Evening star., 1957-04-20
Bold Ruler l to 2 in Wood;
II Get Shot At Derby Trip
Iron Liege Wins,
Gen. Duke Third.
At KeeneIund
By the Associate Press

Two Eastern races-the Wood
Memorial and Chesapeake Stakes
which in the past have sent
10 Of their winners on to victory
in the Kentucky Derby, today
presented eleven year olds
with an opportunity to show why
they should be IN the starting
lineup at Churchill Downs May
4 for Americas most famous
horse race.
Bold Ruler, twice winner and
twice second in four starts this
year. is the name horse. The
Wheatley Stables son of Nasrul-
Ilah, favored to fight it out with
Calumet Farms Gen. Duke and
Iron Liege in the Derby. goes in
the $50.000-added Wood Memo
rial at Jamaica. This mile-and-
an-eighth race will be televised
(CBS) from 4:30 to S pm.
lin Washington, WTOP-Tv
will interrupt the Pick Temple
program at about 4::50 pm. to
show the race.)
Six colts, all except one Of
whom is eligible for the Derby,
were named to oppose Bold Ruler
in his first start since he lost
to Gen. Duke in the Florida
Derby. But the Wheatley star,
ridden by Eddie Arcaro, seems a
stickout at ! to Q in the early
line.
Mister 1--WE Prominent
Best Of the others figures to
be j. L. Appelbaum's Mister 1--WE,
winner of the Gotham Stakes
last Saturday; Mrs. Ethel D.
Jacobs Promised Land, second
to Mister 1--WE; Ralph loves
Gallant Man and Ambehaving
from Mrs. Richard C. duPont's
Bohemia Stable.
Wood Memorial winners who
went on to take the Derby were
Gallant Fox, Twenty Grand.
Johnstown. Count Fleet, Hoop,
Jr.. and Assault. Two famous
winners Of the Wood. Native
Dancer and Nashua, ran second
in the Derby.
Only five Of the Is named for
the $40, ,000-added Chesapeake
at Laurel are eligible for the
Churchill Downs classic. But in
the past Whiskery. Cavalcade,
War Admiral and Citation put
together the Chesapeake-Derby
double.
The Derby eligibles are The
Hammer, Dark Trust, Pro-
Brandy. Roscoe Nancy and Fed
eral Judge.
Favoritism in the Chesapeake
was expected to go to Mr.. and
Mrs. w. M. Jeffords' entry of
Gannet and Bakht
The Claiborne Farms Bandit.
"a Derby candidate who defeated
older horses in the Phoenix
Handicap a week ago, was back
in action at Keeneland. again
against more experienced rivals,
in the $10.000-added Ben Ali
Handicap.
Iron Liege Surprises
But Kentucky racing fans
were still talking today of the
speedy race turned in by Iron
Liege yesterday. The Calumet's
No. 2 three-year-old won a
special 7-furlong. no-betting
race in track record time Of
l:222s with his more famous
stablemate. Gen. Duke. three
lengths back. In between them
was One-Eyed King from Harry
Guggenheim's Cain Hoy Stable.
Rounding out the national
card today was the 100000 Bay
Meadows Futurity, the $4,000
added Pawtucket at Lincoln
Downs, the $l0,000-added In
augural at Chicago's Sportman's
Park and the $50.000 Southern
Cross at Gulfstream Park.
Louis M. Mayors Royal Clip
per is the favorite over Is other
2-year-olds in Bay Meadows
big race. 1t will be broadcast by
MICS Monitor program at $40.
Needles. 1856 Kentucky Derby
winner, was one of the IS
named for the mile-and-one-
eighth Southern Cross but he
was scratched late yesterday,
leaving Jabneh as the high
weight under 121 pounds. Nee
dies had been assigned 100.
With Bay Meadows, Laurel
and Lincoln Downs closed yes
terday because of Good Friday,
racing was confined to Jamaica,
Gulfstream and Keeneland.
Third Base was the big surprise
at Gulfstream. paying $258.20