Evening star., 1948-05-01
DerbyRainstorn
Clears, butTrack
Will Be Muddy
Mudder Is Scratched,
Can't Be.Reinstoted;
Bets to Be Win Only
By the Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, KY, May IA
muddy track is likely for today's
74th running of the Kentucky
Derby.
The day dawned with heavy rain
and thunder and four hours of the
doWnpour converted the Churchill
Downs racing strip into near
quagmire.
The rain ceased shortly before 8
am. At that time the track con-
dltlon was described as sloppy"
And even though the sky was clear
ing, some observers said the strip
was expected to be muddy" at post
time.
Ironically, Galedo, mudder, was
withdrawn last night by Owner
Charles O'Neill. jr., of Miami, be-
cause a muddy track today seemed
out OF the question. A horse, once
scratched, cannot be reinstated In
the Derby, Downs officials said.
10000 to See Race.
Six colts are scheduled to take off
about 4:30 o'clock tCSTD this after
noon before crowd of 10000 or
more.
The seven names dropped into the
entry box yesterday for the 100000
3-year-old classic were reduced to
six by the scratching of Galedo.
Calumet Farms Citation and
CoaltoWn remain the major attrac-
tiOns. So much so, the Churchill
Downs management has ruled there
will be no place and show betting.
Each Out to Win.
Therell be no love lost when
Warren Wrights steppers break out
OF the gate. Wright said both jockeys,
Eddie Arcaro with Citation and
Newbold Pierson aboard Coaltown,
would be sent out to win. He didn't
care which got the S83,40O pot, value
of the race with six starters. This
will be the smallest field since six
ran in 1907.
The four other pretty fair country
horses which have more than an
outside interest in the classic, are
Ben F. Whitaker's My Request, Will
liam L. Brann's Escadru, r. w. Nc
Ilvain's Billings, and Mrs. John Pay
son Adams Grandpere.
Citation and CoaltoWn will be the
shortest priced favorites since the
Derby was inaugurated in 1875.
Same Odds Expected.
In the Derby Trial here Tues
Gay. Citation went away at to
10, winning for a $500 payoff. The
same odds are likely today.
The heavy money on Citation
produced two minus pools recently
at Hayre de Grace, In addition to
one in the Derby Trial The. man.
agement at both places had to
use some of its profits to pay off.
The Office of Col. Matt Winn.
Downs president, said it would pay
off at 10 cents on the dollar as
usual if the Calumet entry wins, al
though this isn't required by law in
Kentucky.
1t will be the first time for win
betting only since Agile won in a
three-horse field in the 1905 Derby.
Mrs. Snider to Get Purse.
Arcaro has announced he will do
nate half his winnings-if any-to
Mrs. Al Snider, widow of the Calu-
met jockey who would have been up
on Citation had he lived. Snider
was lost at sea during a Florida
fishing trip. Owner Wright will
match the donation of Arcaro, who
will be trying for new record Of
having had four Derby winners.
Doug Dodson, who quit Calumet in
a huff when Snider was put on
Armed in the Widener Handicap al
Hialeah in February, will have the
mount on My Request. winner Of
last Saturdays Wood Memorial at
Jamaica.
Escadru q Maryland bred, will
be ridden by Arnold Kirkland. who.
like DodSon, has had two previous
Derby horses but neither winner.
Aboard Grandpere will be Johnny
Gilbert. making his fifth try for a
winner in the Kentucky classic.
Pierson and Mel Peterson, who
will be up on Billings. are taking
their first crack at a Derby.