The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-22
WESTERN COLT
WINS THE DERBY
Crack fasteners Are Beaten 10
ChicagO's Big Event.
FAV0RITE NOT IN MONEY
WYETH, STARTING LAST, WORE
DOWN THE FIELD.

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CHICAGO. June 21.-Coming with a
sweeping stride through the
stretch, the game colt Wyeth.
owned by John A. Drake, won his first
Derby and upheld the traditions of the
race by the overthrow of the favorites
and by the western horses beating the
best that could be sent from the east.
Ihere is no room for argument about
the best horse winning. The race was
free from rough riding or anything in
the nature Of a FOUL. was cIeanIy run
and truly run, and Wyeth was the best
OF the twelve 3-year-Old colts that lined
up at the barrier today before Starter
DWyer- Jockey LuCien Lyme rode a
sensible race on Mr.. brakes colt. Heno,
the heavily played eastern colt went
: 10 the post the faYOrite at 212 to /. but
I failed to finish inside the money.
The real surprises of the race were
Lucien Appleby and Aladdin, who fin
ished second and third, respectively.
LUcien Appleby would have been con-
ceded a good chance had the track been
( heavy, but when the dust was seen
| flying as the horses went to the post
in the first race on the card those who
had placed their faith in him in the
future books gave up their bets for as
good as lost
One Of the best features of. the race
won by Wyeth was that he got off last
after the fall Of the flag and wore the
field down one by one.
Striding along in irresistible style
without any apparent effort and at the
same time getting over the ground
/ grandly he appeared at al stages Of
the race TO be running well within him
self, although passing one horse after
another and evidently travelling the
fastest. They never had him straight
and his neck was not stretched until
the final sixteenth. Even then he was
far from being out, and he clearly won
with a little in reserve.
Wore Down the Field.
The story OF the race is soon told.
There was little delay at the post and
Starter Dwyer got them away with a
good send Off Otis and Heno at once
showed in front. with Wyeth last
Round the turn from the half mile post
TO the head of the stretch the field came
laundering along at a good pace. Otis
and Heno had drawn clear Of all con-
tenders and already were fighting for
the lead. Past the stand the same pair
was running head and head, we'll in
front of the field, on the outside Of
which were Arsenal and COrrigan, both
little too far back to please their
hackers.
Round the club house turn went the
flying leaders, and by this time Aladdin
had taken third place, closely attended
by Bells COmmoner.
Wyeth had moved up from last place
and had passed PrOwl and Pentecost,
Lord Quex, Lucien AppIeby, Hermis
and Arsenal. When half the distance
Of the race had been completed Heno
and Otis still held i commanding lead
and showed no sign Of firing. Bells
CommoneF and Wyeth were the nearest
attendants although Aladdin was still
up and on the rail. Coburn apparently
preferred to drop back to fifth place
rather than hurt his horse with half
the race to be run.
There was no change in the order
down the back stretch, but when a full
mile had been completed, BUllman
seemed to think the time had come for
him to make his run with Heno- 1t
was q poor piece of jOckeyship. Heno,
when let down, drew away from Otis
and went round the far turn. incTeas-
ing his lead until fully three lengths in
advance. Otis hung on gamely, and it
was not long before Heno began to
show signs of coming back. AS they
rushed round the last turn to the
straight run for home, Heno had still
the honor Of holding first place, but
the effort was costing him dearly, and
already his stride was beginning to
shorten perceptibly.
Heno's Bolt Shot.
He ran on with bulldog courage, but
could not shake off Otis, who had closed
up much of the gap the eastern colt
had opened around the turn. Bells
COmmOneT, Wyeth and Aladdin now
appeared to be running more strongly
than the two leaders, and those who
are quick TO discern when a race horse
is approaching the beaten point, raised
a cry that neither HenO nor Otis would
get any Of the money. No sooner did
it become plain that the favorite was
really in distress than Otis also began
TO cry enough. With a furlOng still to
run, both were straight as a string, and
it was plain neither could stay in front
to the wire. Then it was that Lyme
made his move on Wyeth. He set the
colt down and the son of Wadsworth
and Fonso came away past the leaders
with little effort, and 100 yards from
the wire was hailed as the winner
Lyme kept him going, and at the same
time had a little in reserve in case
some one Of the others should come
from behind with a rush. He was
watching for this and saw Lucien APP
pleby and Aladdin coming fast to the
finish, but all he had to do was to keep
his horse going and stall off their furi-
Gus rush. Woods and CObUrn were
driving hard through the last sixteenth
of a mile, and they certainly got the
most out Of their respective mounts,
but it was not in Lucien Appleby and
Aladdin to beat Wyeth, and he passed
under the wire d comfortable winner
by almost two lengths Summary:
The Summary.
First race, e-Wain-a-AIoinin
won. Federal seccfd, Jimminez third.
Time-1:44 2-5.
Second race, six furIongs, purse-El-
sic L. won, Vulcan second, Zibia third.
Time-1:16 3-5.
Third race, the American Derby.
$4,000 added, for 3-year-oIds, mile and
half-Wyeth, 122 Gyne). u to l,
won by one and a half lengths; Lucien
Appleby. ~ q. Woods. 10 to 1. sec
ond, three lengths ahead Of Aladdin.
122 (Coburn). 20 to /, third by three
lengths. Time-2:40 10 Otis. Heno.
PrOwl, Bells COmmoner, Lord Ouex.
Arsenal, Hermis, COrrigan and Pente-
cost also ran.
Fourth race, seven and a half fur