Evening star., 1942-05-01

ESSs~ssssssS nave WllteO.
Henry McIemore. one promi-
nent horseman said he could prove
by blood lines that my horse could
not even ride a mile and quarter
in a truck, much less get out there
on the track on his own four legs
and run a mile and quarter.
Another volunteered the informa-
tion that the price on my choice
would drop 20 points If it were an
nounced that the stable had diced
to make a drastic switch and enter
the Jockey and let the horse ride.
/ "You might have chance. then"
he said. But as 1t Is, your horse
will be eligible for the third draft
before he finishes"
SO 1t went. Every one had cruel
jibe. bitter jest. Word Of my choice
spread quickly. Newsboys stopped
peddling their wares to taunt me.
A sightseeing bus pulled up short
to allow the guide to point me out
as the man who had picked horse,
whose Jockey will be allowed to
carry distress flares for use In the
backstretch. Old Kentucky ladies
shook their parasols at me, and dis
gusted bartenders asked me whether
I wanted mint in my Mickey Finn.
But for my own good breeding,
but for a family line that can be
| traced back as far as the Hoover
administration without a great deal
of trouble-I surely would have lost
my temper.
happen to know something about
the horse I have picked to win the
Derby. For one thing, he has rheu-
matism. Plain, old rheumatism,
which gives him the miseries In the
legs and shoulders. considered
this to be greatly in his favor. II
| he is good enough to be entered IN
the Derby with rheumatism, he must
be a great horse No owner Is go
ing to throw away money to enter
in the Derby a bad horse that has
rheumatism.
NV horse has rheumatism so bad
that he has to be walked 80 minutes
before he can run. Before every
workout, before every race, gIooms
lead him gently around for half an
hour to enable him to get the kinks
out of his legs In the morning,
when all the other Derby horses
tumble out of bed and make straight
for the tracks for brisk run, he
eases himself about, sort Of grunt-
ing and groaning, and staggers
around until he gets the knots
united.
He was so creaky here few
days ago that the track yet insisted
on seeing him. Fortunately. the
vet waited for him clear across the
track from the barns. BY the time
the horse had walked from the
barns to that point, he was oiled UP
and showed no signs Of rheumatism.
The vet okayed him as sound and
solid critter.
Once my horse gets warmed up.
and is able to throw away his
crutches. so to speak. he is a whang-
dinger. Earlier this year he won
the Arkansas Derby, a 11s-mile
jaunt. in track record time and in
his last six races he was the first
one TO tip his hat to the judges.
My horse Is owned and trained
by one T. D. "Pinkey" Grimes. q
rancher who operates out of Krem-
mling, Colo.
You never would have any trouble
distinguishing "Pinkey" Grimes from
the other owners. He doesn't look
like a Wright, Vanderbilt, Whit
ney or Woodward. As matter of
fact, he looks like no other owner
you ever saw. He wears a buckskin
shirt complete with tassels and to
meet him Is to feel that Daniel
Boone has returned from scouting
trip through the Kentucky hills in
time to see his colt take a flyer
with tine best in the country.
Oh, yes. the name of my Derby
winner?
With Regards.
That's it-With Regards. Cost
Grimes cool $500 as a yearling.
The only horse that might beat
With Regards is the Devil Diver, a
handsome critter that belongs to
Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentree
Stable.
Quite a sport, racing. What with
"Pinkey" Grimes and his buckskin
shirt and his $500 horse out there
shooting against Mrs. Whitney and
her horses, all of whom could have
caviar on their oats If they asked
for 1t.
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