ky. and he died before dayhreak. Heart trouble.
 Four years later. almost to the day. Cavalcade followed his old jockey. By this time there had been a general separation old Bob had severed his connections with the Brookmeade Stables. owned by Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane and Uncle Mack. at the time of his death. was doing free lance riding. Mrs. Sloane continued in racing with new per- s0nnsl
 Caraicade had broken down and Mrs Sloane had him to stud on her Virginia farm. The Derby winner didn't make much progress as a sire. so Mrs. sloane decided to ship him to the Hlue Grass on c thought the chemical properties of the Ken- lucky soii might prove beneficial. This was in the Fall of go. The plan vas to get the stallion ready for the stud season the following spring.
 Skipping Fever
 The plan didn't maferialixe Cav alcade was sick when he reached the Shandun farm outside of Lex ington. He had picked up what hursemen cell shipping fever. an unerous thing and sometimes fatal. Cavalrade fought it oif for two weeks before succumhing.
 His remains were cremated and the ashes sent to Mrs. sloane at her request. His fore feet were pre- served made over into decorative book ends. and nov rest in the Brnokmeade trophy room. old Bob took the 0enkh ug CnF-