The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-07
BEN BRUSH WON THE DERBY
Ben Elder Was Horribly Ridden, aud
Should Have Had the Prize.
GAMES PLAYED IN NORTH TEXAS
Houston sun Heads tn" List-0aivestot
tile Only souih rexas Loser-En-
tries for Today's Races.

| diet OF victory in the twcnty-second Ken.
| lucky derby. The great son of Bramhlc
| was not II; for race, such as he had
| this evening. but under the careful guild
| ancc OF Sims he landed the covNcd prize
| in Tho first kentucky derby ever run at
the shortened distance of one mile aud a
quarter. All the honor and tho 5000 which
went 10 hen Brush properly belonged TO
| Ben Elder and had II not been for the
stable boy who cssayod 10 pilot the son
Oh Fonso there would have been several
| lengths of daylight between ben Brush
| ana ihe colt which should have showed
| me way under lnu WIRE.
me puoiic eNiicnccu its appreciate
'ouhy ui the e1or; MADE by the new
i-ouisNiiic Jockey cub 10 proinolc RACING
III tho Nest. Never IN the history OF Ia,
,nurehil Downs was such a throng. ever
seen. for the iiist time In the ms orr,
OF the course there WAS no FIRE. ficlu mn
III the STAND. IN me betting ring and ON
'he lawn ii was one solid mass OF human
ny. Every place OF vantage was occupied
ahu even thcu there Were hundreds WHO
ohiy got glimpse OF the brig,p, colored
jackets as tho crack 3-year-oids of the
country raced Tor tho glorics OF the Ken
lucky derby.
The betting ring was one immense mass
or people. FROM one end 10 the other
peopie We're crowded and lostici ana
iairly foueh, their way TO the man on
the block. Every ono OF abe nineteun
bockies had more than they could do 10
accommodate the people and when the
nag flndily went down. thousands OF I'M
liited hands were sun waving When the
odds went up TO was the bettin,,
against brush and the money literally
poured in on him even ~ those urohilu-
tive odds. one or two of the more venture
some changed 10 3 10 >. but a few 500 hilis
soon reduced tho price. Aside from litn
srush. probably the hcasics, play was
inaic on Zen lilcr. for he opened a, 10
10 ana when thu books were closed he
had been backed down 10 ! 10 J. uiyssus
carried a deal of money, as did alsr> 'irst
honor.
.Wjh the saddlIng call came murmurs
OF expectancy which seemed To enana,c
ground. Ben Elder was tho first to re-
spona to the cali and as he slowly canter-
ca past the stand hc was eagerly received.
hardly noticeable. rarson. Ulysses and
Inc Winner came in IN the order nancd
hu, their advent upon the track elit'd
hn' ltttle iavor. But when the white
colors of MIKE Dwyrr car>N from the
saedling quarter 'hc son OF Gamble was
given an ovation second only to thai
which followed when No. was hung ou
which gave the race to Ben brush. after
later.
First Mute showed bud temper n, the
post. keeping IL up until they worc ali
caught In line and sen, away twenty min
utcs later after two unsuccessful al
tempts. When the flag went down starter
Shinn had them wcll in line with Elor
Winner second. First Mate third. Thr
Dragon fourth. Parsons itth. ulysses
SIKH. Ben Brush seventh nnl Scmper
ECO last AZ the fal! of tho flag the rel
coiors of Eastn n Larrubie shot al
most Ike fash 50 the front. ana when
~ si'ind was passeI for the first time
ihoiic was showing the way on First
Mate by half length from Scmper Ego
IA nf IN.
Bon Brush nose behind him and the
others close. Thorpe seemed determined
10 make II run away race of II. and In
going around the turn the iirst time h,
Jet First Mate have his hcud until two
lengths separated him from The Winner
with Seinpcr Ego. Bon brush, Thu
Dragon. Pmson. Ben Edcr mud Ulysses
following In the order named. II was 10
ing down tha back stretch that Tabor
committed the hrst error that cost his
owners 5000 From safe position he had
pulled the colt bnck INTO seventh place
AZ the tirst half mic. In this position lie
raced down tho back stretch, making no
attempt TO comr through the na,l until
they had turned into the stretch. First
Mnt" continued to show TN way. and
when the first miic wns inlshul h. had
an advantage of half II length. Sims hay
INK moved Bon Brush up 10 second plucc,
S,mper Ego sim hind. The Winner
fourth. The Dragon nth, Parsons sixth,
followed 10y Ben Elder aud Ulysses. While
Sims began riding Jon the last turn. md
when they Strengthened ont for the finnl
run he was leading by neck from Ben
l.dor whom Tabor hnd brought mp from
next 10 the last In II half furlong of In,
Journey First Mate was third, semper
Ego fourth. The Dragon nth aud the re-
manning three strung out.
PEN Brush wins'' vent up from II
thousand thronis almost simultaneously
as WHO Sims Increased his lead by q
length. Pen Brush dl not have much
left. bu, Sims was getting what little
there vas out of him. Will" Elder. with
ever rridy strides was gaining on the
cot For the last sixth of the Journey
Il prstticr battl" was never wit.esr.I. |
Sims by his good work keeping Hen Yrush
in 'front.' by q scnnt nose. ms u dead
heat" followed from the crowd around
the Judges stand ns The horses shot I'M
Parsons seventh and Ulysses eighth
The Judges seemed little uncertain
themselves. but after n wait Of minute !
they hung tine numbers which made Hen |
Brush the victor ana Ben Elder second.
Six fur.ongs Harry Reed. 100 sims, |
70 I, to 8 Won J"ke I!mm1efimsnn' JOB a.
lnrt. III Or Wilinmsl, 10 to !, third. |
FIVE furIongs. scllng-sienior loi tshcr-
rer), II to ., won Chnppie, io9 !Morrison(, !
10 /, mira. Timo, l:C2 IL.
The kentucky Derby. for a-yenr-olda. |
ono and onr-quartcr mites, $500 70 ;irst |
and 300 To second ana sNp 10 ihfi--l'ei |
Brush. M fsimmD 10 .. won; Bon Eler. |
ia rahor,. Z 10 l. secondi ssmper Ego ~
Hork.nsl. s TO /, third. Tlme, 2;oI ~ |
FIRST Mnie Tho Dragon, The Winnor |
l,orson. Ulysses finished ms namol Tims !
rters: -; ~ l-2, lis IL, ~
,lirg~Paul Pry. ile crhorpe).
to I. .on. sligo. 10, tSherreD, 10 J, sec
ori King william, 100 tSimms), 10 TO ],
third. Time. ii' - nut.
-four furlones, fer 2-year-old h'lies-
Turtle llovc, 100 UoinD % ., won;
White Frost 10 q. Gardner. 4 10 J. see
oni: Princess Tock, 100 az. Wlll"msl ~
TO /. third Time. ~ 81 ..o ,
s'x furlongs, selling -Pallos. ll3 per- |
l'ns1 IN 10 !. won; Koundelay JOB dunn |
% Ia =, second. Mate. 100 Cfhorpe), J.. 10 !
T. ihira. Time, ilG,
HASTKOP vs.. sMlTIiNIiI'E.
pa.,ron Texas May 5--Iastrop Bas. |
nan Climb and Smithville Lions crossed |
Lais Yesterday evening. resulting IN ia'of
cf Bastrop. 10 TO 4, as follows; =.
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