Evening star., 1942-05-02
More Than Half
OF Field Came
AS Bargains
Handsome, Awkward,
Little, Big, They're
Strange Array
BY SID FEEDER.

bOOlS lLlE, NY, May & nls
dafiest of all Derbies started out
with the tag of poor mans Derby"
but wound up today as the poor
horses get-together.
That's just what more than half
Of the gee-gees in today's 6Sth Blue
Grass brawl are-bargains and cast
offs that were picked up for a song
and now are after a $50 900 jackpot.
Only six of them were home-breds
and two others, Dogpatch and
Hollywood, cost as much as $4,000
apiece, which hardly comes under
the heading of clearance sales The
rest were grabbed OF as out -and-out
bargains, like Alsab and Requested,
which cost s700 and $500, respec-
lively. and have picked up well over
500 900 each.
Seventeen were named to 60 to
the post, handsome ones like Apache
and awkward, slouching fellows like
Sweep Swinger: little ones like Re
quested and Alsab and big huskies
like Devil Diver and Sun Again:
those who resemble their famous
daddies like Shut Out (son of Equi-
poise) and First Fiddle (which calls
Royal Minstrel pop.
ANYWAY here they are:
Requested (owned by Ben Whitaker
Of Dallas, bred by L. j. Tut, Lex
ington, KY, gamest and smallest
horse IN the field, picked up for
81 800 from yearling sales and now
has won $1o2 300; son of Question
naire out Of Fair Perdita by Eternal.
Won Flamingo and Wood Memorial
this year and seven others as q
year-old Little but nicely-con-
formed chestnut which will carry
most Of the Texas money.
Alsab Slow to Grow.
Alsab (owned by AL SABBATH, Chi
cago lawyer, bred by Tom Piatt,
Lexington. KY. After winning Is
races, 10 in a row, and earning $110,-
$40 last year to be called the great
est since Man o. War, he has been a
bust this year. Bought at Saratoga
yearling sales for $700, losing seven
straight unfashionably. Bred by
Good Goods out of Winds Chant by
Wildairs. Won II stakes IN 1s4l.
Little colt with big shoulders and
small quarters. indicating he just
failed to grow up over winter.
Apache (owned by William Wood
ward, New York, bred on Wood
wards Collington FARM, handsom-
est colt of the pack, with long legs,
big quarters, but afiectionately
known as big Bum" in stable. Dark
brown, he's home bred by Alca1ar.
stallion now in United States Army
Remount Service. Appeared the
stables fourth Derby victor after
winning two straight this spring. but
failed in the Wood Memorial. Won
$15,075 as 2-year-old.
Devil Diver (owned by Mrs. Payne
Whitney, Manhasset, Long Island,
and bred on her Lexington, KY,
farm, Big hoss" Of this field, dark
bay colt with huge quarters, cut a
leg 10 days before the Derby, but
ready now although not yet healed.
Sired by st. Germans, which also
was daddy of Derby winners
Twenty Grand and Bold Venture
out of mare Dabchick, which is q
kind of duck. That's how he got
his name because Dadchick Is . va
riety Of ruddy duck and SOS Devil
Diver. Won $65,359 last year, but
was regarded as only second best IN
stable. Now he's top man.
Hollywood From Ireland.
Hollywood (owned by Emerson
Woodward's Valdina Farm-N = -
Ireland. hrns,~I- Dy Texas
"a. woodward for $12 900 after
winning its only outing In Ireland.
Then won two straight before bow
ing in the Derby trial. First real
foreign threat since Omar Khayyam
in 1917. Dark brown beauty.
Sun Again (owned and bred by
Warren Wright, Lexington. KY,
ranked one of the best juveniles last
year until injured in winning the
Arlington Futurity July II. Named
stables successor to Whirlaway but
behind in training Bright chestnut
with huge quarters and winner OF
$45 ASS last year. Had tough luck
in first 1912 outing when jockey
lost stirrup. Finished second IN
Derby trial mile Tuesday. Like to
have picture taken and poses for
photographers.
Shut Out (owned and bred by Mrs.
Payne Whitney on Lexington farm,
son of Equipoise and spittiu' I'M
age of his daddy, the great Choco-
late Soldier. Earned $17,2l0 last
year and won Blue Grass Stake at
Keeneland this spring. Frisky and
playful colt.
With Regards (owned by T. d.
Grimes, Kremmling. Colo0, bought as
yearling for $500 and goes into Der
by with a record of seven straight
wins the last of which was Arkansas
Derby in track record, 1:5o for mile
and eighth. High-speed colt with
easy running style resembling Shark,
(See DERBY. Page B-9)