Show Brevity Not so Hot HotIn HotIn HotIn In Last Quarter Run RunBy By JOE WILLIAMS IS Special to The Telegram I LOUISVILLE Ky April 30 Your 30 Your correspondent does not wish to be set down as a scoffer of established customs or noble tra tra- He even got up at 5 o'clock in the morning and went out outto outto outto to the race track to observe the derby colts at work It was an event that demanded unusual homage One of the first persons he saw saw was Peter Coyne who had just put Brevity the tho favorite through his last ast important workout Coyne didn't seem very pleased with the colts colt's time 5 3 for a mile and anda a quarter the derby distance but buthe buthe butic he ic professed to be optimistic Brevity is so restless in fact that he lie even protests against wearing blinkers for any length of time This being so Coyne makes a a. practice practice practice tice of slipping sUpping the bonnet on his head at the post instead of in the paddock where all aU such equipment Is 15 generally applied What the rail birds didn't like about Brevity's performance was the sluggish time he turned In for forthe forthe forthe the last quarter 28 1 They called this dairy horse time It is generally generally generally gener gener- ally agreed it takes a to win the derby and the real test of a is the speed he shows over the last quarter If It looks in a a. thoroughbred mean anything Indian Broom wont won't get past the mile half mile post He is anythIng anything anything any any- thing but a picture horse On the contrary he looks like a vicious caricature He is tall angular and scrawny and meaning no offense could double for the lady who was known as Flora Finch in the films But once he starts moving he doesn't dawdle and dawdle and I am told by bythe bythe bythe the experts that's thal's all that matters Mrs Darrell Cannon got her first look at Brevity yesterday and al almost almost almost al- al most swooned Hes so beautiful she sighed and our colt is so ugly Turning to her husband she said Dont you think we ought to torun torun torun run tho the Broom under a blanket Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- n |