The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-07
BEN BRUSH WINS 1T
The Rider of Ben Eder Makes a Pret-
ty Display of Himself.
WITNESSED by THOUSANDS
Old Churchill Downs Black With
Excited Humanity-The Ken
tucky Derby the Growing
Feature of the Season.

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| rather than Ben Brush, belongs the cred
1t of the victory in the Kentucky derby.
The great son of Bramble was not fit for
| a brushing race, such as he had this af-
ternoon. but under the careful guidance
| of Sims he landed the coveted prize and
the first Kentucky Derby ever run at the
short distance of one mile and quarter.
All the honor and the s5,O0o which went
| to Ben Brush. properly belonged to Ben
| Eder, and had ii not been for the stable
| boy who essayed to pilot the son of Fon-
| so, there would have been several lengths
of daylight between Ben Brush and Ben
Eder, which should have showed the way
under the wire.
Never in the history of 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 IL
was one solid mass of humanity.
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 20 minutes de-
lay. When the flag 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
ColOTS Oh E@dSlOn N LdrTaDle SnOI 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 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.
Thorpe seemed determined to make a
runaway race of 1t 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 Semper Ego,
Ben Brush, The Dragon, Parson, Ben
Eder and Ulysses following in the order
named.
TWAS going down the back stretch that
Taber, who is but little better than a
stable boy, committed the first error that
cost the Hot Springs stables 1000. 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 finished 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 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 Ben Eder, whom
Taber had brought up from next to last
in half furlong journey. First Mate was
third. Semper Ego fourth, The Dragon
NTH and the remainder were strung out
Ben Bursh 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 riding
n lie Tr11y III II =
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 an even, steady
stride, was gaining on the colt.
For the last sixteenth of the journey a
prettier battle of equines was never wit
messed. Sims, by his good work, kept
Ben Brush in front by scant nose. while
Taber was apparently unconscious that
he was in a race that certainly belonged
to him.
It's dead heat" came from the crowd
around the grand stand as the horses
shot under the wire, who were FIVE
lengths from First Mate. the same dis
tance separating The Dragon. The Win
ner was sixth, Parson seventh and Ulys-
ses eighth. The judges seemed little un-
certain themselves, but after awhile they
hung the numbers which made Ben
Brush the first and Ben Eder second.
The five other events were without spe-
cial incident, except in the sixth race
Joe Clark fell in this race, breaking his
leg. He was shot.
Six furlongs-Harry Reed won, Jake
zimmerman second, Egbert third; time.
ll6. Five furlongs-Stentor won Chappie
second. Red third; time. 1:12A. Kentucky
derby for 3-year-olds. mile and a quar-
ter. $1,000 to first. 81, 900 to second and $500
to third-M. f. Dwyer's Ben Brush.
charlottesville, Q19, Sims, / TO q
won; Hot Springs stables Ben Eder.
Fonso-W Workmate Q1O. Tabor, to /, sec
ond; L. b. Ringgold's Semper Ego, Logic
La Sylphide Q10. Perkins, Sto 1, third:
time, :25. :4el2. 1:1513. 1:42. 2:07as. One mile
Paul Pry won, Sligo second. King WILL
lam third; time 1:42iz. Four furlongs-
Turtle Dove coupled with Happy Hours).
won, White Frost second. Princess Teck
third; time, :49A. Six furlongs-Pallas
won, Roundelay second. Mate third: John
Clark fell into the trench. breaking his
leg; time, 1:16.