The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-26
JUDGE BURKE,s cRI1IoUE OF THE
DERRY.
The Delay MT the Post Meant Death 60 the
Winning Chances


| CHICAGO. Juno 25--Joseph ]. Burke Of New
York. presiding official OF the Washington Park
meeting. analyses the American Derby Of yes
| teriay follows:
| "Doundless's victory was in one sense public
| form, for colt who could give Morello 80 good
| n race as did Boundless in the Chicago Derby
| last Saturday undoubtedly figured as hav-
| ing chance. On tho other hand. Cliff
tord's rnces at Latonia seemed to
point to him as not only being the
| best public performer. but also one OF the most
fTeaI weiI.atthentcated trials with his
| stable companion Chorister tthe latter win
three strong contendlng interests added to tho
| early prestige Of Lookout and the glamour
i ain Bow at Morris Park. But ali calculations
were unset Ly the nnf2rtnnnte deiay ~ the
wore rihin. for the greatest three-year- old
race Of the year had its effect on tho minds OF
re ockey II they had an, any s sense
that in the derby meant death to the chances
0"T THOSE me most likely to suffer by It were Just
such horses as st. Leonnrds and strathrose.
a. dssy tn ssa st r.m IsGP
re srs", s%t for The T%s, Wien he sdis;posssd
some som q the others Tie race through
Sa' MH's good not WIEN PSs say
taken into account OF the beaten lot; the poor
display of Don AlorZo was somewhat OF a sur
prise. though. as long ago as las, April. when
hs ran ut EliZabeth. the writer thought that
his action debarred him from being genuine
MIR, Gideon, owner Of R3mapo., felt very
much disappointed a that colts performance.
much time and money in bringing him to
Chicago i he had not shown something to
"'of the others G. W. johnson ran as dsap-
polntingly as st. Croiy ran well. Chorister was
much WITH several m hay eb beo1an
Clifford for third place in another hundred
H'Aidebaraa ran an excellent race for n Inc fur
this years Derby while won easily at the end.
e Gasha the
three placed colts were winners only late in
the fall Of their two-year-old careers.
Gossip from Fleetwood.
Fleetwood club house was unusually thronged
yesterday. the coming big meeting making up
tho enthusiasm. The track. as usual, was in
good condition. the trials over 1t week by week
justfying the assertion OF W. B. Fasig that it is
n mistake to talk about Fleetwood being from
two to three seconds slow.
The best milo OF the day was made by tho
big bayEslding Cranston. by Sweepstakes. who
Gibbs also worked out tho black gelding
Wax. giving the one-time draught horse a
mile and repeat in 2:27 and 2:26 Wax will be
steadily prepared from nov on for the renewal
five. with J. McClenahan's chestnut Gelding
Baby. by DUPLEX. The latter, who was the
TrneE last fall Is at Albany in a A. No MoD Iia
tile money being posted with Mr.. Robert
bonner, Albany has offered $1,000 to
lark: but, the probability, is that this
Grand Circuit programme. Other miles
in 2:3O or better shown yesterday were by L.
II. Hurd's black gelding. Jim Broker. in 2:24S.
and the lE - hand bay jog Mehoughltnin 2:3o:
Fly in 2:2S. Lady Story in 2:2s. and H NJ. s.
PAGER in 2:2S,s ami 2:27. Aaron Fowlers My
Mary. 2:27 and 2 :2th. and Erminie In 2:29L
and 2:27s. Fleming's Butter Scotch in 2:3O
aud 2:24. and W. II. McCarthy's Verona in
2:24. and Olivette In 2:26.