The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-21

| Sl9 900 to another-that was the American
derby of '91 A scarlet fash on the horizon,
half hundred thousand people breathless.
CLEAN of white beneath the wlre-and
the richest stake race ever run in the west
was at an end. 1t was by Strathmeath,
| New York's favorite son, that the battle
royal was won. Half a mile off, where
had been the thickest of the fight lay
motionless on the'track the corpse of his
Zoe to the death High Tariff. Tom Kiley,
the gallant beasts rider. twice derby
victor on this very course, had this time
pushed the limit beyond equine endur-
ance.
Whether in point of great horses fam
| Gus Jockeys, magnificence Of fashionable
display and marvellous outpouring OF
people, or of sensational interest and bulky
purse probably no such race was ever
witnessed this side of the Alleghanies-
certainly not in Chicago. No one OF the
seven derbies that have made Washington
Park celebrated approach the classic event
of today. Just enough brilliance shown
through the partly overcast sky to light
up the hundreds of gay bonnets and bright
hued parasols that peeped out every
| where from the club house to the gate.
Such multitude of the fair sex as put in
appearance was something wholly IN
| precedented here, and so great was the
| crush that hundreds of them were wedged
helplessly in the enormous mob of heteroge-
neous male sports that packed the lawn
solid in front of the betting ring. Every
available point of vantage was occupied,
and the crowd numbered between 40 900
and $4,000 Everybody agreed that, de-
| spite the muddy track, the race, with the
| array of powerful animals entered, was to
be a struggle fit for kings, or for that
matter, worthy spectacle for the vast
throng of American sovereignS that had
gathered on the course.
] hn fan hYJTt
make the contest. the unbeaten Kingman,
not to mention High Tariff, Forerunner,
| Valera and Michael, had in many hard
western race, under similar conditions,
given evidence of remarkable form. On
the eastern tracks Ppssara and SNOWFALL
were no less noted Ludowlc was looked
| upon by the Californians, who were sup
posedly best able to judge him, as almast
certain to prove surprise, while Strath-
meath, regarded as all around the best Of
! last seasons 2-year-olds, had been re-
served all the present season solely for this
race.
Snapper" Garrison, Tarral, Covington
and Fitzpatrick, probably four as crack
| jockeys as almost any equal number now
on the turf. had been brought specially
! from New York for the race, and iu was
current gossip that Garrison's pet ambi
| tion was to ride the American derby win
ner. Tom Kiley, too, the winninI jockey
of the two latest of the great Chicago con-
| tests, was to have a mount, and with
chance, if successful, to equal the record
| here OF the ideal rider Isaac Murphy.
| The confusion in the bookmalers' quar-
| ters as the time for the big race approached
! was by long odds the worst ever witnessed
! in Washington park, and the bedlam,
scarcely mitigated, spread TO other por-
! tiOns of the grounds. SO many Thousand
| wild steers at the stock-yardS could hard
| ly have made such believing or madden
| ing jostle. The hubbub was at its height
! when Snapper" Garrison. lithely resting
on the back of Snowfall, cantered out in
view, and ceutered every eye on the track.
| He was heartily cheered, as was also Lewis
on kingman and Fitzpatrick on Michael.
| Strathmeath's sleek and beautiful limbs
| were narrowly scanned by many.
| This was the way they were recorded
starters. weights jockeys and post betting:
SNOWFALL, 122 (Garrisou), and Pessara 129
| (TarralD, Walcott and Campbell's entry,
coupled, to /; Forerunner, 125 (Allen), 10
| to /; Ludowic. 122 (TIilD, Is to |; Michael,
125 (Fitzpatrick), to /; Kingman, 13S Il.
Poet Scout, 1l5 (Overton) Faston and Lar
rabies entry, coupled. II to L; Valera, 127
(Britton), y to l; Strathmeath, 122 (G.
Covington), 3 20 l.
At last the bugle sounded for the race
and the frightful crush began to secure
ADVANTAGEOUS pOSlJlOnS from WnlC0 TO
view the race. Starter Sheridan mounted
the box and lectured the boys. Then the
horses We're placed in line and were ready
for the start. At the third trial the horses
moved in solid phalanx toward the starter.
Sherdan's red flag was poised in the air for
an instant, and with swish descended.
\ mighty shout from the multitude went
up, They're off ~ Then tiptoed thous-
ands realized with q thrill of delight that
the great derby was on.
torerunner, rs if inspired by his name.
jumped TO the front, and. closely followed
by Pessara and Poet Scout, led to the first
turn. Ludowic was last, five lengths away.
Coming down the stretch Poet Scout had
forged TO the front, Strathmeath, who had
been III the rear division, moving up TO
second place, with kingman third. Pass
ing the stand, these positions were steadily
maintained At the turn Michael had
worked to the front and set a merry pace
down the back stretch, with Poet Scout
still second. while kIngman and Strath
meath, the two favorltes went back to the
bunch.
Il was at this point that the sensation
OF the day took place, High Tariff. the
stake winner ~ Louisville, and ridden by
Kiley, had started sixth as the flag fell,
and had been showed relentlesslv through
the heavy track, Notwithstanding his 12T
pounds weight We'll did the good ami
nal respond TO Kjley's calls. He was visi-
bly, gaining and had passed three colPeti-
tors. when nature rebelled. An instant
later the feet racer was hopeless cripple,
fouadering wildly in the nlire. kiley
regretfully tried to check the poor wreck.
and at last succeeded. only a moment
later 20 feel the animal rTemhle ana fa.l IN
a heap kiley extricaCed himself unhurt.
Meanwhile the pace OF the others never
halted for the mishap- As they swung into
the stretch, Poet Scout was in front,
Strathmeatb second and Michael third
Oye~ton now began 20 ride the firing
leader desperately. and for moment x
looAed a. 4 he might win, bat Coving:on
brought Strathmeath up with rush aud
won bv al open length. without the use CT
whip C,r spur. Poet Scout was second, half
a length before, kiIgmaa third Time,
2:4qA
Other winners were: joe Carter, Santj-
ago. St Aloans, StathmaId
SHEEP>HEAD Bar, June S0-WinEerS
today; Saunterer, Merry Monarch. Port
Chester Judge Morrow. Text, MASTER lode.
ST. LOUIS Juce 2o--This was the last
day OF thz - Louis Jockey clubs spglns
meeting. Winners: Atlanta julius
Smith, GIcckner. Little Creek. Van Lsnds,
Chestnut Bell. Ceyerton, Barney CLOCK
ner won the brewer. stakes easily from
W. c. Morris. Ed Hopper was thlrd
The STORM KINGS WORK.
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan. June 9l-Tbe
cyclone which passed over Arkansas City
last night did great damage fifteen miles
southeast OF here. TIE dwelling houses OF