Evening star., 1954-04-24

Mathewson little guys as Dickey Kerr and Tommy
Brdges-probaby will be backing R. S. Lyes currently
favored Correlation the Farms Goyamo stretch
running winner of Thursdays Blue Grass Stakes
Determine who might have lost of his zip winning
SIX straight stakes in California just and weighs
co., FISHERMAN whose meeting with Correlation in todays
100000 Wood Memorial could alter the picture considerably
stands 152 hands and weighs 9OO These two the
smallest colts ever to run in the Derby.
IN SHARP CONTRAST both Correlation and Goyamo
exceed 16 hands and weigh than 1000 pounds.
unfortunate Turnto whose tendon knocked him out
OF racing forever we'll 16 hands weighed
than 1OO when he with the Famingo Stakes late
In February Mrs Liz Persons Porerhouse also by
injuries also big fellow SIRE the South American
Endeavour H.
The great Man War stood 1924 hands weighed we'll
over 11O0 early in his Syearod his nickname
Big Red misnomer Yet Man War who didn't start
in the Churchill Downs himself the smallest
of all the Derbys 70 vtorcyde Van Dusen in 1929 and
War Admiral in 1887.
Clyde Van Dusen trained by gentleman bearing the
same name, had well-named jockey him, too-Pony
McAtee But the little colt just 15 hands, his Derby
on muddy sticky track from of the poorest
The 17to10 favorite in the race, Bradleys Blue
Laksur later proved to be horse but he just couldn't
function in the mud that afternoon and finished fourth in
nondescript field of 21 Clyde won another
stake and quickly dropped from sight
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WAR ADMIRAL WAS a horse of another color, but j. H.
Loucheims Pompoon the only good 3-yearold
around in 1887 when the won the Triple
Crown and all of his eight starts took his Derby
convncngy enough but managed only head victory over
Pompoon in the Preakness thereafter his
trainer George Conway avoided Popoon the plague
Belmont Park heard boos than did
Day in 1888 when War Admiral scratched from the Sbu
ban Handicap because of the "o track lightly weighted
Shark beat Pompoon by in near-record time.
Four inches under his in height War Admiral finally
6
Howards Seabscut, who beat him by lengths
Pmlco Special with each carrying 100 pounds But Seabscu
despite his height outweighed his rival and in addition
stocky rugged horse courageous is possible
for thoroughbreds to
Neither of these great little horses could carry weight
the fashion of Extermnaor, Discovery War;
who 3year-od the Handicap at Havre de
Grace under 1873 pounds In fact each carried than
130 only
MUCH HAS BEEN written about the turs giant killers"
in discussing Fisherman and Determine. Mentioned most
often is little Top Row, who back in 1856 victories
Discovery three rich stakes But in the first of these
the Narraganset Special Discovery spotted
pounds after having at Saratoga under 1885, conceng 81
to Top Row.
Peanuts Top equally small SIRE also had knocked
of lot of big during the 192O among them Display
DiScovery SIRE who among the first of those known
the "iron horse" Usually it the tory-weight.
Next Saturday the little colts will have to tote 1875 pounds
the big and farther than they've
before Many say they like Fisherman Whitney
colt proved in the Gotham Stakes that he likes off track
and Louisville can't always have nice weather Derby Day.
hasn't big Saturday since Citations Derby
in 1948 and maybe they have something.
But both Correlation and Goyamo showed in the Florida
Derby that they don't have to have fast track 1t wouldn't
surprising here if their riders Willie Shoemaker Eddie
respectively battle it again next week. With
Goyamos price likely to be little better it might not be
bad idea consider the prospect Derby No for Mr.