Show sob Ahab Remains Alone Atop Derby Choices By SID FEDER NEW YORK April 21 UP Ri- Ri Signs that the bettors and the boosters of Ben Whitakers Whitaker's Requested Re Re- quested are weakening on the littie little little lit lit- tle tie fellows fellow's Kentucky Derby chances came today in a couple of developments that were anything but polite way to treat a hot horse While all alone as the Derby future book favorite at 4 to 1 I was on a train pulling into Churchill Downs Requested was shipped to Jamaica for Saturdays Saturday's Wood Memorial in a surprise move to see if he could show any more morein in that prep than he did in the Chesapeake last Saturday when he faded to third in the stretch At the same time the odds layers dropped him from with to the second slot at 5 to 1 hooked up with Warren Wrights Wright's Sun un Again Shift in Plans i J. J LIf If Owner Whitaker and Trainer Blackie lackie McCoole had been anywhere anywhere any- any where re close to satisfied with Requested's Requested's Requested's Re- Re quested's Derby possibilities after the Chesapeake he would have been on the train with as originally planned At the same i time if the betting play had continued continued con con- tinned to pour in on him the bookies are not so charitable that they'd heyd be offering an extra point pointon on his chances The new line placing on top top top-in in spite of his second place finish in the Chesapeake Chesapeake and and dropping Requested and Sun Again was announced by the New York commissioner Frank Shannon Back of the first three were William William Wil Wil- liam Woodwards Woodward's Apache and Mrs Payne Whitneys Whitney's Devil Diver both unbeaten as year olds hooked up at 6 to 1 1 Colonel Ed Bradleys Bradley's Bless Me no ball of fire in his 1942 i debut slumped to 8 Dark Horse Hot The biggest boom meanwhile came for the two one-two punch from the barn of the western cattleman Emerson M. M Woodward Woodward imported imported Hollywood and Valdina Orphan They tested the Downs strip and vice versa in a couple of snappy mile and an eighth workouts yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- Hollywood negotiating the rune nine furlongs in 1 56 and the OrPhan OrPhan Orphan Or- Or Phan a second faster As a result result re re- re- re sult Shannon dropped them in a hurry from to 1 I. for Hollywood and 40 for his all the way down to 15 each At the same price was Pinkie Grimes' Grimes bargain With Regards the Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Ar Ar- kansas Derby winner Other Prices Mrs Whitneys Whitney's Shut Out and Buckskin Wrights Wright's Wishbone E. E C C. C A. A Bergers Berger's Boot and Spur and Mrs R. R Mcilvain's Bright Willie Willier r were held at 20 and Walter Chrysler Chrys Chrys- ler Ramillies sank to 30 after a disappointing distance effort at Jamaica yesterday William Ziegler Ziegler Ziegler ler Wait a Bit was on the f slate ate at 60 but his trainer Matt Brady rady announced his withdrawal |