European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 09, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 21 favorite broke last from the Gate Seattle slew captures the Derby by Chris Scherf Louisville. By. Up1 Seattle slew after giving his 14 rivals a Good head Start in saturday s 103rd running of the Kentucky Derby took dead aim on racing immortality at the top of the Long Churchill Downs stretch and left them in his Wake inthe run to the finish line. Well it sort of looked like a typical Seattle slew Start Trainer Billy Turner said after Karen and Mickey Taylor s unbeaten 3-year-old Colt pulled away from for the moment and held off run Dusty run by i lengths to win the $267.200 Ken Tucky Derby. Seattle slew who appeared quite excited and was lathered with sweat before the race broke last from the no. 4 Gate under jockey Jean Cruguet and appeared boxed in. The other jockeys did t waste anytime putting him in tight said the Boyish looking 37-year-old Trainer who watched the race on television and mistook another horse for Seattle slew until the held had raced More than a  Cruguet forced his Way through a narrow opening in the first Quarter mile of them Milc race to pull even with for the moment entering the first turn. He s a big Strong horse and if there snot a Hole there he makes his own Turner , it was Rob s Dusty who ran As an entry for mrs. Robert Lehmann and her son Robert with run Dusty run. Who sports Vic pc i 4,j, -8s bringing Home a slew of Cash favored Seattle slew with jockey Jean Cruguet aboard wins the 103rd Ken Tucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Run Dusty run 1a, with Darrell me Harbuc in the Saddle finished second in saturday s classic. A photo antics at starting Gate almost Cost Winner the race before it started by Milton Richman up sports editor Louisville up Seattle slew nearly lost the Kentucky Derby saturday before he even ran in it. Authority for that startling piece of in formation was Jean Cruguet the implacable French Bora jockey who Rode him to Al length Victory after he not Only acted up going into the starting Gate but also turned fractious once he was inside. All 15 horses in the race had to remain in the starting Gate longer than usual and that bothered Seattle slew far More than it seemed to most of the others. When he stay too Long he got too anxious Cruguet explained in his gallic broken English. He give me some Trou  that was Only the beginning of Cru Guet s problems however. Karen an Mickey Taylor s magnificent sleek 3-year old got off poorly failing to break smartly and almost being enveloped by the other starters. That worried Cruguet. I asked him to go Between horses and he got angry with me said the French Nan. I Dunno who the other horses were but it was very cake. If he was a slow one. I d have been in big trouble. But he has Speed  a Needle through tight quarters Seattle slew muscled his Way through Flag officer and affiliate then pulled within a neck of for the moment who was leading the Way. All this took place passing the grand stand after the Start but it seemed like an eternity to Cruguet. Angel Cordero who Rode last year s Kentucky Derby Winner. Bold Forbes Wason for the moment saturday and when Seattle slew broke so slowly he figure slew was going to Lay off the Early Pace. But As they passed the 5-16 Mark in the mile Andone Quarter race Seattle slew started to pick it up and for the moment began slowing Down ultimately finishing eighth. My horse was going Well at the  Cordero coming into the jockeys quarters and asking for a Towel to dry him self off. What a want a crying Towel his Valet kidded , i m going to cry All the Way to the  is a television set in another Sec Tion of the jockeys quarters and when Cor Dero noticed that a rerun of the Derby was about to be shown he bolted for a sea right in front of the screen. He watched his horse take the Lead and then his expression became glum As Seattle slew began to overtake his  s where i took a look and said of look who s coming to dinner on the tube Seattle slew was now pass ing for the moment and Cordero  he said goodbye to me. He killed my ego muttered  say now fellow jockey Ron Turcotte who had Ridden Western wind and was also watching the rerun needled  said Bye Bye Birdie " Cordero a crowd of 124,038 at Churchill downfall seemed to be exhorting Seattle slew As he pounded Down the Homestretch. Cru Guet used his whip seven times heading for the  were crawling at the  said Veteran Bill Shoemaker who Rode get the axe which finished  you think you might have had a Chance someone asked Shoemaker. If they went around again i might have he laughed. I did t see him until the sixteenth. Then he shot right past Melike he we coming ran outer  gave Seattle slew the narrow opening  saw Seattle slew Down on the inside of me trying to get through and i wish i could have kept him Down in there said Bob Dusty s jockey. Julio Espinoza. But my horse drifts out and he let him  after Seattle slew got out of Trou ble things did not go perfectly for the 1-2favorite of the crowd of 124.038. He hooked up in a front running due with for the moment and Cruguet said Seattle slew was rank going around the first turn and would not. Or could not. Take the Lead from for the  a replay of the two horses run Ning Down the Backstretch. Turner  there i thought my horse was going nowhere absolutely  when they hit the top of the stretch Cruguet struck Seattle slew with his whip and last year s 2-year-old Champion opened up a three length Lead. Run Dusty run managed to close a bit of ground in the final eighth of a mile but Seattle slew easily scored the seventh straight Victory of his  Lime of 2 02 1-5 was not exceptionally fast and the final Quarter was run in a slow 26 1-5, but Mickey Taylor thought his Coll performed extremely Well in View of his Early  31-year-old owner displayed a bit of pipe at television commentators Kadi Zarcaro and Howard Cusell. Who were critical of the  i think he ought to gel Hack on a horse. And Uncle Howie i Don know where we should put  he said with a Broad Grin the Taylors who live in a Mobile Home on an Indian reservation m while swan.wash., paid $17,500 for the Sun of bold reasoning my charmer As a yearling Seattle slew s Kentucky Derby Victory was Worth $214.700 to increase his earnings to $470,-140. But even More important is the fact his stud value now probably exceeds $10 Mil  Churchill Downs crowd wagered a a Cord $3.655,225 on the Kentucky Derby and $1.05 ,207 of it was on Seattle slew to win. He paid is 00. $2.80 and $2 80.run Dusty Hun. Who survived a foul claim by jockey Jorge Velasquez on third place finisher Sanhedrin returned $3.40 and s3.20. Sanhedrin paid $4 60. Bill Shoemaker going for his fourth Vic tory in 20 Kentucky Derby appearances finished fourth on get tire  Resl of the order of finish was Steve s Friend. Capelote i Boulez. Forthe moment. Affiliate. Flag officer. Bob s Dusty sir sir. Nostalgia Western wind and Best , an Oft criticized and hard Luck French jockey was praised by  former steeplechase rider said. I thought he Rode a very very Cool headed  Shoemaker said. I was right next to Seattle slew in the Gate and i knew he broken slow. I did t set him the first sixteenth of a mile and then he shot up there Between  Jock was Lucky he got some room to run. If he had t he might have run right up Over the top of  Seattle slew touted As the next secretariat even before his Kentucky Derby Vic tory will race in the Preakness at Pill icon Baltimore May 21 As he continues hi-3 quest to become the 10th triple Crow Champion. Boit fails to break Mark Eugene Ore. A Mike Boit of Kenya ran the fastest 800 meters in the world this year in winning the event in co Drain at the University of Oregon s annual track and Field Twilight meet  Stanford graduate was timed at 1 45.87 in his unsuccessful Effort to break the world record of 1.43.5