The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-04
Edward Sachs
Morning Watch
The Kentucky Derby

Whlriaway ran the fastest Kentucky Derby The
little horse with the long tail ran the 1871 event in 2:S1
rs . Twenty Grand clicked off the one and IL mile
distance IN 2:O1 As in 1881 War Admiral won the
1887 event IN zoo Is and Old Rosebud the 1914 classic in
80. The II trimmings of the Derby have been won bv 63
colts, seven g~eldings and one filly 80. The lone ladv was
Regret winner OF the 1915 event : The seven geldings
Old Rosebud Q914, Exterminator Q91s). Paul lanes
$500, and Clyde Van Dusan 1929.
Derby =. They include Behave Yourself, Bubblin9 Over.
Burgoo King, Brokers Tip . The Derby is to racing WHAT
the world series is to baseball, the Army-Navy game to
football, Wimbledon is to tennis and Reno is to marri.so
. Some of the great horses that have raced in the
Churchill Downs classic include Omar Khayyam, Sir Bar
ton, zev,, Black Gold, Reign Count, Gallant Fox, Twenty
Mate, Blue Larkspur, Display, War Cloud, Billy Kelly. Up-
set the horse that beat Man OWar, Sun Beau. Gallant Sir.
He Did, Pompoon, Roman Soldier, Challedon, Bimelich,
Asab, Menow, Bull Lea and Discovery ....
Kentucky Derby winners for the past ten years include
Bold Venture 1885,, War Admiral G9aD, Lawrin 1888,
Shut Out Q942), Count Fleet Q943), Pensive G944 and
Hoop Jr. qs45) - {. Longest shot to ever win the Derby
S Sgsk P rsseled the 1881 soek xn x sissd have o e h. e psid 49, ssa4 IS To-. every very
5sel edsr EDDIE k,4 AEffa5e, 1888 1ss;.s 1s4li and an 1915 49,, ~ # Johnson ~
1927 1879 % I ,.a I Murphy 1s 99tso Earl e. S sands, lsas-25' 80. Willie si1nms,
S next ; yss1: ':i1si pss !: : :t: ss1 three ses ta:: . . S1s':n': 1h ssHi in.
entry will probably field odds of three to n With Eddie
Arcaro up, Lord Boswell rates as the horse to beat For
those who like longshots this afternoon, Jsbar goes to the barrier
rating as a 1901 shot And there is a lot Of greenbacks going
across the board on William Helis' Rippey ;. Assault, the win
nr of the Wood Memorial is still another betting choice Pei
Hde, who ran second to Lord Boswell in the Blue Grass stakes
will be at the post at n o better than eight to one :.
Arnold Kirkland will ride diamond AS we write these lines,
Friday evening, we know that at this minute the bar at Louisville's
Brown Hotel is lined three deep while white coated bartenders serve
throughout Louisville late corners r searching for rooms That
rumors ar running throughout the crowds that such and such is a
cinch That a large hunk of Chicago money has just been placed
OF a long-shot .. That copies of the Racing Form n harder
to find than nylon stockings zee.
About half the people who 60 TO Louisville for the Derby
never Re the race Pre-Derby celebrating keeps a good
share confined to their rooms And because the race never
takes longer than three minutes to run, spectators who n
bending down to pick mp their wives gloves, are out trying to get
a sandwich OIL are involved in conversations. find that the race is
A Year Ago In Sports
May 8, 1915 New Hanover high schools baseball team was
defeated by WhHevine, 10 to ! -. The Yanks and the Cubs led the
major leagues -.
Three Years Ago La Sports
May g. 1915 .. Lonnie Frey Of Cincinnati with an average Of .467
was leading the major leagues The Yanks and Dodgers were in
first place in the major pennant races The Firemen defeated
and Plumbers led the ShipbuIders' softbau league.
Seven Years Ago In Sports
Lou Gerhig left the Yankee lineup after playing 2130 consecutive
games The MINIS Wildcats defeated Rocky Mount 4 to 3 be-
hind the pitching of Allison Alderman and Roy Lamb -. The Yanks
and Bees led the major lea CUES -. Babe Dahlgreen who replaced
Gerhig, blasted out a homer to help the New Workers. defeat tho