The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-23
Arcaro Takes a Good Look
 Before Picking Derby Mount
By HARRY CRIMSON NEA HNOrtR Editor

[ VSew York (NEA) = When Fox catcher Farms' handsome Hampden turned out to be on the sprinting Hide in the Wood Memorial at vamsica, Eddie Arcaro was tossed Emack dad in the lap of fabulous Maine Chance Farm.
 Arcaro, generally considered the
 finest stakes rider in the racket, has the pick of the six colts Mrs. Elizabeth Arden Graham has elig- 1ble for the Kentucky Derby, May 4, but is going to take good look before making choice. Lord BoS- well, Knockdown, Colony Boy, Star Pilot, War Pippin and Perfect Bahram are nominated. The first three are likely to 60.
 Informed racing people have ex- pressed doubt to Arcaro that Knockdown, winner of the $100,- 900 Santa Anita Derby, can beat the Dixiana Farms Spy Song and the others in the mile-and-a-quar- ter Run for the Roses.
 That is one reason why Arcaro wanted to ride Lord Boswell in the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland on Thursday. Anyway, the Kentucky bred Italian is going to take a good look. He doesn't want to be wrong twice in four years, not when he has chance to become the only rider to have ridden four winners since the Derby was inaugurated in 1875.
 Having came down in front aboard Iawin in 1S8 and Whirlaway in Al, Arcaro would have gained that distinction when he scored with Hoop Jr. a year ago had he not chosen the Greentree Stables Devil Diver over Shut Out in 42. Wayne Wright was then assignd to Shut Out, and-you guessed it-(took it) all, Devil Diver running fourth.
 The star jockey unable to recog- 1lize a winner in his own stable. HabituAl boss players might think that one over.
 While it is true that a clever 9ockey can move horse up some i've pounds, it also is so that he can't get off and carry his mount t1na last few yards. When Arcaro booted William L. Brann'S Pick pocket home at 2 to at Jamaica the afternoon of the Wood Me- nsorial, 1t was his first winner in 01 outings.
 Ted Atkinson was beaten in Sev- wfal very close finishes during his recent 24-mount slump" but when the Canadian-born reinsr1an finally broke it, he explained: T have no excuses and 1t wasn't bothering me. I've never felt better about my rid- ing. I wasn't making any mistakes, nor having any particularly bad luck. I got all that could have been gotten out of my mounts.
 There's little difference in jockeys at the finish. If 8 rider is going to be of any help insofar as horsemanShip, ability and judgment are concerned, it will be before the horse enters the stretch. Once they're strengthened away for the finish it's up to the horse"
 Lord Boswell, unraced during the winter, was not eligible for the late Maryland Stakes at the longer routes, which influence the choice of the leading two-year-old colt of the year, but the brown son of Boswell out of . whichone mare demonstrated that Inc could come of the pace and carry his speed over 6 distance and generally was rated one of the best-if not the finest-of the juveniles.
 Because of the time, :46 3-5 for the mile and a sixteenth. second slowest in the history of the stake, the bulk of those who saw the Wood Memorial were of the opinion that the Derby winner was already in Kentucky.
 King Ranch's Assault again did ell that was asked of him, how ever, taking over when Hampden and Marine Victory ran out of gas, and winning by two lengths ging away.
 Max IEsrsch won't know how good