The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-12
THE AMERICAN DERBY
SOME GOSSIP CONCERNING THE
 HORSES ENTERED.
The Big Race Event Will Take at Washington Park, Chicago Next Saturday - His
 Eminence Favorite.

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 Next Saturday the American Derby, | one of the most important turf events | of the year will be run at Washington Park. With Garry Herman, .Com- ! mando and Conroy out 1t looks like a duel between His Eminence-now the
 property of Clarence Mackay-and Will | sons colt. The Parader, with Termi-
 nus for either place or show money. Speaking of the race The Chicago Tribune of Sunday says: Last week was bad one for the American Derby field. Two of it's star members might as well have been | scratched off the list as to have shown | what they did regarding their chances | in the big event. Garry Hermann fur
 nished the tragedy of the great event
 by transforming suddenly from the | giant race horse that he was supposed
 to be to a helpless cripple. Beau Gall
 lant. the only colt that beat the great | Commando last season, made his long | looked for debut as a 3-year-old and l showed no signs of greatness. In fact, l he finished absolutely last in two races l during the week, and he should lave won both of them to be regarded as a l dangerous factor in the Derby. Not only were these two disappoint- ments recorded in the advance history of the Derby, but some other petted | candidates for the big race did things | that made their packers sad, and pos- sibly worst of all, the report came out of the East that the Keenes would not 1 send either Commando or Conroy cut | to win the race. This report was from | an authoritative source. but an official | of the Washington Park Club yester- | day admitted that he knew Mir. keene | was undecided about the matter two i days ago. MT. Keene has not said
 what he will do as yet. so there is still
 a chance of seeing one of the great
 Eastern colts at Washington Park. Without Commando, Conroy. or Gar
 ry Hermann. with Beau Gallant fail-
 ure, the big race next Saturday cer- 1 tainly will lose much of it's promised
 luster so far as concerns its class as a
 test of thoroughbreds.
 | There still would be one Eastern star l to take into consideration. The Pa-
 rader is undoubtedly a great colt. His l only defeat has been by Commando, | and those who incline to the belief that Eastern horses, as a rule, outclass those of the West expect The Parader
 to excel the Western 3-year-olds If he meets them. But there is no assurance | that The Parader will come to Wash | ington Park.
 It seems strange that the Kecnes l should not send at least one of their | colts on for the Derby. The race now | appears to be almost at the mercy of | a colt of the class of either Commando | or Conroy In 1894 the Heenes sent | Domino out here before the son of | Himyar had shown assuredly what ne | could do as a 3-year-old, and before he had shown his superiority over East | ern Swear olds, and when they mad no | colt in reserve with which to go out | for the rich Realization a few days later.
 This season Commando has shown conclusive superiority over the other Eastern colts, while it may reasonably De supposed Conroy is at least as good as anything outside of Commando. On | this account it seems reasonable to ex- pect the Keenes to ship here. this Der | by being worth as much as the 1854 | race, and the honor as great as ever.
 The Western plungers evidently believe | that way, for as late as yesterday af-
 ternoon the winter books on the Derby were offered some good-sized bets on Commando.
 Taking into consideration the possi-
 bility that none of the three great East ern ncolts-Commando, The Parader and Conroy-starts. and that Gerry Her
 mann is an invalid, there will be one consoling although unsatisfactory
 thought: It vii! make the race more open. With this quartet out Of it, a number of candidates will be considered to have more than a chance. There
 will be Schorr's best probably Lady Schorr; His Eminence, Robert Waddell, Fernando, Terminus, Brutal, Sanna- Zaro, some of the Eastern candidates
 whose performances have been over shadowed by the Keene pair, and, last of all, the big field of unknowns, from whom the winner may unexpectedly
 turn up.
 The races of Lady Schorr at Flaw thorne have won many admirers for the Memphis Ally. Her defeat yesterday is not sufficient to counteract her previ- ous good races. and some shrewd horse men have decided to pin their faith to the daughter of Esher regardless of
 what else there is in the race. One old Southern trainer went so far as to say on Thursday that Lady Schorr already was the best mare the country had eveC,
 seen and would improve. Then thefe is still possibility of one of the Schorr colts rounding into form, Alard Scheck or Joe Frey, although this contingency
 is admitted to be remote.
 His Eminence, who has not started since he left Louisville, is at the flaw thorne track, where he has been work ing steadily. and many think there is no need of looking farther for the Der by winner. His victories in the Ken lucky Derby and Clark Stakes were ac-
 complished with ease, but it is hard to estimate the real merit of these per formances. although his supporters in- sist they were just as meritorious as Lieutenant Gibson's successes in the
 same races last year. It Is sure that
 His Eminence is a big factor in the race. even should the best in the East
 be sent out to run. Yesterday the colt was given a good workout at Flaw thorne, covering mile. it was claimed, in l:41.
 Robert Waddelrs recent races have been poor compared with his showing in the early part of May, but it is req
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