The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-08-09
Horness Race Dodgers Be0t
Prize $34,427 Greet Lakes

aCnsAe9 Press Staff CorreSpsndenlD
Goshen, n. y. Aug. Sup
This sleepy little village In the foot
hills Ct the calskills was vide awake
today as eleven Of the fastest har-
ness horses In the country went
10 the post in the famed Hamble-
tonian trotting classic.
Six colts and five fllies we're
ready to match speed and stamina
in the s3s.s27 event and for the
first time since 1887 a filly was ex-
pected 20 carry off top money in
trOtting'S Kentucky Derby.
The stsaw-hat sages hitched up
their galluses and took time out
ffoin outslickering the city sliclers
~ an overflow crowd TO install yam
re Maid. fast bay filly from KAN
sas. as the one TO beat. Owned by
a. L. Derby Of Wichita and TO be
driven by Henry Thomas of Long
wood. Fla. Who brought the last
lilly winner home seven years ago,
she WAS quoted as a prohiDiiiye Z 20
5 considering the class Of her OPP
position.
And IL was agreed. IN the big
striped tent where the ladies' Aid
society served piping hot chicken
and dumplings. that the opposition
was plentiful in this 18th renewal
Of the corn tasseI classic.
II vas a battle Of cousins" with
all OF the II entrants Oifsprings Of
the famed stallion for which tie
race was named. And the two
relatives given the most chance OF
stopping the Kansas Lady were host
Bill Canes Enac and Eya's Boy,
owned by Walter ). Michael OF
Bueyrus. o. The two bay colts were
ranked az TO !. with Enac TO cd
driven by Harry whitney Of Aiken.
s. C.. and the Boy 70 be piioted
by Wayne Smart OF Delaware, o.
But right back Of them IN the
piibiicis eye was another fleet bay
filly. Rose Dean. owned by Glib
White Of LOnggoOd. Fla. She was
6 10 ! and many regarded il as Q
sentimental bet. Because the Rose
viii be pulling 7l-year old Ben
White, only man ever ct win the
HaDlbet0nian more than twice. The
silser-haired dean Of the drivers
viii be cunning for his fifth Ht-
uiGpb.
The odds are long on the rest OF
them. Fighting Scot. owned by
Joe Burke Of Plainlield. u. D.. and
driven By Tom Berry Of Lexington,
Ky. Is rs TO !. And banked at rs
10 are the fields two brown hofses,
Emily Scott. q lilly owned by q.
w. Phellis OF GHeeDyicb, Conn
and handled by Fred Egap OF LexS
ington, KY, and Rapid Hanover, 0
colt owned by Mrs. .. y, Johnston
OF Rochester, MINI, and 10 be dtby-
en- by Sep Palm, Indianapolis vet
eFaD.
Outsiders at The take-aacbaDce
OF 40 10 ! are three FLIES and a
colt. They are Princess Guiana,
owned by the WilkcO Farms " Loo
gansport, Ind and banded by AT
blackwell; HUNS Sas, oelieo w y.
,. williams Of Corning. u, y, and
driven BIZ Paul Vineyard, Whining
ton, Del; Betsy Babcock, owned ny
w. ~. Reynolds, Winst0DSsalem. u,
C., and with Harry Pownall Q l0s
cal driver IN the sulkey, and Pos.
ter Hanover, owned By o. Blake 81
Plainyille, ~ j.. and driven by Pen
per Hawkins.
That's the field and the whip
socket set Is certain that " VIZ
take terrific trOtting and a lot 81
racing luck 70 beat Yankee Mald,
She was acclaimed champion two
yeag Old tFotteT IN 1913 and bas
upheld this ranking this season by
winning both the matFoD stakes o.
Cleveland and the batiopal Stake
al Old Orchard Me, The MAID got
. Jolt jp drawing Wle OUTSIDE post
position, however, and EHAC, wpo
finished second 70 her ~ both STAKES,
also fare poorly W getting tle l0tD
lane. Which means that Eyas b9y
and Rose Dean can make " lougp
a. n.EasAtnaaE