The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-07

LOUIS lille, May b.--IO WINS
Sims, rather than Ben Brush, belongs
the credit of victory in the twenty
second Kentucky derby.
The great son of Bramble was not
fit for a brushing race, such as he had
this afternoon, but under the careful
guidance Of Sims. he landed the covet-
ed 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 to Ben
Brush, properly belonged to Ben Elder,
and had it not been for the stable boy
who essayed to pilot the son of Fonso,
there would have been several lengths
of daylight between Ben Brush and
Ben Elder, which should have showed
the way under the wire.
NEVER BEFORE
Never before in the history of the
Churchill Downs was such a throng
seen. For the first time in the history
Of the course there was no free field,
but in the stand in the betting ring
and on the lawn it was one solid mass
of humanity. Every place of vantage
was coupled and even then there were
hundreds who only got glimpse of the
bright colored jackets as the crack
three-year-old OF the country raced for
the glories Of the Kentucky derby.
From one end to the other men crowd
ed, jostled and fairly fought their way
through the throng to the man on the
block. But every one OF the nineteen
hookies had more than they could do
TO accommodate the people. and when
the flag finally went down thousands of
uplifted hands were
STILL WAVING GREENBACKS
IN their futile efforts to place them.
Aside from Ben Brush, probably the
heaviest play was made on Ben Elder.
for he opened at ten and when the
books were finally closed he had been
backed down 70 half Ulysses carried
deal Of money as did also First
Mate; in fact, every candidate for hon
or, and incidentally the largest end
of the $4,000 had his friends, even down
to the winner and Parson
First Mate showed a bad temper at
the post keeping it up until they were
all caught in line and sent away. after
two unsuccessful attempts and twenty
minutes delay. When the flag went
Down Starter Chinn had them well in
hand with Ben Elder having an adj
vantage of a neck, The Winner second.
First Mate third, the Dragon fourth.
Parson fifth, Ulysses sixth, Ben Brush
seventh and Semper Ego last At the
fall of the flag the red colors of Eastin
and Jarra1bie shot
ALMOST LIKE A FLASH
to the front and when the stand was
passed for the first time Thorpe was
showing the way on First Mate by half
length from Semper Ego, who was a
neck in front of Ben Eder, with Ben
Brush nose behind him, and the
others close up. Thorpe seemed de-
termined to make a runaway race of it.
and in going around the turn the first
time he let First Mate have his head
until two lengths separated him from
The Winner, with Senlper Ego. Ben
Brush, The Dragon, Parson, Bed Elder
and Ulysses following in the order
named. 1T was 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 $1,000. From "a safe position the
lad pulled the colt back into 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
into the stretch.
First Mate continued to show the
way, and when the first mile was fin
ished he had an advantage of half a
length, Sims having moved Ben Brush
UP to second place, with Semper Ego
still third, The Winner fourth, The
Dragon fifth, Parson sixth, followed
by Ben Elder and Ulysses. Willie Sims
began riding on the last turn and when
they were Strengthened for
THE FINAL RUN
he was leading by a neck from Ben
Elder, whom Tabor had brought I'D
from next to last in a half furlong
journey. First Mate was third, Sem
per Ego fourth, The Dragon fifth and
the remainder strung out. Ben Brush
wins" went up from a thousand
throats almost simultaneously as Willie
Sims. inch by inch, increased his lead
to the eighth. But there was another
horse in the race, despite the poor rid
ing of his jockey, who promised the son
of Bramble the race of his life Ben
Brush did not have much left, but
Sims was getting what little did re-
main out of him, while Ben Elder, with
even, steady stride was gaining on the
colt For the last sixteenth of the jour-
ney a prettier battle of equines was
never witnessed. Sims, by his good
work, kept Ben Brush in front by a
scant nose. while Tabor, apparently I'm
conscious that he was in q horse race.
sat idly on Ben Elder and saw the |
Fonso colt lose a race that properly
belonged to him.
TITS A DEAD HEAT"
followed from the crowd around the |
JUDGES stand as the horses shot under /
the wire, I'VE lengths from Semper Ego !
VINO was five lengths from First Mate |
the same distance separating The
Dragon The Winner was sixth, Parson /
seventh and Ulysses eighth. Tie Judges |
seemed a little uncertain themselves but !
sitter wait of a minute they hung out |
the numbers which made Ben Brush the |
Victor and Ben Elder second.
special incident, except in the sixth race |
Joe Clark, fell in the stretch breaking
his leg. He was shot.
Summaries:
First race, six furlongs-Harry Reed
won, Jake Zimmerman second, Egbart |
xb&rd. Time-1:16.
Second race, five furlongs, selling
Senator won, Chappie second, Red third /
Time-i:02A.
Third race, Kentucky Derby, for three
year -olds, cne mile and a quarter, S. 900
20 first 500 to second and $500 TO third
M Z. Dryers Ben Brush, Bramble-
Resevilles 1T tSims) j to won. Hot /
Springs Stables. Ben Elder, Fonso-W
laste, ~ cTabor), to l, second: L. B.
phide, III perkins, S to l, third. First /
Mate. The Dragon. The Winner, Happy
Sailie IL, Parson, Ulysses also ran.
Time :25, :4sl5; 1:l51a 1:42 2:07Z
Fourth race. one mile, selling-Paul Pry /
won Sligo second, King William third.
Time--1:421,
Fifth race, four furlongs-Turtle Dove
Frost second. Princess Teck third Time
--.43Z
Sixth race. six furlongs seliing-PaIlas
won Roundalla second, Mate third John