The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-25
Ran the Mile and a Half in 2:36 and Finished
Six Lengths Ahead of St. LeOnards, Who
Was Three in Front of Clifford.
An Exciting Race That Was Witnessed
by Seventy-Five Thousand People.
2:13 Pace at Connersvills Won by Kisssl's
Dallas, and the 2:5O Trot by Silver Dale
Standing Of the Ball Clubs.
THE AMERICAN DERBY.

THE AMERICAN DERBY
Richest Racing Stakes of the Year Won by
Boundless I'm Fast Time.
CHICAGO. June 24.-The tenth American
Derby is over and gone. and like the ma.
jority of the great races this year. 10
brought woe to the betting public and Joy
20 the book makers. 1t was remarkable
race in all respects 1t was witnessed by
the largest crowd that ever gathered on
race track In this country; 1t was run for
one of the heaviest purses ever hung MP foI
the best of crowd Of thorough breds to
win; It lowered the record OF the American
Derby. and it was run after the most out
rageous and vexatious delay at the post
ever seen on the running turf 10
was an ideal day aud track for
the mighty race. The wind blew hard
from the south. directly mp the homa
stretch early In the afternoon. but by the
time the Derby was started it had died
away. and not ripple vas to be seen on
the breast of the little lake INSIDE the
track. There was nothing TO prevent the
race being run strictly on it's merits. and
Boundless, the horse that was best OF all,
pulled down the prize. Whether Bound-
less, who is horse of great endurance.
could win over such q field again when 10
was cent promptly away Is another mat
ter. He won to-day. and won to-day hon.
estly.
Seventy-fve thousand people packed the
grand stand, swarmed In the betting rina
and trampied the green lawns into q sur
face of a dirty brown hue. Carriages by
hundreds were packed inside the, track SO
closely that 1T was almost i'm possi BILE to pass
between them. That was at the time the
Derby wascalled When it was started.
ninety minutes after the bugle sounded at
O'Clock. several thousand had left the
grounds. tired Of waiting The worst of IL
was, there was no excuse for the delay. AZ
twenty minutes after 4 the horses broke
to beautiful start. but Pettingiil called
them back. Why, nobody but Pettingill
knows. For seventy minutes he Kept the
horses at the post until some of them were
in no condition to do as we'll as they
might otherwise have done. This delay
was the one mistake which marred
mighty race on perfect track and per-
feet day.
Boundless. although not q favorite was
with his stable companion, Lookout, well
backed, and his victory was by means
unpopular. Don Alonz0. who carried
world of money. was never in it at any
stage. He quit the moment the flag fell
and never got to the front at all. Bound
less. who was well In the center of the
bunch. ran easily to the three-quarter pole.
when he moved up swiftly and won as he
pleased. TaraI. on st. Leonards. thought
at the beginning of the last turn that moth
ing could beat him home. and after he
found it useless to chase Boundless further
he sat still. merely stalllng Off Clifford's
rush in the last furlong. Garrison. who
rode the winner, was. barring j. Cushing.
the owner of Boundless. the most delighted
man present. His face was broad grin as
he turned slightly In his saddle at the bet
ting sheds and saw that neither ST. Leon
ards. Clifford, nor any other horse upon the
track could get near enough to catch the
dust from the flying heels of Boundless.
g $4,000 CHANGED HANDS.
The amount of money that changed
hands at the track upon the race was fully
SSOO0O One hundred and twenty book
makers had all they could do to accomo-
date the fearful crowd, which for over two
hours fought, pushed and smashed hats
| ana rent garments In the frantic effort to
get their money on their opinion of the re-
| suit. Even after the horses were at the
post the crowd was still pushing forward
| with it's money. and the book makers were
still raking It in. 1t was the heaviest bet.
| ting day Chicago has ever known. and the
book makers kept it nearly ell.
Don Alonzo was the first Derby colt to
show himself for exercise. Shortly after
\ L..
past the stand. with Lamley in the saddle.
| Re looked well. and those who recognized
| him, and already fancied his chances, went
and placed their bets. The next TO come
along were Lookout and Boundless the
| former with q stable boy up. and the latter
guided by Snapper Garrison. who wore
| the regular colors of the stable. Lookout,
| usually so stubborn and belligerent. looked
| docile and willing TO race. Bound
| less was tugging terrifcaliy for his head.
but Garrison allowed him to canter only.
| g. W. johnson, wearing hood and ridden
| by n stable boy, was next to pass in n slow
gallop. He looked very heavy. ST. Croix,
| with Isaac Murphy MP, was recognized by
few. as were Plutus and Aldebaran.
| Strathrose the English horse was led past
| by trainer Sweeper. although Mansur WAS
| in the saddle. The colt looked new and
! racy and many wondered Ii it could be
| possible that the rich prize would go TO On
alien. These were the only candidates TO
take the track exercise before the race.
! The news came from the paddock thae
| "Monkn Overton had been arrested at the
| instance of Mr. Corrigan. who claimed that
| the colored boy was under contract TO ride
| for him in the Derby. It created consid-
| eraDle comment. and Gideon and DAILY had
to hunt up another jockey for Ramapo. the
| colt being broush ht mp IN front of the judg
| Thorpe was finally selected. and the betting
| was allowed TO stand.
THE DRESS PARADE.
The paddock bell rang at i:05. and few
minutes later the bugle called the horses
ont for dress parade before the stand ere
they went to the post. By this time the
wild scramble for points whence view OF
the race could be obtained had quieted
down and the big crowd was ripe for tho
contest. The ugly coiors of jockey Regan.
on lngomar. were the first to flash out on the
track from the paddock gate and there was
| Joyous welcome from the crowd. The
striking " hite sufts of FItzpatrick and
! Tar al. on Chorister and ST. leonards. were
next observed. and they were cheered up.
| roari0usly. Then came Clifford, full OF
| life anu anxious for n full rein. Don
/ Aionzo was next. and while a part of ehe
| crowd howIed the rest scanned the. .favorira
| closely and decided that he was thor
| ouehly fir Behind him was Round-