European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse It c a baby us Kentucky col Churchill Down i in Louisville it the Home of the famed Kentucky Derby. Some 100,000 american will be in the hands today for the 89th running. Editor s hots to � not the Ric first race. The Hor i Are not the attest in the country tace Price in Louttit to that week re and to Are Many of the to Pujoe. But a Fri Cobb wid until Yot go to Kentucky and with your Oun Eye sea old he Derby you Ain t or try dem no place and you Ain t never Corn by Steve Snider up1 staff writer Quick now what year did Man o Corwin the Kentucky Derby pick a year Eny year. And you d be dead wrong. In what now would be considered on in credible oversight on the part of owner Sam Riddle. Man o War was romping in a pasture hundreds of Miles away when the horse were running at Churchill Downs the year big red was eligible to etch his name on the All time list of Derby win Ner. That was 19iq, Man o War was Derby had t quite made it. Riddle or rap influenced by the social it that ruled Eastern racing in those Hayti thought so Little of the 46-Yenr-Olrt fixture out in the Blue grass country that no of fori wet made to get his great Champion ready for shipment to Louisville few turkmen Ever Felt that Way year later the Derby suddenly caught fire when racing in general alone with most everything elite hit a rising tide of popularity with a Public released from the cares of world War t. Only then did two decades of devoted press a Gentry begin to pay off big for colonel malt Wynn the colourful Derby director who saw every running of the Clat pose 12 sic from the opening Victory by Arl Tidei in 1875 until his death at 88 in 1940, Pond or winning year. It Toon by Rome the race of the year for turkmen . Nobodies. Today. Million of americans who never Una a Lavt Racehorse or Ever nope to to on will be making mental bets on the Derby or praying they draw mimes he never Bond or Candy spot in office belting pools. The traditional Little old lady from Dubuque will know id Derby Day jut us surely is do the Kentucky hard boots and innkeepers who live for the Day skids do for Christmas. There arc older Nice. There Are Riche races. There Are truer tests of horse Are places easier to reach and easier on the purse Fri net than Louisville Dur ing Derby week when pres go into orbit. But there s Only one Kentucky Derby not that s at Churchill Downs on the first Sal inlay each May Over a mile and a Quarter of track that Long ago was dubbed Heartbreak perhaps a dozen horses of the original 129 nominated for this year s Derby will go to the Post for a tulle Over two minutes of racing in which the Winner Wilt earn around j120, to and in immortality that can t be gained anywhere elite. The element of Chance in to vital Force i these Day ju4 print Ding the Derby in jury sudden illness inexplicable failure to reach expected form in events leading unto the big one frequently Knock out even the mightiest contenders. And a sudden surge can turn a Lone shot into n hot Winter Long the or Oliy was regarded at a two horse race the to Scaur i of the vol. But the smart urn mindful of put breakdowns unions the in Orts. Kept Naneye on others in the a Ali b no Hob Bery Bonjour. Kock link. Cool Prince. All Lens Point however to a Duel be tween never Bend and Citel spots Lorthe three year old championship. They have met just once. Cindy spot scored by a Hulf length Over never bund in last year s Arlington Washington futurity at Chicago though he was caught backing up As the stir Ting Gates was an Early Derby favorite at 6-5 Wilh never Bend right behind at 2-1. Aside trom i hair ability to run like blazes the lop pair has Little else in common. Never Bend is the pet of capt Harry f Gunheim. Owner of 1953 upset Winner dark Star and master of the Plush cult Hoy stable Muhith could serve As the spit and polish Model for a Hollywood color movie set. Dark Star beat the great Natl be dancer and Cusk Thrim Hopes for a Siml Lar performance from never Bend. The Ufa Bay Colt was the Tuo year uld Champion of 1062 and earned More Money t402.9tt i than an horse his Ace in his tory. In his first shot this Ier he won the flaming Othi Leah with hate to Lor jockey Manuel Yaut m the Saddle y t-n2ais set Tor duty. Too. Oui of the West comes cd nov spots a spotted Chestnut whose dam to Candy dih. He s an up amp Rod Conj a Orn a col owned by sex combo Rex Ellsworth who won the 1955 Derby with swaps and later the stars and strikes sold the Doughty Chimp for $2 million. Kills world went into racing with a j600bunk Roll in 1933. Treated As one of the boys with Flo coddling other Thun a Good rest Between out inns Candy spots zipped unseat Tel through his first six starts. Willie shoe Nicker up on Derby winners swaps 1959 und Tomy lee1959. Is his rider til in Derby Joncha been America motfumou.1 u use Rocc but there was a time during the Middle years of Matt we Refl s direct Orithia that one big City Dweller Wal prompted to Auk Why in Thunder such to important event was staged in such out of the Way place. There s Only one place to stage the to us in Sion play one place to Ina fat. Rate the president of the United slates and Only one place to run the the Kef Lucky colonel std solemnly. The Derby belong in the heart of the horse the spectacle alone is Worth the admit Slon Price and travel time100.000 people Moore or Les growing misty eyed than restive of the band ploys my old Kentucky Home during the Parade to the Post. It s a thrill one timers never forget and old timers never get used to. Then there Are the stay at Home who a it via the airwaves those same outer rage Derby devotees who once the loud to Clem Mccarthy s gravel throated to or acing fun on the radio and who now. Have a better View on television than Many at the scene who had their fancy Boa wat reit twi Tifis handed Down from Grandfather o father to son. No How you take it it the Derby. Saturday
