Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
WIN, LOSE OR
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MAYBE It's Our Dads Turn

LOUISVILLE, APRIL SO.-This is growing wearisome
but the blunt truth that the 85h Kentucky Derby con-
tnues to shape up the most wide open in years One
might make it stronger it's possibly the most
wide open since the Bluegrass classic became national
fixture
AS was feared the Derby Tral(s) proved little or moth
ing you must know, it off in two divisions
because there are so many who feel that anyone
can win Saturday and the winner might as well be
theirs.
Open View lightly considered captured the first half
of the Trial, and First Landing, a-tme money winning
champion as 2-year-old won the nightcap Open Views
time was faster q352 and presumably ne beat better
colts including Finnegan, Royal Orbit and TroluS Or II
not better widely known colts
First Landing his mile in 1855, out tne uiheS
can be discounted only the grounds that First Landing
repeatedly bumped in the stretch by the longShoC
Quantre, who finished third.
AS A'MATTER OF FACT, both ends of the Trial can
be debunked on the important grounds that the as
lance only mile. They're all going to nave 70 run
quarter of mile longer on Saturday and there's no
positive proof aside from blood lines IN certain INSTANCES
that there's an outstanding slayer in the lot
About the best guess now is that it Will be large
field in the Derby and very probably rough race Win
horses stopping and botherng each other LUCK co p
large part in the outcome.
Kentucky fans were getting good look last Tuesday
in the Trial at couple of the highly rated California coS
ROYAL Orbit and Fnnegan and although they were DeaIe
bv Open View they weren't exactly unmpesslVe
was beaten nose but seemed to receive none the DeS
Of it. especially as to the desuory ride Johnny Longoen
gave him ROYAL Orbit was tight quarters in the sretch
IN THE ABSENCE of solid favorite the Derby seems
10 be taking on than usual interest Fart u 1e
reason of course is the declaration by Sonny Whltey
that he will run his fly Silver Spoon against the men
horses after ALL - =, uos
whitney was undecided until Tuesday when ne was
unnosed to wait for the Trial outcome Even before te
first division of the Trial however Sonny wanted IN Tic
classic. ounor tbo+ q
This is not the time of year. you remember that
fv is supposed to at her best and there Is ony m
single gal Derby winner Regret in 1915 to prove IT. put
whitney obviously probably properly 1eelS a' 0iVe
Spoon has as good chance as any. IT,. III
silver Snoon winner of six Straight races against all
an+. in california including the Santa Anita Derby,
lost her first race the Stepping Stone last
Nnishing behind sword Dancer and Easy spur NOne VI
these If course ran in the Trial Easy spur mas pee
sender since the Stepping Stone but the other two appar
entity are fit.
COLT A GOOD MANY raibirdS are beginning TO
ME little is Our Dad, a chestnut son OF Faeseials WY
e trained bv Hirsch Jacobs and entered IN the name oi
Patrice Jacobs, his oaughCeE WIN 0
looking colt. r..
Our Dad hasn't won much money lately, but ne I'M
isbed like running behind ManaSsa Mauer IN the
Wood Memorial and while better than 1ourth III FITS.
landings division of the Trial. he still looked Vhe part VI
slayer.
In the Wood all that Our Dad seemed to need was
racing ROOM which he didn't get In the Trial ne was
dead last the halfmile POLE dozen lengths OH tne
pace but he closed strongly that he was mere tnee
and a half lengths off at the wire
Such performances have got to impress some tolKS
and that's why Our Dads Scant record ana earnings arr
going to be put aside Saturday in favor OF suspicion
that he can handle the mile and half Derby route oette
than any of the other horses.
Every other Derby-age horse seems to have won Dis
one lately and maybe it's Our DADS turn