Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-28 | Page 19 | East-West Again Expected to Lock Horns in Kentucky Derby

West East Again ted to toS S Lock Horns in Derby rby Touted From Both Sides of Continent Continent Continent Con Con- Demand Attention Twink Best Bet for East LOUISVILLE K Ky April 27 AP Its It's Its It's going s to be a battle of east against west and both sides will be bewell bewell well veil fortified if present indications mean anything Right now three weeks before the bugle calls alis th the entries to the post May 18 the the outstanding candidates candidates candidates candi candi- dates of the west seem to be Blue Larkspur Clyde Van Van VanDusen Dusen and Roguish Eye while among the best bets of the east appear ar to be Twink and Twink own owned d by the Loma stable of Mrs Irs L. L G. G Kaufman of New Kew NewYork York was a win win win- ner ncr last ast year and being is-being is s being prepared prepared pre pre- pared for the Kentucky classic I by his trainer J. J W. W Heal Healy Only once did Twink let down lown in 1928 and that was in hi his last start the Endurance Endurance Endurance En En- durance handicap at Bowie Dowie In this effort he finished unplaced but he lie was giving giving- weight to every everything thing Inthe in inthe inthe the race and set the early pace despite despite despite de de- de- de spite his handicap Twink won six of his ten 1 starts starts' and was third once for a total of 4 WINS FEATURES The victories df Of Mrs Mis Kaufman's imported colt included the Albany handicap at Saratoga the Grand Union Hotel stakes stales at the same track and the Spalding Lowe Henkins Hen Hen- kins handicap at Laurel He lie was beaten only four lengths in the tho Hopeful 1 stakes by hy Jack High Blue Larkspur and Chestnut Oak Another eastern colt of high es esteem esteem esteem es- es teem also belongs to a woman Mrs Fair Fall Vanderbilt This colt wintered at Douglas park here hele and when he was taken east easta a month ago by Trainer Alex Gordon Gordon Gordon Gor Gor- don was far advanced in his train train- lag ing was slow to get et away from the post in most of his races last year but closed fast and should like the derby route There Ie is considerable taut talk here hereabout hereabout hereabout about the condition of Alderman John J. J Coughlin's Chicago colt Roguish Eye Ee Some horsemen Insist in insist insist in- in that The rhe E Eye Ee e training at Churchill Downs here pulls up slightly lame after each workout walking it off later however TOUTS BLUE LARKSPUR The chances of Blue Larkspur owned by Colonel E. E H. H Bradley re received re a hearty boost at Lexington Ky last week when the colt beat heat Clyde Van Dusen and a field of Kentucky derby candidates in a Kentucky l association race Colonel Bradleys Bradley's horses which have a habit of winning inning derbies are trained by II H. J. J Thompson and Thompson is enthusiastic over the condition of Blue Lur Larkspur In In- his opinion Blue Larkspur is a better bettel horse than Bubbling Over He lie said the horse would be given another race May 2 But the defeat has far from dismayed dismayed dismayed dis dis- the Clyde Van Dusen camp Instead if anything it seemed to bolster their opinion of the H. H P P. Gardner eligible Betting Detting here is on an even money basis that one will run in the money mcney INVITES GERMANS Officials of or Churchill Downs made known that the Graf Zeppelin lin Un big German aircraft may ar arrive arrive arrive ar- ar rive here for the derby An n n word cablegram has hs been sent bent to Dr Hugo Eckener commander o othe of the Zeppelin it was was was' revealed in inviting inviting inviting in- in him and officers of the German army to to witness the race In case the Graf Zeppelin cannot canno arrive for the derby the cablegram added a special to be known a athe as the Graf Zeppelin Derby will b brun be berun berun run in honor of the visiting fliers flier regardless reg-ardless of when the they arrive