Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-05
Muddy Track Seen for Derby
Nineteen Starters
In Churchill!
Down Classic
By OSCAR FRALEY

LOUISVILLE. KY, May .. tUP'-
Nineteen three-year-old thorough
breds. comprising a near record
field. were nominated by their as
piring owners Friday for the 10th
running OF the Kentucky Derby at
Churchill Downs Saturday over a
track that is likely to be muddy.
The entry list was headed by
Greentree stables Stir Up, slight
favorite in the pre-derby betting.
Brolite farms Challenge Me,
was the second colt entered FRIDAY
for the Bluegrass classic at Chur-
chill Downs Saturday.
Trainer Dan Cataldo laid the SOU
final entry fee on the line as
light rain continued for the sec
ond cay and threatened the flrSt
muddy track since Omaha SplaShed
to victory in 1885.
The second entry was For Alorter,
A. c. ErnSt's bay colt which won
S34.240 with five important victor
les as a two-year-old but which
has only one second and two thirds
as a three -year-old. A u 10 WIN
den by Johnny Adams.
Third in was Mrs. A. j. Abels
Cramps Image. with the final fee
posted by her husband-trainer,
Whitley Abel. The grandson of Man
OWar was declared fit. Winner
of the Chesapeake stakes, the
Chestnut colt is a 10 to l shot and
will be ridden by Otto Grohs.
Dave Ferguson's Bell BuZzer was
the fourth entry. This horse which
beat such outstanding three-year-
olds as Alorter, Shut Up, and Sky
tracer. will be ridden by Billy
Thompson. The colt is Is to l in
the winter book.
Worked a half mile Friday morn
ing in so 4 5 seconds, A. A. BaronS
Autocrat was put in the lineup by
his owner -trainT. The Chestnut
Gelding won four races as a two
year-old and finished third behind
Stir UP and Stymie in the feature
section OF the Wood Memorial. He
is quoted at y to l.
The Derby faVorite, Stir UP, rat
ed as the horse TO beat by owners,
trainers and jockeys, was the sixth
entry. Trainer Jack Gaver, putting
I'D the final $500 fee for the to
chestnut gelcing from the Green
tree stable, said his horse was fit
for mud or sun The gelding, VIM
ner of the Flamingo stakes and the
featured section of the Wood Men,
orial. will be ridden by Eddie Ar
caro-.
Trainer F. j. CRed) Baker filed
an entry for M. B. Goff's Skytracer.
The bay colt was second to Stir up
in the Flamingo and won the Blue
Grass stakes.
Ray White, only Negro trainer
in the Derby field, filed j. V. Mag
gio's American Eagle and said the
dark colt was sharp as a tack
and would run regardless OF track
conditions.
Phil Reilly, 7O-year-old dean of
the Derby trainers, put in w. c.
Dobson's Diavolaw with a remark
that the bay colt was "aS good as
he can be for a cheap horse
The 10th horse entered was Erl-
anger stables Shut Up, a 20 to l
shot which has been having smooth
workouts.
Rollie Shepp, trainer of Robert
Dienst's Brief Sigh, entered the
grey colt with the comment that
hell run in anything
Broadcloth, the Derby trial VIM
ner. was the 18th entered when
his fee was paid by Trainer Charley
Leavitt.
A surprise entry was Mrs. Floyd
Vests Comanche Peak, a chestnut
! gelding which won a six and one
/ half tu~.ong dash at Churchlll
Downs yesterday. The son OF San
greal by Fairy Glen was 100 to l
/ in the winter book.
spec" Dunno filed for bay bit
Bobanet stables bay gelding Wnlch
was second in the Louisiana DERBY
and third in the Chesapeake.
j Calumet farms Pensive, second
betting favorite at to l along WIN
/ Skvtracer and Challenge Me, was
entered by "Pinky" Brown, exercise
bov for Trainer Ben Jones.
w c. Davis lockwood Boy, a
so 10 l shot was entered by Trainer
George Morris.
The 18th entry was B. r. Patton
Valley Flares.
The 18th entry came when Char
les Compton paid the Zee 1or MS
filly, Peace Bells.