Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
WON BY BEN brush.
HIS victory In the Kentucky Derby
Not Popular.


terday by nose; Ben isder second, and
semper Ego third, eight lengths back. Ia
Dor rode a wretched race on Ben Elder, and
should have won the racei Time, 2.07ai.
Although the majority r,of the betters
were down on Ben Brush, his victory was
not popular one. Tabor, on Ben Elder,
rode very weak race, and virtually
threw the race away. AS the floral wreath
was placed around Ben Brush's neck shouts
went up from the grand stand: Take 1t
OH; take 1t Off, Put it on Ben Eder,' etc.
The largest crowd was in attendance since
the great Molly McCartllyTen Brock race.
Credit Due to Sims.
To Willie Sims rather than Ben Brush,
belongs the credit of victory. The great
son Of Brarnble was not fit for a bruising
race, such as he had, but under the care
full guidance OF Sims he landed the coveted
prize and the first Kentuck derby ever run
at the shortened distance of one mile and
quarter. All the honor and the 5000
which went 20 Ben Brush properly belong
ed to Ben Elder, and had it not been for
the stable boy who essl aged to pilot the son
of Fonso, there would have been several
lengths of daylight between Ben Brush
and the colt which should have showed the
way under the WIRE
The public evidenced its appreciat ton of
the Efforts made by the new Louisville
Jockey Club to promote racing in the west.
A>tFSl III tile Story OF H-hufcnlll DOVES
was SUCH a thronS ever seen. For the first
time in the history of the course there was
no free field, but in The stand, in the bet
ting ring and on the lawn it was one solid
mass OF humanity. Every place of van
tage was occupied. and even then there
were hundreds who got only a glimpse of
the bright-colored jackets as the crack
three-year-old of the country raced for
,He slorles OF the Kentucky derby. The
betting ring was one inimovable mass of
people. From one end TO the other men
We're crowded, jostlcd, and fairly fought
on the block.
But every one of the nineteen bookies
mad more than they could do to accommo-
GATE the people, and when the flag finally
went down, thousands of upiftel hands
were sun waving sreenbJrKs III their futile
eioftS TO place it, Aside from Ben Brush
probably the heaviest play was made on
Zen Elder for he opened at 10 to l, and
when the books were finally closed ne nd
been backed down to half. Ulysses carried
great zeal OF money, as did also First
Mate; IN fact every candidate for the hon
or and Incidentally the largest end of the
$1,000 had his friends, even down to The
winner and Parson.
Bad Temper of First Mate,
First Mate showed a bad temper at the
post, keeping it up until they were all
caught in line and sent away twenty min
utes later, after two unsuccessful at
Chinn had them well in hand with Ben
Elder having an advantage of a neck, The
Winner second. First Maze third, The ORA
gon fourth, Parson tifth, Ulysses sixth,
Ben Brush seventh and Semper Ego last
AT the fall of the 1ag the red colors of
Eastin ana Larrab Shot almost ike a
Hash to the front and When the stand was
passed for the first time, Thorpe show ing
the way on First Mate by half length
from Semper Ego, who was a neck IN front
of Ben Elder. with Ben BRUSH d nose Le-
hlnd him, and the others close up. Thorpe
seemed determined to make runaway
race OF it,, and in going afoupd the turn
the first time he let First Mate have his
head until two lengths separated him from
The Winner, with Sempe" Ego, Ben I>rusb
The Dragon, Parson, Ben EGer and Ulys-
SEES following in the order named
Pulled Ben Elder Back.
1t was in going down the back stretch
that Tabor, who is but, little better than a
stable boy. committed the. first error that
cost the Hot Springs stable 5000 From
a safe position he had pulled the colt back
in seventh place at the first half mile In
this position he raced down the back
stretch. making no attempt to come
through the field until they had turned in
to the stretch First Mate continued to
show the way, and when the first mile was
finished he had an advantage of half a
length, Sims having moved Ben Brush up
10 second pldce, with Semper Ego still
third. the Winner fourth, The Dragon fifth,
Parsons sixth, followed by Ben Eder and
Ulysses.
Sims began riding on the last turn, and
when they We're Strengthened for the final
run he was leading by a neck from Ben
Elder, whom Tabor had brought UP from
next to last in a half furlong of the jour-
ney. First Mate was third, Semper Ego,
fourth; The Dragon, fifth, and the remain
ing three strung out Ben Brush wins"
went up from thousand throats, almost
simultaneously, as Willie Sims, inch by
inch, increased his lead to the eighth.
Pretty Struggle.
But there was another horse in the race,
who, despite the poor riding of his jockey,
promised the son Of Bramble the race Of
his life Ben Brush did not have much left,
but Sims was getting what little that did
remain out of him, while Ben Elder, with
even, steady stride was gaining or the colt
For the last sixteenth of the journey a
prettier battle of equnes was never Wit
messed. Sims. by his good work, kept Ben
Brush in front by scant nose while Tabor,
apparently unconscious that he was in
horse race, sat idly on Ben Elder and saw
the FonSo colt lose a race that properly
belonged to him.
ITS a dead heat" followed from the
crowd, around the judges Stand, as the
horses shot under the wire five lengths
ahead of Semper Ego, who WAS five lengths
from First Mate the same distance sepa-
rating the Dragon. The Winner was sixth.
Parsons, seventh, and Ulysses eighth. The
judges seemed little uncertain themselves,
but after a wait of minute they hung out
the numbers which made Ben Brush the
victor and Ben Elder second.
l.. A. w. Bulletin.
The latest weekly bulletin of the League
of American Wheclmen is as follows:
Transferred to professional cass-H. s.
Hale, Denver. Col, own request; C. C. Col
Inns, Denver, Col. own request; c. L. Him
street, Denver, Col; Sidney ]. Harvey, New
Haven, Conn, own request; l.. P. Sawyer,
Hartwell, Ohio, own request; Charles F.
Schuherth, Cincinnati, Ohio, own request;
Clinton r. Coulter, San Francisco, Cal,
own request; Walter f. Foster, San Fran
cisco, Cal, own request; Robert L. Long,
San Francisco, Cal, own request; Herbert
E. McCrea, Los Angeles. Cal, under clause
A; Tom Butler, Cambridgeport, Mass, own
request; E. J. Smith, Colorado Springs,
Col, own request. e.,
For competing in unsanctioned races, the
following are suspended from all track rae
ing for thirty days FROM April %: Joe Tur-
ner and H. Hayden, xLaFedo, Texas; B.
Turner, A. Levdendecker,o Knowlan Nc
Lain, Laredo, Texas. MIA,
Special Race at IngIeside.
The special match raee between w. OBJ.
.