The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-23
AMERICAN DERBY T.
Senator Grady the Favorite at
Washington Park.
Chicago's Big Track Crowded With
Thousands Of Spectators Today.
By The Associated Prcss.

BY The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June e23.-Thousands OF people
swarmed into Washington Park today to
see the running of the American Derby,
the greatest horse race on the Western
continent.
The majority OF those present were ma
tives Of Chicago, who look upon attend
ance at the DERBY as matter not TO be
put aside and who upon this day at
least form themselves into society
for the relief OF INDECENT book makers,
with cheerfulness and with pocketbooks,
the contents OF which are practically
without limit.
The weather was perfect for horse racing
which is another way of saying that II was
practically unbearable for mankind.
Why racehorse can always DO
better, feel better, run longer and
run faster, when the sun shines through
an atmosphere little short of red hot, and
when the pavements are SO warm that
they burn through the soles of shoes
is matter yet TO be explained
and it brings delight TO the man who has
a working capital invested in supply OF
beer.
The vast crowd painted, pespired and
waited in more or less impatience for the
calling OF the Derby candidates to the
post.
outside of it, and a bitter experience to
| him on the inside of it, Ii was jammed
TO suffocation by pushing, struggling
| mass OF men anxious to place their money
| on the horse of their choice.
When. aftera struggle of many minutes,
| a man emerged, carrying litJle yellow
| card which told the amount OF his
| probable losings, he came away
| in many instances in mode and
manner of dress or rather undress, which
| entitled him more to an arrest FOR dis
| orderly conduct than an entree into good
| society.
| Coats were torn and smashed and
hats galore had become sweepings for the
janitor before the Derby bugle blew. 1he
| bookmakers could hardly take in money
| fast enough and many OF them
| found so much Derby money TO handle
that they practically ignored the first two
| races ON the card and confined themselves
| TO handling dollars offered on the great
| race OF the day.
The space inside the track was jammed
| with q thousand vehicles OF all sizes,
styles, shapes and conditions, from the
| tallyho, whose coachman had worried
| himself foolish over the color OF
| the wheels and the style of the harness,
down to sulkies, go-carts and grocery
| wagons.
Everybody There.
Il Il
into the park at 10 o'clock in the morn
| ing, fully six hours before there was
any possibility of the Derby horses
being called TO the post. For q
time they were few in mum bers merely in
dicative of the crush to follow soon. BY
| IL o'clock Michigan avenue and Grand
boulevard were thronged with ca
riages speeding rapidly toward the pa.
and an hour later the crush around the
carriage gates was something dreadful
The line OF carriages waiting for ad-
mission TO the park stretched acI oss Sixi "
| third street. and as far north through
Washington Park, as the eye could see aud
the race track had been plowed into fur.
rows by the many wheels which hao
passed over IL to the enclosure beyond
In the popular mind, Senator Grady
was the favorite although Domino pushed
him closely for first place. The chic
thing that kept money off Domino wa.
the fact that he had reached the tracl
so late that many bettors had
! Himyer had not been given sufficient tim,
to round-to after his Journey.
Grady's odds, which two days ago were
even with those of Domino, were lowe
today, he selling at 2 to /, while Keene'
horse was held at 3 to 1 when the book
opened.
Prince Carl, the brown colt OF the Ken
dali stables, was fancied by a few, bu
carried little money. Despot, Corrigan
entry, was liked by many who have seer
his fast and game performance at Haw
thorne.
He carried enough money to buy hin
three times over. Following are tn
starters, weights and jockeys: