Evening star., 1960-05-09
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS STANN
After the Ball Was Over

LOUISVILLE May 9-The morning after Kentucky
Derby is like any morning after other wild party This
was Sunday in the early am. and there unkempt
stiffness to the barn at Churchill Downs There
the paper coffee cups on the ground the halfSmoked
cigarettes and cigars, the chewing gum wrappers
Mostly there the destroyed hopes which are
senSed but not seen.
At barn No. II, of course, there laughter and
gaiey and happiness because here Venetian Ways
stall and he was convincing solid winner of the 86th
Derby, full 3l2 lengths Baly Ache his two-time
tormentor in the past Venetian Way the loser to
Bay Ache in the 100000 Florida Derby big loser
IN derby prep called the Stepping Stone much the
best horse last Saturday.
He is good-lookng thing, separated from most
thoroughbreds because of long white streak the length
OF his face from to nostrils ankle the left
toreleg is white He trained by husky usually amiable
man named Vic sovnski who originally objected
No H. located too the street" and not within
quarter mile of the so-caled Big Barn. which housed
Bay Ache and Tompion
We're better than this" Sovinski had complained
when he was assigned the barn. But Derby week
on Vic got to like the quarters and when he given
chance to move he refused.
VENETIAN WAY is OWNED BY Isaac Blumberp
Lthuanlan-oorn machinery manufacturer from Chicago
man who lives in Florida in the winter and has fetish
Tor naming horses after streets Beach Two years
ago BumbergS Lincoln Road was second to Tim Tam in
the Derby Venetian Way is another street and another
morse although the Of Royal -FreAy seemed
destined to live under the shadow of Bay Ache and
Tompion just as Lincoln Road lived under Tim Tam
Il always felt that Lincoln Road was the best horse
I've ever trained, Sovinsk saying with triumphant,
earymornng enthusiasm But this one noddng toward
Venetian Way, lis better My what race he ran"
Venetian Way ridden by Bill Hartack the emo
uona controversial and often brilliant Jockey from
yVanla who had spent good deal of Derby Week in the
press box thorn in the sides of most newsmeu They
don't like Hartack and it's mutual and one day there
was movement afoot to throw Bill out of the box
never got beyond the talking stage but in all fairness to
Hartack he rode the good race
Hartack didn't go out for Bally Ache, who was the
acknowledged paceSetter but he kept his mount close
fourth at the half mile and then moving up and
nearer until they hit the stretch Harack asked
colt for everything he had. And he had plenty
IN THE JOCKEYS ROOM after the Derby this strange
little man. Harack was in his old FORM tanaizing the
newspapermen who in turn had objected to his occupancy
of the press box The little made production of
his victory after he'd climbed the high flight of steps
the Splintery room where the riders stay.
I'm not going to answer any stupid questions"
tack announced the press gathered. You guys
the that will ask them If anyone has inteli
gent question, I'll answer it"
There a long pause if nobody could think of
question that would qualify as answerabe in HartackS
estimation Finally somebody said, Willie did you
up your horse anywhere along the line?"
Hartack bristled like bantam rooster
Listen" he said, my is Bill" He hates willie"
To him It's fighting word. my name is Bill, he repeated
"and what you asked STUPID question:
Things sort of settled down after the turbulent open
ing but the turf writer's away not liking Hartack
any better and, again, it seemed to be mutual.
IHE BARN THAT SEEMS to accept adversity most
graciouSly is Baly Aches. Owner Leonard Fruchtran
and Trainer Jimmy Pitt beaten in 100000 races
last year but neither up with an ulcer although
Fruchtman Is newcomer to racing and Pitt always has
oeen Sadded with the reputation of gypsy trainer
our colt ran real good, Pitt saying in the wake
OF the Derby He Just got beat that's all Were YOU one
OF Ihe fellows was talking to before the when
said this would be than two-horse race?"
Jimmy did, indeed, object to two-horSe race angle
which nearly everybody bought "Tompion is good one
and my horse is good one Pitt had been saying all week
But Venetian Way is good one, too One that could
take II all AND there's Victoria Park. We got break
when Beau Purple bucked his shinS otherwise it would
have been at least fve-horse Derby"
For guy who beat his way up from Sunshine Park
ana the other eaky roof circuits Pitt turned
quite prophet. He named all the money winners
Venetian Way, Baly Ache, Victoria Park and Tompion