The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-29
TWO FIRST FOALS
WERE WINNERS.
NEAR-OLD OF THE FIRST HALF
OF THE YEAR, Is EMMA C.'s
INITIAL COLT-LI>T OF Eng
LiSH DERBY WINNERS.


| first half OF the year. = the first foaf' o
Emma c. II. and Doctor Barlow, by
Choristsr who won the Choice Stakes Al
| Brighton. July :. beating Outlander a hah
length. with the third horse. Petra ii, siA
| lengths back. with Lie? Prince and Grra'
| American behind them. Is the first foaI
of her dam. Illogical. by Aero!itns. out al
Paradox. THIS was a creditable perform
ance, az Petra IL showed herself good
filly three days later by winning a five fur
longs, beating Shark length and a half
with Princess Otillic, The Regent and eight
others behind them. Both Commando ana
Doctor Barlow were bred in the Castletor
Stud OF Mr.. James X. Keene. which is IN
der the management Of Major + ~ Dam
gert-ld.
Tho following list CT Kings and Queens
. that have won the English Derby Will prove
/, interesting:
Beadsman won the Derby in 1s5s Blink
Benny won In 1851. The Reindeer episode
was in L54i. and there have been many SEN
ss;ional contests for the big EPSON event
the history Of the race. a half-bred was
placed for IL: This was Hotspur, only just
beaten by Flying buchanan. but on tbs
sire's side his breeding was good enough.
as he was by Sir Hercules, grandsire Of
bennington. In 1853 West Australia for the
first zine won the three great classic races
s.. LegeT. Since then this feat has seven
times been cqGaled- The first mare TO win
The Derry was Eleanor in 1901. The second.
Blink Bonny in i.j7. Since, one other flly.
ShotGver. in lSs2. has taken it. In $50 the
fist American colt Started FOR the race. This
was Mir. Ten Brooks Umpire. by lie
compile Before the start. Mr.. Wyatt. the
owner of Nutbourne. objected 10 the
Yankee. For this he was Loudly Kissed by
thg pupLc; VINO love iair play me stew
ards dismissed The objection as frivolous.
and. ui;'.ur the rules, fined Wyatt SIS for
Wasting their time. Umpire, though heavily
backed. finished in the ruck. Nuttourle.
later sire of Woodlands. when leading.
jumped the tan road that crosses the track
a quarter OF . mile from home; and thus
beaten till PersiinInons came along In 1896.
ip hetuedrufE's day the course was ex-
ac,ly a mile and half. and the weight
carried by colts l22 pounds. Later. when
the steepness OF the ascent FOR the first half
mile was lessened. the distance was In
creased tweniy-nlne yards and the weights
four pounds. 20 offset any advantage given
by the change. The calculation was well
made. for Kettledrum.s time has only been
thrice beaten and thrice equaled since the
change OF course The Derby was first
timed In 1876 Pyrrhus taking 2:55 to cover
the old course In that year The year 1862
was memorable because the biggest field
on record. thirty-four. went TO the post.
As might be expected AN outsider, Carac-
tacus. won. for big field for stake is al
ways a sign that no one or more Compel
itors clearly 0utclass the rest. In 1864 Blair
Atho!. first fdal Of Blink BolHy. made his
debut I'm the Derby. He won easily In rec
ord time. The following year the race went
for the first time 10 a foreigner. the French
colt Gladiator HIS victory was well re
ceived. Two years later Hermit. at lJro to
- In the betting. won the race in a blind
Ing snowstorm. The next Derby was also
sensational. Blue Gown. the popular idol.
Won easily. while the favorite. Lady Eliza
beth. no carried the money of the swe!Is
WAS last. Two years later another favor
lite. the hottest hitherto known. went down
on Rothschild won his frs, Derby with Pa
yoniCs and. such is luck, the Oaks and St
Leser with Hannah as well: Doncaster.
Orme-Fiying Fox family, took the race in
1873 with odds of 10 to against him. Seven
years later his son. Ben DOR took II
Six years after came the iatter's son Or
monde's. turn. Six years later hts son.
crme. must have won had not an accident
prevented his starting. and, 70 complete
won last year. Harking back a horse bred
in Hungary. named Kisber after his birth
Place. won in 1876 The event of 1Ssi ia a
with Archer up. proved inyinc.ble. Next
year a mare won for the third time. Then
came the victory of 81. Blaise. now a IA
NOUS sire In America In IsS. ths race re-
suited In n dead heat. tho second In .ts his
tory. The first one. in Is2S was run off the
owners In the last divided Lord Rosebary.
win the race. got his turn in 1888. and again
the following season. In 1895 another PER
sfyeTing asprant for Derby hOunrs the
Urine" of Wales. met his reward. This was
the second success of the rovai cnl"rs.
George " having won the Derby when
Prince OF Wales. in I7ss. ireland took the
More. a great-granGsOn of DoncaSter In
the following year Jed1a n, at 100 to / heat
a numerous but indifferent field. and las,
year the siS7Je Flying Fox was successful
over worst ons.-EXchange
President Fitzgerald Of the Chicago
T. sEsTs In hoo til
John CarrclEs entries at Hawthorne and
VIII allow Catastrophe 10 race during he
present meeting In a fit of anger Mr
take his horses off the track rs all privi-
lescs would he denied him hereafter car
ro.l was making preparations to obey the
ruling when President Fitzgerald sent him
no.tse to the effect that the order had been
revoked and that he would not have to
take his clothes and go
Carroll ia the person who caused ''-TexaS''
Smith 10 he r;ilod off the turf for alleged
hrihing In connection with selling RACES at
Washington PARK. IN which II is said Car
roll was forced tn pay 500 IN order to keep
smith from claiming CatfstIopHe out Of
selling race. and which Smith denied The
Washington Park stewards h-Wcver be
lsved the story and took quick action
rrNSid NJ Fitzgerald ~ sail 20 BE- a friend
of smiths and was so incenssd at the ac-
zion that he concluded tn rsfuse CARROTS
entries, but recorsiccrCd. Had the order
stood IL would not have had any bearing on
the other tracks. unless through personal
courtesy.
Secretary Nathanson of the Harlem Jock
~ Club said tha; such ruling would only
hoj good on the hawthorne track. = gar
as tire racing rules were concerned. as IN
.hc case OF Barney SchretNer and the
Washington Park stewards.
ormsr who equaled Voters worlds rec
ord for a mile IN las. AT Washington Park
recently, IS a chestnut horse. years old,
by Sir Dixon and imp. Prairie Queen. and
Is CV-rei by J. 7. Stewart & Go. HI won
a number Of races At the recent meeting Of
the Washington Park Cub. His early per
iormGaCeS at Nh" mo ting were made
known To many Eastern turfmCn some time
ago by a statement made by steve"
i.HomUedieu. The statement was made
soon aft Che last race ran at the Wash
col.rs of Barney Schroiher. In speaking
about the performance of Orimar, l. HON
nie,iieu said that re thought the horse
one % the best selling rlaters i'll this coun-
Try an; that raccGoe.s in Chicago 9iuid
say that his op.aion was a true one before
the end of the Washington Park Club
meeting. Put it was Mt until the last race
been run that the TacegOcTs OF Chicago
could say: In OriIlar We have a selling
platter who can equal at least worlds
record"
The success OF the Washington Park
meeting. which ended last week will give
racing an impetus In the Western country
that will extend even beyond the present
season" says ". b. Weems Not only
has the spor; been OF high class hut IL
has been peculiarly fee from unpleasant
The attendance, both In quality
and numbers. has surprised even the most
sa 1Er;ine Of Chicago turfmcn I have pre-