The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-22
THEAMERICAND DERBY
Forty Thousand People in Chi
cago TO Witness the Race.
1T WAS WON BY UNCLE BOB,
A Belle Meade Weed-He was Sold in '38 to an
Old Darkey for Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars.

CHICAGO, June 2l.-Forty thousand PEG
pie assembled at Washington park this
afternoon to see Uncle Bob, son of Luke
Blackburn, win the great American Derby.
His reputation as a midsummer was nobly
sustained No rain fell after midnight, but
enough came down yesterday afternoon
and evening To render the newly narrowed
track almost fetlock deep. All this morn
ing sunshine and gloom alternated and
there were dire appreh ensions of another
downpour. Everybody that was going,
however, took chances and the afternoon
proved to be one of the most beautiful of
the season. Before the first race was
called every foot of space in the stands was
packed, to say nothing of the crowds in
carriages and on the lawns. A majority of
the spectators were without disguise impa
tient for the first two races to be over and
finally when the contestants in the great
event came out the cheering was tremen-
dous. The first to appear was Good Bye,
followed by Ben Kingsbury, Jed, Mount Lee
banon and Sunny Brook. The announce
ment already had been made of the
withdrawal of Protection, Frontino, Sina-
loa and Grayson. Last of all came the
| fayorites Uncle Rob and Lucky Baldwin's
entry the sinewy looking Californian
Santiago. While the bulk of the crowd
was shouting itself hoarse many others
with money on studied once again the card
where it read: Third race-three-year-
olds at $3.50 each with $500 added, 81 900
to the second and $500 to the third horse.
mile and half"
The seven horses quickly assembled at
the post and when the red flag fell the
| thoroughbreds were off like the wind, but
perfectly aligned as file of infantry.
Good Bye was the first to forge trifie
ahead, but 1t was only trifie. Passing the
stand Jed was slightly in the lead, with
Kingsbury close on him, while Uucle Bob
and Santiago were toward the rear. Now
Good Bye, who had been setting the pace,
gave way to Sunny Brook, the latter
pulling up with a sudden squirt from
fell back to become the tail enGer to the
finish. Along the back stretch they came,
still closely punched. When rounding the
turn, Kingsbury led for an instant. AS
they entered the stretch Uncle Bob was
noticed emerging grandly from the cluster,
followed by the California racer Santiago
Barnes, on Santiago. made piucky effort,
but do what he would the mud seemed to
cling desperately to Santiagos already
tired heels. Amid uprorious bowls of de-
light Uncle Bob passed under the wire
two full lengths in the lead, while Santiago
was second. only three quarters of a length
ahead of Kingsbury. Jed was fourth,
while the others struggled in, pulling up
badly beaten. Time-2 :55$4.
Mile, three year-olds and upward-Pali-
SADIE won, Bobby Beach second, Robe
sperero third. Time-1 :5515.
Mile, all ages-VermonJ won, Clifford
second, Cecil b. third. Time-1 5315
Third race, American Derby, mile and
one sixteenth, three-year olds and upward
Bertha won, Elanor secand, Duke of the
Highlands third. Time-2:02
Five-furlongs, two-year- olds-Ben Mar
ieh won, Dickinson second, Laura Doxy
third Time 100. The Derby stakes, won
by Uncle Bob, are about eighteen thousgnd
dollars.
Uncle Bob was bred in Nashville, Tenn,
and was named for famous old darby
hostIer at Belle Meade.
The colt was SO poorly thoughto of at the
Belle Meade sale in the spring of 1883 thai
Uncle Bob bought him for sos. A few
days afterwards he sold him TO Sam Bry
ant for $3.50. The next sale was by Bryan
to Hankins, of Chicago, three days ago fol
SIS, 600, $1,000 more to be paid If Uncle Boil
won the Derby. AS he did so and landed
in Hankin's pocket $4,000 stake beside
outside bets, 1t may be considered rea
sonably good purchase.