The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-24
WON THE AMERICAN DERBY.
SIDNEY LUCAS, An OUTSIDER, BEATS
THE FAvoRITEs AT CHICAGO.
Winner Comes In SIX Lengths Ahead
Of james and stu Further Away
From Lieut.. Gibson, Who Carried
Most OF the Peoples Money.

Derby this afternoon at washington park.
Six lengths behind him was the Eastern
colt, James, and stiIl further back, strus-
Cling to no avail, was the Wanted pup
lie choice. the even money favorite, Lieut..
Gibson. Barrack. Advance Guard ana
tSam Phillips In order, brought up the
procession, which carried little joy to the
90 900 spectators who saw the great classic
event decided The rush OF Sidney Lu-
cas- through the stretch and the falling
back Of Lieut.. Gibson was so sudden, so
startling, that IL fairly stupefed the
crowd
Probably not one In a hundred had pick
ed Sidney Lucas to turn the trick. Lieut.
Gibson, the favorite, had no excuses sam
Phillips, the second choice. was In the
| same unfortunate category. Thus the
great event passed into turf annals, and
registered the ninth defeat of q favorite
1 in a race which has been contested thir-
| teen times.
The result, mourned by so many. had
| thrown Its damper upon the spirits OF
nearly all except the bookmakerse
The scene was one OF ANIMATION.
| Flashes OF color IN bewildering confusion
| shone out from the swell turnouts ana
| automobiles and In the field, where SO
| house there was one bewildering array OF
pretty women in Derby gowns, while IN
the. grand stand there was a bewiiaering
| and Kaleidoscope .sprinkling OF those
| dainty tints which form the costumes OF
| women and enhance their beauty Against
this setting the sterner appearance oil
| their escorts framed the background.
| When the starters and jockies were post
| ed for the one star feature event of the
| day, the crowd surged in almost endless
| streams toward the ring where the pen
oilers stood on their little stools Offer
When at last the bugle called the. six
chosen thoroushbreds to the post, there
was hushed expectancy. Ali were eager
| to see the royal purple OF Board OF
de"Charley smith, borne by Lieut..
| public appearance In Chicago. The ex-
| pectations were moro than realized lie
was the only really racy looking Young
| trast to the rather detected appearances
| OF tho balance OF the field. Sidney Lucas
snsb sswts UPON en' IL. rsa 'h snns
bandages upon his forelegs..
sSwy w@ss ss ned q TS sS The GIBSON
| showed in his, uneasy shiftings, one
false break and then Starter Dwyer
came the old familiar cry from the i'm
| mense throng.
Barracks hose was in front, with James
| second and the favorite third. Around
| the stretch turn and down the straight
| away for the first time swung the field
| Coming past the grandstand Lieut.. Glib
head. and James. running almost as cas-
| lily. was second Sam Phillips. the hope
| Of the schorr stable, with Jockey Tommy
| Burns in the saddle, was third. The dis
| consulate looking Sidney Lucas was
| fourth, with Barrack and Advance Guard
| bringing up the rear.
| Past the quarter pole. swept the field,
| third position. Jockey Mitchell loosened
| his wrap on the reins through the back
stretch and James moved 70 the van. lie
was only length before Gibson who had
Lucas at his girth.. Around the far turn
BOland began 10 let down his mount, but
only slightly the first three moving
the pole denoting the final quarter mile
to ;he wire, half lengths apart. There
thought the crowd. But II was sidney Luz
| cas- who was moving to the front. Bolanf
urged Lieut. Gibson. He passed James
| for few seconds. but Sidney Lucas was
Shortly afterward he was caught be.
| tween sidney Lucas and James and HE
| progress slightly interfered with. Bolend
| would have had to go around but the two
| were leaving the carrier OF many thous-
| ands Of dollars OF public money behind.
! There. between the quarter and eighth
posts was decided the thirteenth Ameri-
| can derby. Thompson Bros. colt out
| stripped James and an eighth OF milo
| the good. For an instant Gibson rallied
| and drew up slightly ahead Of James. but
Il was his last rally: ON TO the wire,
gaining al every stride. came Sidney
| Lucas. Past the stand he galloped six
| lengths before James. The latter was
second. eight lengths before. the even
|
| been making every effort to rouse his
| mount. But IL no use.
Sidney Lucas may never again beat this
| neid at the weights but he today has the
| blue ribbon event at the Washington
| Park meeting TO his credit. and his own
| ers are richer by So VS., the amount Of
| first money The owners OF the second
and third horses receive $4,000 and 81 900
| respectively.
| The summary OF the race. follows:
| Mile Sam Fulton won Modrine second
| Larkspur third Time i:t6 a.
| six furlongs Reminder won. Mr.. Brown
| second Fly by Night third, Time lis Ia
The American derby. mile aud a half
| sidney Lucas. if2 Pullman. IS to i. won
| JaInes, Ia. Mitchell to 8. second Lieut.
| Gibson. 10. Boland. even, third. Time
| . A. Ia
| SEVEN and half furlongs-o;reat Bend
| won Noroni second. Orion third Time
| iS7 "a.
| Four and a half turlongs-Critsrion
| won. Alard Schsck second. Sofala third
! Time. SPA.
Races at she~pshesd Ray.
NEw YORK. Juns 2, Summarize At Sleeps