The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-07
FINE RACING
AT LOUISVILLE
Ben Brush, the Great Son Of Bran
bic, Won the Twenty-SecOnd
kentucky Derby.
AN ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE
Ben Elder ShOHld Nave Non but his Jockey
kould Not kide--San HateO Non
From 0festes at the Ia
gieSide Track

Louisville, May s-To Willie Sims,
rather than TO Ben Brush. belongs tho
credit Of the victory In the twenty-second
Kentucky Derby. The great son OF
Bramble was not fit for brushing race.
such as he had this afternoon. but under
the care and guidance OF Sims he landed
the coveted prize and the first Kentucky
derby ever run at the shortened distance
Of one and a quarter miles. All the
honor and the 5000 which went to Ben
Brush properly belonged to Ben Eder.
and. had 1t not been for the stable bog
who essayed to pilot Ben Eder. he Eonid
have landed winner.
Never before in the history OF Churchill
Downs was such throng seen. The
betting ring was one immovable mass
Of people. Everyone OF the nineteea book
les had more than he could do to accom-
modate the people. and when the nag
finally went down thousands OF uplifte6
hands were sti1 waving greenbacks
in their futile efforts to place them
When the flag went down Starter chInn
had them well In hand with Ben Eder
having the advantage OF a neck. Thee
Winner second, First Mate third. The
Dragon fourth, Parson fifth. Ulysses
sixth. Ben Brush seventh and Semper
Ego last. The red colors OF Easton and
Larabie shot almost like a fash 70 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 q
nose behind him and the others close up-
II was going down the back stretch that
Tabor, who is little better than a stable
boy. committed the first error that cost
the Hot Springs stable 5000. 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 turned
into the stretch
First Mate continued to show the way,
and when the first mile was finished,
he had the advantage OF half length,
Sims having moved Ben Brush up to
second place. with Seuper Ego stiu
third. The Winner fourth, The Dragon
Fifth. Parson sixth. followed by Ben
Eder 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 Pen Eder.
whom Tabor brought up from next 20
the last in the half furlong journey.
Ben Brush wins" went up from a
thousand throats almost simultaneously
as Willie Sims. inch by inch. increased
his lead to the eighth. Hen Brush did
not have much left. but Sims was get
ting what little did remain out Of him
while Ben Eder, with an even. steady
stride, was gaining on the colt. For the
last sixteenth Of the journey 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 unconscious that he was in
the horse race, sat idly on Ben Eder and
saw the Fonso colt lose the race that
properly belonged to him. Time, 2:OTN.