The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-22
AMERICAN DERBY TALK
CHICAGO PAPERS OPINION OF
 CANDIDATES.
Thinks That the Bay Longstreet Colt The Parader, Has Been Them . All Called Down-Tom Hayes
 and Western Jockey Club.

l American Derby candidates have ai- ready captured all of the stakes for which three-year- r-olds are eligible that have been run East or West this year. It is peculiarly unusual for any one | stake event to contain the entries of all the good horses of class that have yet to be shown to the public, but the big event at Chicago Is more than or dinarily fortunate.
 Among the Derbys that already have fallen into the hopper of the Washing | ton Park candidates are the California, Kentucky, Tennessee and Latonia, Two Oaks, the Tennessee and Kentucky have been won by American Derby Allies and Turf Congress specials have | been won at practically all the tracks. | This show of class has given the Amer ican Derby more prominence than 1t could have secured in any other. way, says The Chicago ecord-Herald. While the performances that have won some of the stake events listed above were not strong as regards class, ] weight and distance, still the fact re- mains that all that have shown thus far iH tine way of good three-yaar-o are entered for the Washington Park feature. and the same holds true re- garding some of the other fixtures at the Washington Park course.
 At the time Joe Frey won the Cali fornia Derby he was considered the strongest three-year-old on the Pa cific Coast. Royal Victor's success in the Tennessee Derby was in the nature of a fluke, and he can hardly be re- garded as strong Derby material.
 Terminus performed at Nashville in such a way as to warrant the belief that he Is great colt. Horsemen who could have bought this colt for g, 500 last winter are now willing to pay SIC, ,000 for him, and would be glad to get him at that price. His owner, W. T. Shafer. however, insists on keeping the son of Blazes for the American Derby.
 His Eminence, who will carry 127 pounds in the American Derby by req son of winning the Clark stakes and the Kentucky Derby, has beaten noth- ing much, but must still be counted as an important factor in the big race. He has not yet gone the full Derby distance, but has beaten everything he has met with ease, and there Is no reason to doubt his ability to go a short distance further than he travelled in the Kentucky Derby and the Clark stakes.
 Hernando Is the only three-year- entered in the Derby who has gone the full route. a mile and a half, and he 
 asked of the best three-year-o of the year. His performance is creditable enough, but in his race he met no class, and it has yet to be shown that he is a colt of quality. --.-
 The Parader's performance on May Il at Morris Park track was really a great feat, He is the best three-year- old that has shown up in the East thus far. He carried 126 pounds and won kn hA H. ease. This is always a hard race and rebounds considerably to the credit of The Parader. Until the Belmont stake Is run at Morris Park next Saturday it probably will be safe to hold The Parader in a class by himself, so far as the Eastern colts are concerned.
 snecia! from St. Louis says: T. ?. Hayes. leader of the horsemens fight against the outlaw rule, says that when the Chicagoans get through putting him out of business they will have had some highly interesting experiences. He has announced his intention of racing in Chicago on a Western Jockey Club track without Western Jockey Club license. and in spite of that highly respectable organization.
 He says he does not intend to push his fight there until the Washington Park meeting opens as he doesn't care much whether he races on Condon's or Fitzgerald's tracks, but he says he Is going after the Washington Park stakes. in which he has entries, and that if he cannot start and train his horses for the events in which they are entered that they won't be run at all.
 Hayes does not care to discuss his plans fully, but he has been immersed in a study of law and has consulted eminent counsel and speaks with con-