Show Derby Favorites Becoming Fewer Nine Thoroughbred Owners Conceded Best Chance to Win Classic LOUISVILLE K Ky April 18 JP 1 WIth little more than two weeks remaining reo re before the running of the sixteenth Kentucky derby at Churchill Church Church- ill Downs nine thoroughbred owners Iii ve nominees conceded the best chances to win the thc added stake May 5 5 The constantly shifting derby odds Indicate that turf owners with the strongest nominees are arc A. A B. B Gordon with Sir Thomas Charles T T. Fisher with Mata Hari Had Norman W. W Church with Mrs John Hay Whitney Whit Whit- ney with Singing Wood and Mrs I. I D D. D Sloane with Cavalcade and Time Clock Slightly less favored In the public eye are the chances or of Colonel E E. R R. Bradley with Bazaar and Bakers Baker's Dozen Alfred AUre G. G Vanderbilt with Discovery Mrs Payne WhItney with Black Buddy and John with Ser Sergeant cant Byrne The list or of ten favored owners compiled compiled com com- piled ten days ago was cut to the present nine dine with declaration that George D. D Wideners Widener's nominees Chic Chic- straw Kawagoe and Jack Low would not start in the derby One ot of the better grade of derby dark hor horses cs Mrs Louise Louic e J. J Hickmans Hickman's Dusty Dawn has b been n withdrawn from training and will not start in inthe inthe the historic classic This brings the list of almost certain nonstarters to approximately a dozen though ever every everyone one ot of the nominees remains eligible until entrIes are arc made the day before the race |