The morning call., 1893-06-25
The American Derby Won
by BoundIess.
POPULAR, BUT NO FAVORITE
He Came Out Fighting for His Head
and Won With Plenty of
Run Left.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

| Derby is over, and like the majority of
great races this year it brought woe to the
| betting public and joy TO the bookmakers.
| The largest crowd that ever gathered on
| racetrack in this country saw BOuDdless
| win In a canter. The race was run for one
of the heaviest purses ever hung up, and
the record of the American Derby was
| lowered. The borseS were started after
! the most outrageous and vexatious delay
at the post ever seen on the running turf.
| 1t was an ideal day and the track was in
perfect condition. There was nothing.
! therefore, to prevent the race being run
strictly on its merits and the best horse
carried off the prize. Whether Boundess
could win over such field again when
prompt start was made is another matter.
| but he won to-day and he won honestly.
The grand stand, betting-ring, club
house and lawns swarmed with 75.000 peo-
pie. Carriages, four-in-hands and other
| conveyances by hundreds were packed in
| side the track. but before the race started
several thousand left the grounds tired of
waiting. The worst of it was there was no
excuse for delay at the post. AT 20 the
| horses broke to a beautiful start, but they
were called back and kept at the post
seventy minutes, till some of them were
in no condition to do as well as they might
otherwise have done. Boundless, though
not a favorite, was with his stable COM
panion, Lookout, we'll backed, and the
victory was by no means unpopular.
Don AlODZo, who carried a mint of money,
was never in the race at any stage.
The amount of money that changed
hands at the track upon the race was fully
SS00.000, Tor it was the heaviest betting
day that Chicago has ever known-and the
| bookmakers kept most of the wagers
But little interest centered in the races
preceding. Some of the candidates for the
great event went past the stand a the close
of the second race, but attracted little at
tention, as they were not generally recOg-
nized. a short time before the DERBY was
to start, Monk" Overton was arrested at
the instance of Ed Corrigan, who claimed
that the colored boy was under contract TO
ride for him in the race. The arrest created
considerable comment, and an other jockey
was secured for Ramapo.
The paddock bell rang at 4 :05 and few
minutes later the bugle called the horses
| out for dress parade. Ingomar appeared
fret ana received a Joyous welcome
Chorister and St. Leonard followed, and
then came Clifford. Don Alonzo, Bound
less, fighting for his head, and Lookout.
All we're cheered uproariously aud the
others, folowingin rapid succession, shared
in the appla use. By 4:20 the field was at
| the post and succession of false starts
were made. At last it was nearly 6
o'clock when the flag dropped and even
| then the start was not good one. st.
Croix and Chorister had a slight adyan-
tage, but Don AlonZo's nose was near by,
and lnsomar was at lis girth. 4 length
away and half length apart came Plutus,
Adebaran, Clifford, Lookout and G. W.
johnson, while the rear was fetched up by
Ramapo, Boundless. ST. Leonard, Oporto.
Tyro and Strathrose, the English horse.
At least ten lengths separated the leader
from the last horse, but the crowd was
well pleased and young Ray on Plutus and
Miller on Aldebaran drew their whips at
once and sent their mounts to the front.
in the meantime the hackers of Don
AlonZo was hnrritied to see him disappear
ing in the rear. alth ough Lamley was
plainly hard at work to keep him up. AT
the three-quarter pole Plutus had his head
in front, with AIdebaran moving easily by
his side. These were followed length
away by st. Croix and 1ngomar. and then
came johnson, Lookout and Clifford, and
the others followed as before. AS the
horses rushed down toward the stand
Lookout moved out of the bunch ana took
first place. with Aldebaran second,
length and a half ahead of Plutus. behind
whom came St. CrOx, johnson, Clifford,
Ingomar and Boundless.
In the run from the grand stand to the
quarter pole. st. Leonard pulled up TO
third place. three-quarters of length
from Lookout and Aldebaran, amid frantic
cheers from the hackers of Taral's mount,
but the crowd failed to notice that Bound
less followed st. Leonard in his advance
at two lengths distance. Only 1n2omar,
Chorister and Johnson separated Bound
less from ST. Leonard. Going along to
half. Boundless was hindered consider
ably. and Garrison kept his mount back to
avoid being pocketed.
In the meantime Lookout dropped out,
and Aldebaran was leading at the end of
the first mile. st. Leonard was at the
leaders girth, with lngomar a length
away and Chorlster and Clifford next but
suddenly Garrison saw an opening and
shot Boundless forward.
Martin drew his whip and sent Clifford
after him and the great struggle was on in
earnest. Taral saw them coming and
drew ahead of Aldebaran, and the order
as they swung into the stretch was: st.
Leonard. Clifford, Aldebaran, Boundless,
Ingomar. Chorister and st. Croix Down
the course they came amid mad cries from
the grand stand, and sixteenth from
home Boundless passed st. Leonard and
Clifford as though they were standing
still. The crowd was breatnless with sur
prise for brief moment and then cheers
for BouDdless oroke into pandemonium.
Boundless went under the wire at least
six lengths ahead, with plenty of run left.
in 1885, while st. Leonard beat Clifford
three lengths for the place. Aldebaran
was fourth four lengths away, Chorister
fifth, johnson sixth. Ingomar seventh.
Tyro eighth, st. Croix ninth. Plutus tenth.
Ramapo eleventh, Don Alonzo twelfth.
Lookout thirteenth. Oporto fourteenth
and Strathrose last.
There was nothing stingy in the applause
which greeted Boundless. The vast con-
course stood up and shouted for five min
utes and even the Washington Park off
cials smiled almost audibly at the realiza
tion that the rich prize was to stay in the
| West. Jim Cushing. the owner OF Bound
less, rushed up and threw his arms about
! the animals neck. He was invited into