Evening star., 1954-04-29

close to having fits"
hlly flew with Fisherman She is Small Favor and is
entered in the Kentucky Oaks Her fts" Veitch
grinned There is-rea little one"
It observed that nearly everybody to have
small horse running in the Churchill Downs classic. Deter
mine mite at $50 pounds And Fisherman and Timely Tip
small
"Whtneys always small" veitch said
why, don't know. But they to small Fisher
man used weigh about 900 pounds but he lighter now
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"sYL" ASKED A NEWsPAPERMAN keeping odd hours
will you run the Wood Memorial again for us?"
"Well can't take anything away from Correlation" he
said "He good got bad start The ground cupped
out under Fisherman Woodhouse said the horse
he almost squated Hedey Woodhouse is the Whitney rider
What hurt Fisherman most" Veitch went "was his
humping by Mel Leavit Caught him amidship right in the
ribs That's why he last going into the clubhouse turn
Il didn't know Fisherman bumped" somebody said.
"Yes Vetch replied. "Me Leavitts saddle slipped. The
boy mad all ne could do to hold The horse macked mine
and between that bump and the bad start lost maybe
dozen lengths"
Fisherman son of Phaanx and the first of the 1e47 Bel
mont winners the three hard
in successive weeks with the fourth hardest coming
Saturday But veitch still likes his horse in the Derby
I'D like to off with Correlation and the Others"
sy said I'D like better to Correlation in position of
having to make run at instead of the other around
WHAT HORSES DO YOU FEAR in the Derby?" he was
Correlation, of course And Determine and Goyamo"
Are you forgetting Hasty Road?" asked Hasy
Road the Derby Trial Tuesday, nosing
track record time of 1:35 for the mile
NO." Veitch answered. "Hasty Road is factor But
back hve days later and set another which he have
to do to win the Derby"
But Hasy Road is bigger horse than Determine" he
was reminded. Determine the Trial too
Doesn't the same thing apply to Determine?"
Veitch who will be saddlng his seventh Derby
day the best being his first Phalanx did ponder
question The figure it, he said Determine is tough
ened by eight good this Hasy Road
times and has had easier races"
Obviously size horse is not considered important by
Veitch His weighing less than 900 pounds
mlne Will be giving approximately pounds
Hasty Road and Correlation
ITO change the subject" somebody asked "why your
horse called Fisherman"
Whitney always has horse in his stable named for
fish, or with fish in it, somewhere" Syl replied There was
Guppy for example After ALL Fisherman's Crawsh
He's great fishing enthusiast, c. ""
Did you your rider Woodhouse is slightly eoofv
about fishing. too?" said.
mo- didn't know syl guess that leaves me out"
"You don't fsh?"
Maybe I'd get to like it, Veitch sighed "but when tried
1t once found myself thinking of horses-hngs should be
doing should have DONE relax like you're SUD-
posed to do STILL training horses beats digging ditches
FOR THIS 80th RUNNING of the Derby the long-range
forecast for muddy track Few any, the principals
to be concerned Indeed they sound as If thew would
welcome mud even slop
Determine is not to it. Fisherman and both
would like muddy said I figure can helm
us and maybe hurt somebody else"
The night before Shoemaker had flown to Louisville
from New York In the lobby newspaperman attempted to
interview Silent Shoes I got three answers the newspaper
bleated rumphanty 1.-TWO yesses and no. One yes
came when asked if he'd like mud for Correlation"
Correlation must be versatile beast because Trainer
Noble Threewtt who will saddlng Derby starter
and the probable favorite, at that, saying:
"Sure, liked the way the Derby Trial out The
speed of it, with HaSty Road Determine hitting
track record time spells out good
Correlation. He likes it fast oo my notion is that
he'll like Determine Fast track muddy it doesn't
any difference"
Threewitt (nobody has figured got his name)
grinned things go right Saturday. he amended
Il might have to sing differently"