The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-22
The American Derby.

n American Derby.
CHICAGO, June 21.-Forty thousand peo-
pie assembled at Washington Park his
afternoon to see Uncle Bob, vol OF Luke
Blackburn win the great American
Derby. His reputation as n mud runner
was nobly sustained.
No rain fell after midnight last night,
but enough came down yesterday after
noon and evening to render The newly
narrowed track almost fetlock deep. All
this forenoon sunshine and gloom alter
mated, and there were apprehensions of
another down pour. Everybody that was
going, however, took chances, and the
afternoon proved TO be n of the most
beautiful of the season. Before the first
race was called every foot of space in the
stand was packed, to say nothing of the
crowds in carriages and on the lawns.
The majority of the spectators were,
without disguise, impatient for the first
two races to he over and. finally when
the contestants in the great event came
out the cheering was tremendous. The first
Co appear was Good Bye, followed closely
by Ben K~ingsbury, Jed, Mount Lebanon
and Sunny Brook. The announcement
had already been made of the withdrawal
of Protection, frontino, Sinaloa and
Grayson. Last of all came the fayorites,
Uncle Bob and Lucky Baldwin's entry,
the sinewy-looking California Santiago.
While the bulk of the crowd was shouting
itself hoarse, man Others with money on
,ie even studied nhce AGAIN the caru,
where ii read; Third Race-American
Derby. Sweepstakes for three-year-olds,
at $3.50 each. with s $3.50 added; $1,000 to
second and 500 to the third horse; a mile
and n half"
Seven horses quickly assembled at
the post and when the red flag fell the
thoroughpreds were OH IKE the winu but
perfectly ! n a u like infantry. GOOD
Bye was the iirst To forge "a trliie ahead.
Blu i was only a triile. Passing the
stand jed was slightly IN the lead, with
kingsbury close ON him, while Uncle Bob
aud Santiago were toward ther rear. Now
Good Bye, who had been setting the pace,
,hg up VIII - snuuIn spur, rom al''os'
Co.." n ,aii.andar M he iin;sh AIono
back Of The stretch they came still closely
punched, when in rounding the turn
Kingsbury led for an instant. As they
entered the stretch Uncle Bob was no.
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paiisaJe Won Iiobby Reach second.
Robcspierrc third. Time 1 :55L..
A mile, all ages, Vermont won, Clifford
Third race, Derby,a mile and a sixteenth,
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Fiy,, furlopcs. two wear Odds. Rem March
won, Dickcnsom second, laura Dixey
third. Time Lev.
The Derby stakes won by Uncle Bob
amounted 10 about slS.o"o.
Uncle Bob, winner OF the American
derby yesterday at Chicago, was bred i'm
Nashville. Tenn. and was named for the
fan,n,s ala ia rLy hos,I.r M RoIIo Meade
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