The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-07
IN BRUSH WINNER.
= Unprecedented Crowd Sees
The Kentucky Derby.
- BETTING VERY SPIRITED.
- unsr, the Best Horss, Badly Rsa-
~-Wnlts sims Deserves the
Glory o. the Victory.

s~sIsv:lie May 9. To Willie Sims,
- thar Ben Brush, belongs the credit
u ~ vtcfory In the txenty-secoud Ken
ss.rv derby. The great son o. Brambie
- nof al for brushing race such as he
IN ~ afternoon, but under the care ard
LAaeue Of Sins he landed the coveted
-, and the FIRST Kentucky derby run
z - sbortened distance Of one mile and
.u.<tef. All the honor and the s.. 80
~ vent 70 Ben Brush properly be-
s.~ruA 10 Ben Elder, and. had IL not been
- In stable boy who essayed to pilot
- soo Of Fonso, there would have been
~veral lengths OF daylight between Ben
Srush and Ben Eder. VINO should havs
Soved the way under the wire.
Never before IN the history OF Churchill!
.ncvas vas sueh throng seen. For the
-. time In the history Of the course
fsge Vas no free field. but In the stand.
| ~ betting ring and on the iaHn vas
~ solid mass Of humanity. Every place
4 vantage was occupied. and there were
huphreds VINO got only a glimpse Of the
. rtsht coiored Jackets as the crack s~year-
~ Of the country raced for the giorles
| 4 N Kentucky derby.
Tbo beffing ring was one smmovable
.nsss Of teople. From one end to the other
.nen we're crowded. jostied and fairly
1pueht their way through the fxong TO
. ~ man on the block. But every one of
! ~ nineteen 5ookies had more thar they
|eeuk q 70 accommodate the people. ana
.Uhsn the faE finally went down thousands
h splifted hands we're ssiT. waving green
|bscp 10 their futile efforts TO place them.
Ands from Ben Brush. probably, the heay-
VT play was made on Ben Elder. for he
|eosnsd ~ 10. and when the books were
? At he haA
y halE Ulysses carried q deal OF money.
~ "A also First Mate. In fact. every can
|lilate tor the honor. and incidentally the
largest end Of the $500. has his fr.ends
{syen down TO The Winner and the PArson.
FRS. Mate showed a bad temper at the
|Do1t. keeping II up until they wsre all
|0pght In line and sent away, after two
|ueuccessful attempts and twenty Minutes
|o1lay Wien ths flag went down Starter
Iciinr bad them well In hand, with Ben
lts having An advantage OF neck, The
vlnnsr second. FRS. Mate third. The
Dragon fourth, Parson NTH. Ulysses sixth
~ Brush seventh and semper Ego last.
~ TAI OF the nag the red coiors OF
nstin Larrabie shot almost like . nash
" he front, ard when the stand WAS
|passd Tor the mrs, time Thorpe WAS .how.
~ Tho way on First Mate by half = length
|hem ssmper Ego, who was a neck in front
10 Ben Eder. with Ben Brush a nose be-
- him and the others close up. Thorpe
FHemed determined 20 make q runaway
|fsce OF It, and In going around the turn
|As hrst time he let FRS. Mate have his
|ln1 Until two lengths separated him from
|ms winner. With Semper Ego. Ben Brush,
|Ins Dragon. Parson, Ben Eder ana
|utsses following In the order named.
was going down the back stretch that
|Isber, who Ii little better than = stable
|soy. committed the first error that cos.
ne Hot Springs stable 500. From a safe
position the lad pulled the colt back into
|kvtnth place at the first half mile. In
fhis position he raced down the back
|ffetch. making no attempt TO como
|ihroukh the field until they had turned
|hio the stretch. First Mate continued 10
(Aow the way. and when the first mile
~ 1nlshcd he had an advantage Of half
length. Sims having moved Hen Brush
N 70 second place. with semper Ego
WI third. The Winner fourth. The Drag
Re NTH. Parson sixth. followed by Hen
|kdef and Ulysses.