Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-08
Ponder, 1871,
Wins Derby as
Olympia Folds
Copot Second Behind
CoIumet Colt. With
Polestinion Third
o. Fasea Stens

LOUISVILLE. Nv Mas : A
handsome DARK h;o@n e<s.g named
Ponder from Tire fabulous Ca!a~
met Farm. which Toe eger VAS
considered q manns thgvat. tcsdAY
won Tire 5ath kentuRky Defay ia
much the same manner iaRt 4
senlar ktahlrmsfe 81 far move
fame Citation. won . yrAf Ake
Before what Derby otfselAls esss~
mated MAS ereSd 81 mere than
100 900. tar son Of renS3,e oug az
Miss RuShsn VAS by far Ihe hest
Of aeld Of IL hopefuls. including
the s-to-S fAvogits Olympia, waa
finlShed = trims SlSth after srgtsng
the pace for = mlle
With the steady e!aeien' Steve
Brooks In the saddle. Ponder ven
oS three lengths ever Capos ef
the Ofeen.yee Stable entry, tn
third place was palestlnian. fol-
lowed by Old Rockpcft. Halt ard
Olympia None Of the others
ever was q contender.
Jenes Really Surprised,
Ponder paid $50 TO win. ell 90
70 place and 90 20 to show CArot
paid 90 so 10 place and ts so TO
show, ralestinian paid sAao 30
show.
For Warren Wrieht Of Calumet
1t Was the fourth Derby Winner.
Whirlaway. renS.Se and Citation
had won In ls4i. 1914 and laAs.
respectively, For Trainer Ben
Jones IL vas a NTH victory. the
old. white haired genius Of the
turf having previously saddied
Lawrin In 1898 for Herbert Wolf
and the other Calumet winners
But Plain Ben apparently Mas as
surprised as any body al his
horses stunning victory for lie
forgot all dignity and ran out on
the track 10 greet Ponder when
Brooks brought him praneing tn To
receive the traditional blanket Of
roses.
Faster Than Citation.
Only q few hours before, the
veteran trainer had labeled Pom
der . cheap horse" and the sx-
perts apparently believed HIM.
But they had GOOD reason for
doubling the colts quality. unlll
today he had not won . single
stake race and his total earnings
were only 81, $50, He vas = hard
running second 70 Olympia In last
weeks Derby Trial and many who
saw that race thought Ponder
looked as II he might have some
another quarter mile, but they
didn't think enough of that opin-
ion 10 back II UP al the mutuel
windows today.
To the scarcely poverty stricken
Calumet Farm the victory was
worth SOL 800. As The second
place horse. Capot won 1000 and
Paiestinian and Old RockpoFt won
s5. 900 and assoc. respectively.
The time wa 7o4's over .
track as fast as Churchill Downs
ever produced-~bettrr time than
Citations 2:05ss last year and the
same a. pensivek time In winning
the fa4A Derby.
Olympia on Fast.
II was an impressive sight 80
the band played My Old Ken
lucky Home" and the horses pa
raded onto the track and Il vas
an impressive start BY Olympia.
pride Of Fred w. Hoopcr'k StAhDs.
getting away on top from the
No. 4 slot. There seemed 70 be no
excuse for Olympia. Jockey Eddie
Arcaro. undenlanly anxious for
q record breaking Attn Derby VIC
tory. took the favoFits right 10
the front within the first dozen
jumps and held him there aa long
as he could.
At the one-auartsr pole oyn-
pia Was . length In front Of Ca
pot, huwsing the ran and saving
ground. A. the half he had
opened Up two lengths Of dAs-
light. II vas the same ri the
three-auarters and the mile as
Olympia and capos fought II out
In front Of the strung -oat fed.
But In thu nexi eighth Of mile.
the picture changed Dramatically
and drasticaliy.
Capot. coupled with Wine List
~ the oreentree entry. shafgsd
ahead 10 q three-isngtha lead ~
Olympia faded badly eoang into
the stretch. Palsstinian moved
In TO challenge CABOT and Ponder
moved swiftly into third place 40
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