Evening star., 1946-05-03
Continued Rain Make,
Muddy Going Likely
For Classic Race
BY the Associotsd Press


LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3.-A
field of seventeen 3-year- -olds,
headed by sleek, sturdy Lord
Boswell, was entered today for
tomorrow'S I'D running of the
Kentucky Derby, as continued
rain threatened muddy going
for the horses and damp after
noon for the expected crowd of
100000.
! Lord Boswell was top man in the
three-horse entry of Mrs. Elizabeth
Graham's Maine Chance Farm-the
first three-horse Derby entry in a
decade-and as rain fell on Church.
Ill Downs for the fifth straight day
Maine Chance was regarded as the
team to beat for the pot of 500 400
to the winner, if all II go to the
post.
West Holds Big Hand.
The West held the biggest hand it
has held in years in this widest open
Derby in years, with only six of the
II horses hailing from the East.
But three of this half-dozen were
Mrs. Graham's team of Lord Bos-
WELL Knockdown and Perfect Bah
ram. And Lord B. was to be piloted
by the ace of the Jockeys, Eddie
Arcaro, who is seeking his fourth
win for new high in Derby doings.
Against this, the Vests best were
Charles T. Fishers Spy Song, from
Detroit; William Helis' Rippey, from
New Orleans; Robert Kleberg, jr. S
Assault, from Texas, and Hal Price
Headley's Pellicle from deep in the
blue grass of Lexington, KY.
With the expected II horses in
the box when the entries closed
at 1890 am. (CDTl. the draw for
post positions gave Lord Boswell the
No. 3 spot in the gate, with the
complete outsider, Mrs. Denzil Hol-
lingsworths Kendor, on the rail and
Assault in the No. 2 position.
Hampden Unlucky ip Draw.
Most affected by the draw among
the leading contenders were the
chances of William du Points Hamp-
den, a speedy horse who drew the
No. II position and will be free of
interference in breaking from the
complete outside.
Beginning with the No. position,
the draw put the rest of the field in
this order at the gate:
Mrs. r. D. PatterSon's Alworth. in
No. 4: Perfect Bahram, S; Spy Song,
6. Alamond, 7; Pellicle, g.; Wee Ad-
miral, Robert McLaughlin's Cana
dian speedster, 9; Oscar E. Breault's S
With Pleasure. 10; Knockdown, II;
Lucas B. Combs, Dark Jungle, II:
Dave Ferguson's Bob Murphy, 13:
Rippey, IA; Robert Bruce Lives
Marine Victory, Is; H. w. Fieldings
Jobar, is, and Hampden, II.
Triple Entry Must Beat Jinx.
1t is just Is years now that the last
racing owner started three-horse
entry in Kentucky Derby, and if
history is in form this time. Mrs.
Grahams big three won't cup up the
100000 jackpot tomorrow
Only eight times before in all
Derby history going back to 1875
has an entry of three or more
Steppers been thrown at the rest of
/ the gee-gees all in one bunch and
only once has one of these running
rodeos" ever came back with the
blooms.
Back in 81 Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney's Twenty Grand blazed up
Churchill Downs stretch to a new
record, although his teammates
Anchors Aweigh and Surf Board
ambled on behind.
But that was the only time in
eight tries, and in this anything
can-happen horse race that some
100000 fans are leaping into Louis
vile to look at. there is enough
talent against Mrs. Graham's three
handed Maine Chance Farm deal
to keep 1t from coming up again.
| History Against Entries.
/ Ten years ago, there was another
such team-a team trained by Sunny
Jim Fitzsimmons, but running for
a pair of owners (Belair Stud and
Wheatley Stable) In this trio.
Sunny Jim had the rapid Teufel
and Merry Pete and husky Gran
vile. But Teufel finished eighth.
not-so-merry Pete staggered in
ninth, and Jockey Jimmy Stout fell
off Granville's back coming out of
the gate.
The history of these three horse
entries. all the way back to the first
one in 1917, should make the owners
of such other Derby dandies in this
years field as Rippey and Spy Song
and Pellicle and Assault and Hamp-
den mighty happy today.
In IT. for instance. the best A. K.
Macomber could do was fifth with
War Master.
On two other occasions, it was
the favorite entry in the betting
which couldn't capitalize on this
safety i'm numbers routine. That was
in 1920, when Upset could only get
second back of Paul Jones a year
after he'd handed Man O. War his
only beating, and in %, when
Enchantment was sixth behind Zev.
Enchantment, incidentally, led the
only four-horse squad in Derby his
tory, when Mrs. Payne Whitney and
Harry Payne Whitney combined
their quartet of color bearers into a
single trainer entry.
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