Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-04
Tim Length Derby Victor
AS Silky SuI|ivan's Bubble Bursts
Lincoln Rood
is Second on
Muddy rack
BY CHARLES M. EGAN
Sports Editor Of the star

LOUISVILLE, May 3.-The
folks who insisted that Silky
Sullivan couldn't spot real good
horses IS TO 30 lengths and
beat them were so right. 1t was
established this muggy after
noon over a muddy track at
ancient Churchill Downs.
Tim Tam, given q rousing.
whipping ride by Isrnael Valen-
zuela. subbing for the injured
Bill Hartack, won the saith
Kentucky Derby in convincing
fashion. even though his mar
gin over the feet Lincoln Road
was only a half length. It was
the seventh Derby victory for
Mrs. Gene Markey,s Calumet
Farm.
Noureddin. a l5-to-l shot,
was another half length behind
in third place. with the favored
Jewels Reward six lengths far
ther back--a well-beaten
fourth.
But beaten much worse was
Silky Sullivan. the debated
California hope who wound up
18th in the field Of IA 3-year-
old stars after making a threat
ening bid from far back shortly
before the far turn.
Silky 20 Lengths Back
Silky, who was the darling
of the So bettors, wound up
20 lengths behind and they
sent in enough money on him
to make him the second choice,
along with Tim Tam. at $2.l0
to 81. Jewels Reward, coupled
with Ebony Pearl as the Maine
Chance Farm entry, was a
slight favofite at exactly 2-to-l.
The purse for this second
richest Derby crossed $3.50. 500.
with Calumet netting $ll6,400
for Tim Tam's triumph. Count
ing the Flamingo. in which
Tim Tam was moved up when
Jewels Reward was disquali-
fed, it was the seventh straight
victory for Tim Tam. who now
has earned total of $346,655.
All but SITS has been earned
as a 3-year-old.
The Dark Brown son of Tom
Fool Two Lea, who is about as
well-bred as they come, brought
in that S275 by finishing fourth
in his only 1857 race last Octo-
Der 10 at Garden State Park.
Since then, Tim Tam has won
three races of 500, 900 or more
the Flsmingo and Florida
Derby as well as today's $685.
000-added classic.
Broke on Top
For Tim Tam and the SUM-
ny Blue Farms Lincoln Road,
This was a re-run Of that Flori-
da Derby at Gulfstream Park
last March 20. Ridden by Cor.
don Gibson on that occasion,
Lincoln Roads jockey today
was Chris Rogers. who broke
his mount on top and kept him
there until Tim Tam and VAL
enzuela took over inside the
eighth pole.
Lincoln Road was a 75-to-l
shot when he gave Tim Tam
such hard time in the Florida
Derby. a race that he might
have won had he not SHE'D
at the starting gates shadow
in the stretch. Lincoln Road,
named for Miami Beach's FASH
ionable shopping center, went
of at nearly AZ to l today, but
] he had no excuses whatever.
Tim Tam was just too much
horse. The margin of victory
was the same in each race.
Naturally, the two big disap-
pointments to a perspiring
throng that appeared to DO
not too far of the usual l00.-
900" were Silky Sullivan and
Jewels Reward. Neither showed
anything that indicated they
might turn the tables on Tim
Tam in the Preakness or Bel
mont Stakes.
! Many a knowledgeable horse
man has insisted that Silky
is a "one-run" horse and that
this run-spectacular as it
undoubtedly isis only good
for a quarter Of mile. This
appeared to be the case today,
for the chart showed surpris-
ingly that an questionable
colt named Red Hot Pistol was
two lengths behind Silky after
a mile had been run. yet was
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