The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-23
DERBY A SURPRISE
AMERICAS RICHEST RACING PRIZE
WON BY ROBERT wADDELL.
Favorites Defeated mt Washington
Park, Chicago, by n Horse That
Was IL to L in the Betting.
TERMINUS, Is TO 1, SECOND
AND THE PARADER, AT TO l.,
THIRD At THE FINISH.
Good Race, Run in Record Time, BE-
fore Crowd OF thirty 1hou-
sand Enthusiastic People.
NEW RECORD BY BRIGADIER
MILE on sHEEPSHEAD BAYS CIRCU-
LAR TRACk IN 1:37 As.
Grand National steeplechase, Worth
Near $1,000, Won by Sackett-
Results at Other Tracks.
Good Race, Run in Record Time, Be-
fore Crowd of Thirty Thou
sand Enthusiastic People.
NEW RECORD BY BRIGADIER
MILE on sHEEPSHEAD BAYS CIRCU-
LAR TRACk IN 1887 As.
Grand National steeplechase, Worth
Near $1,000, Won by sackett-
Results at other Tracks.


CHICAGO, June 22.-Thirty thousand peo-
pie saw Virginia" Bradleys Aloha geld
ing, Robert Waddell. at u 10 / In the bet
ting. win the fourteenth American Derby
at Washington Park track to-day by one
length in 2:S3 AS. record time for the
Few in the surging. cheering throng had
backed the comparatively friendless ami
NAL to capture the rich stake from the
colts of the Eastern and Western million
aires. yet never since the day that the
grand flly Modesty took the first American
Derby has the tumultous cheering-the gen.
uine ovation given 10 horse and rider-been
equaled in this stake. Jockey Bullman, TO
whom fell the honor of taking two derbies
in succession, was swept into a human
malestrom after he had dismounted and
verified his weight. Upon the shoulders
of strong men this popular rider was car
ried, and detail &C bluecoats had to be
called to clear the admiring throng from
the course. AS for the earnest. plebean
racing tool. Robert Waddell. he refused to
permit attendants TO tie upon his back the
gigantic floral saddle that the club had
provided for the winner. Terminus. the
w. T. Shafer Blaze's colt. was a good Sec
grand looking Longstreet colt, The Pa
RAIDER was a tired third. Frank Farrelrs
Bonnibert. that shared with The Parader
at one time the honors of favorite, failed
TO run his and fourth. His Emil
nence. purchased for $4,000 by Clarence II.
Mackey and groomed for a victory in the
classic. had a bad start, but under Jockey
Odom's terrific riding at the end landed
in fifth position. Sannazarro. Six Shooter.
Beau Gallant. Slverdale and Sadie s. fin
ished in the order named behind His EN-
| inence.
TRULY RUN RACE
That it a truly run race was the
| opinion of every unprejudiced spectator
The Parader, fast as the wind in the Derby
| workout that induced his owner TO ship
him from New York 10 the Washington
| Park track at the eleventh hour. was sew
enth away at the drop of Starter Dwyer's
| red flag after the field had made one false
break. Piggott had orders to make kill
| ing pace. He at once took the favorte to
the front and there The Parader remained
until the stretch was reached. Piggott is
| strong rider, and he is credited with con-
| siderable Judgment but he did not figure
| upon all problems that were known to
| Jockey John Bullman. who rated his mount
into second place and kept Robert Waddell
| within striking distance until the head of
| the stretch.
Bullman had been the most disconsolate
| man on the big track an hour and half
| before the Derby was run. Then il seemed
| TO him that he would not have a mount In
| the race. although last year on Sidney
| Lucas he had won the race Engaged to
| ride Bonnibert and displaced when the
| Eastern owner obtained the services of
/ Jockey Nash Turner from w. c. Whitney.
| Bullman was discouraged. Early in the
C-l.~ @f cA1
| engaged him to pilot the filly in the mile
| and a half event. but the veterinarian de-
| clared against the starting of this speedy
| daughter of Esher, and once more pullman
| was 'in the cold" Friends who knew his
riding abilities worked hard to Sc,
cure a mount for him. Virginia"
Bradley d was Sas for tSs ont oan
| on his entry He had heard from the pool
| room men that Bullman might not try TO
win. This decided the quaint Southerner.
summoned the animals to the post, he Of
fered 5000 II he would win with Robert
Frank Farrell told him that he could not
! straighten the tangle and rendered the
| jockey $500 for his humiliation. With this
| roll OF bills in his jockey boot and ''Vir-
| money as Jim Gushing had given the
| famous Snapper" Garrison for plotting
Boundless Winner in the $4,000 Worlds
| Fair Derby. Bullman's friends said he could
| not lose the race.
MANY BOOKMAKERS.
| There were fifty-seven bookmakers at the
| big track. and they did large volume Of
business on all of the races without inter-
ference by the authorities. Buman's pres
ence on Bradley's geldng caused consid-
erable ''piking" on the 12-to-1 shot. but the
bulk of the public speculation was on the
more fashionable animals. The Parader
held firm at 10 l. Bonnibert opened at
! sh TO l and receded a half point: Beau
| Gallant was backed at to !; His Eminence
/ opened at TO / and closed at 9 10 2. Con-
siderable play Sannazarro, the w NJ
/ Hayes colt, that would have been an ex-
celent ''mudder" had the track been heavy,
! sent his odds down from 20 to Is TO / AT
| post time. The withdrawal OF Lady Schorr
| left the Schorr entry Siverdale. with a
strong and loyal following. which pounded
the odds from 10 TO l. Terminus was
| fanced by a few. as was evident by his
stationary odds. the price opening and clos !.
ing al 10 TO l. Six Shooter had never won a
race in his career, and few played this
Sir Dixon at the tempting odds of Is and
20 to /. Jockey McGinn, who had been
secured 10 pilot Sadie S, the p. II. Sullivan
animal backed in the winter books for a
small fortune; never seemed TO take his
| mount seriously.
An inkling of the workout for the Derby
| horses was given to the big crowd when
ten frst-cla horses faced Starter Dwyer
] for the opening event at mile more
| brilliant scene in the inneld, with it's
wealth OF equippages and bright costumes.
! has never been Witnessed at the big track
! Perspiring masses in the crowded grand
stand looked down on the dust raised by
| the field In the first event. The fanfare of
| numerous trumpets in the infield could not
| persuade the owners OF costly gowns that
| the dust did not fly In clouds. But IL was
a great good-natured crowd. and heat and
dust did not ruffie tempers.
Caviar took the initial event at a mile.
under restraint at the end. in l:40 Is. I'm
| mediately critics began 10 predict a record
4 nra I'D In 4 fHa
! second race. in 1:ls 3-5. bore out the theory
or speed Boundless and Rey El Santa