Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-01

Retrieve and Sorrento came on in the
lead. Spokane soon Joined them, and
after being shaken up oy Kiley he drew
rapidly away and won cleverly by a
length, with Sorrento second, half a
length in front OF Retrieve.
In 1890 there was the poorest field
that ever started for the Derby. Uncle
Bob was an odds-on favorite, and the
other starters were Santiago, Ben
Kingsbury, Jed, Sunnybrook, Mount
Lebanon and Good Bye. Kingsbury,
Good Bye and Santiago led past the
stand, and along the back stretch Sun
nybrook went to the front, but near
the turn Uncle Bob took the lead and,
never being headed, won easily by two
lengths from Santiago, with Ben Kings
bury third, length back. The track
was heavy, the time being 2:5523.
The 1891 Derby was again run on a
heavy track. There were ten starters
-Strathmeath, Poet Scout, Kiugman,
Valera, Ludovic, Michael. Pessara,
SNOWFALL, Forerunner, and High Tariff.
Strathmeath was favorite at . 10 l. He,
Poet Scout and Michael led passing the
stand, but at the quarter Michael
showed in front, with Poet Scout and
Strathmeath second aud third. There
was no change at the half. Before
reaching the three-qGarters Strath-
meath ha' gone TO the front again, with
Poet Scout second and Kingman third.
They ran in this order to the finish, the
favorite winning easily by a length and
l half, with Poet Scout two lengths in
front OF Kingman. High Tariff dropped
dead after running mile. The time
was 2:494.
Carlsbad won the eighth renewal OF
the race in 1892. The track was very
heavy, and the long-strding son of Glen
ely picked his own path and successful
ly warded off the repeated and cour-
ageous challenges Of Zaldivar, which
finished a length behind and head
better than Cicero. ARA, the fourth
horse, stumbled in a rut at the carriage
gate or he might have forced the win
ner out. The other six contestants
were Newton, Chief Justice, Galindo,
Prince OF Darkness, Emperor Regent
and Bob Forester. all beaten off. The
time was 3:04l4 and the net value TO
Owner Swigert was S16,9 The race
was neither exciting nor sensational,
BUTT was very satisfactory except for
one or two minor incidents under ad-
verse conditions.
Last years event will never be for
gotten by those, at least, who were
com uelled to stand in tho hot sun for
over an hour before Starter Pettingill
could get the horses properly lined up
for a fair field with no favor. There
were fifteen starters-Boundless, st.
Leonards, Clifford, Aldeoaran, Chorister,
G. w. Johnson, Ingomar, TYro, ST.
CroIx, Plutus, Ramapo, Don Alonzo,
Lockout, Oporto, Strathrose.
When the red flag finally swished
through the air TO a good start Look
out had his nose in front. Passing the
stand he was still leading, with Aide
baran and PlutuS close up. AT the
quarter ST. Leonard had moved up in
third position. Running to the half
Aldebaran was in front, with st. Leon
ards and Clifford trailing him closely.
Aldebaran fell back to third position
at the three-quartors, and rounding in
TO the stretch it looked as II the race
was between st. Leonards and Cliff
ford 10 hot fight for tSe wire. Less
than sixteenth OF mile from the
wire Garrison "shook up" Boundless,
who responded under the "Snapper's"
vigorous riding and, coming through
with rush, and landed the prize six
lengths in front of st. LeonardS, who
was three lengths In front of Clifford,
third. The time was 2:36, the fastest
OF any American Derby, and the net
value of the stake to Cushing, the own
ef was $40, 500.