The herald., 1896-05-07
The Kentucky Derby Draws a
Tremendous Crowd
BEN BRUSH IS THE WINNER
Though All the Honor Belongs to Ben
Eder
Poor Riding Causes Game nor'e ~
the Big Rsce-Events on
IngIeside Track
.o,..oa . press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
1OJrISvILLE, May 6.-To Willie SIMS
o+her than Ben Brush, belongs the
credit of victory in the twenty-secolaf nf
Kentucky Derby. Ihe srea. aoe
such as he had this afternoon, put unoer
the care and guidance of Sims he iano-
"a +ha coveted prize and the nrSt heH-
tucky Derby that was ever run d. .he
shortened distance OF one mlie at.u seooo 20
ouarter. All the honor ana the %2ooo
which went to Ben Brush Piopeity
longed to Ben Eder, and had IL not peeli
for the stable boy who essayed TO piiot
the son of Fonso there would have peen
several lengths of daylight between Ben
Brush and Ben Eder. which should have
showed the way under the WIRE.
Never before in the history OF Church-
Ill 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 IL
was one solid mass of humanity. EVERY
place of vantage was occupied ana even
then there were hundreds who only got
a glimpse of the bright-colored jack
cts as the crack 3-year-old OF the coun-
try raced for the glories of the Kentucky
Derby. The betting ring was one i'm
movable mass of people. From one END
to the other men crowded, jostled and
. fairly fought their way through the
throng to the man on the block. But
every one of the nineteen bookies had
more than he could do to accommodate
the people, and when the flag finally
= went down thousands of uplifted hands
: were stfll waving greenbacks in their
!; futile efforts to place them.
Aside from Ben Brush, probably the
: heaviest play was made on Ben Edci,
for he opened at ten, and when the books
were finally closed he had been backed
down to half. Ulysses carried deal of
money, as did also First Mate: in fact,
every candidate for honor and incl
dentally the largest end of the $4,000 had
Z his friends, even down to The Winner
. and The Parson.
- First Mate showed bad temper at the
tspost keeping it up until they We're all
caught in line and sent away, after two
unsuccessful attempts and twenty min
utes'- delay. When the fias went down
! Starter Chinn had them well in hand
with Ben Eder having an advantage 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 G. Larrabie shot
= almost like flash to the front, and when
the stand was passed for the first time
:. Thorpe was showing the way on First
Mate by half a length from Semper Ego,
who was a neck in front of Ben Eder.
with Ben Brush a nose behind him and
the others close up. Thorp 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 IN
til two lengths separated hin from The
Winner, with Semper Ego, Ben Brush.
The Dragon, Parson, Ben Eder and Ulys-
Ses following in the order named. 1t was
going down the back stretch that Taber.
who is but a little better than stable
boy committed the first error that cost
the Hot Springs stable $4,000. 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. Firs Mate continued
to show the way and when the first mile
was finished he had an advantage of
half length. Sims having moved Ben
Brush up to second place, with Seniper
Ego still third. The Winner fourth, The
Dragon fifth Parson sixth, followed by
Ben Eder and Ulysses. Willie Sins be-
gan riding on the last turn. and when
they We're Strengthened for the Iinal run
he was leading by neck from Ben
Eder, whom Taber had brought up from
next to last in half furlon:r journey.
First Mate was third, Semper Ego fourth,
The Dragon fifth and the remainder
strung out.
Ben Brush wins" went up from a
thousand throats almost smultane-
ously as Willie Sims inch by inch, in
creased his lead to the eighth But
there was another horse in the race, de-
spite the poor riding of his jockey, which
promised the son of Bramble the race
of his life. Ben Brush did not have
much left. but Sims was getting what
little did remain out of him, while Ben
Eder, with even, steady stride, was
gaining on the colt. For the last six
Of tpn ti.a1,k knt t1e
of equines was never witnessed. Sims,
by his good work. kept Ben Brush in
front by scant nose, While Taber, ap-
parently unconscious that he was in a
horse race, sat idly on Ben Eder and saw
the Fonso colt lose a race that properly
belonged to him.
It's a dead heat" followed from the
crowd around the judges stand as the
horses shot under the wire five lengths
from Semper Ego. who was five lengths
from First Mate the same distance sep
arating The Dragon. The Winner was
sixth, Parson seventh and Ulysses
eighth. The judges seemed a little un-
certain themselves, but after wait of
minute they hung out the numbers
which made Ben Brush the victor and
Ben Eder second.
The other five events were without
special interest except in the sixth race,
in which George Clark fell in the stretch
breaking leg.
Six furlongs-Harry Reed won, Jake
Zimmerman second, Egbart third; time,
!: 16.
Five furlongs-Stentor won, Chappie
second. Red third; time, 1:021a.
Kentucky Derby for 3-year-olds, one
mile and a quarter-Ben Brush Won,
Ben IIder second. Semper Ego third.
First Mate. The Dragon, The Winner,
Happy Sallie H., Parson. Ulysses also
ran. Time :25, :54l5. 1:1519. 40, 2:07%.
One mile-Paul Pry won, Sligo second,
King William third; time, ;42h.
Four furlongs-Turtle Dove won,
White Frost second, Princess Teck
third; time, 0:49%.
Six furlongs-Pallas won, Roundelay
second, Mate third; time, 1:16.
INGLESIDE RACES