The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-21
THIRTEEN HORSES TO
START III THE DERBY
Confined from First Paze.)

Confined from First Paze)
Furthermore, it is said that MeCue, the
jockey who was TO have had the mount
On Hermis has not yet arrived n Chi
cago. This report, however, is doubted,
though no one could be found who had
seen him.
Hero the Favorite.
For an Eastern horse, Heno is ex-
trsmeIy strong IN public favor Tbs is
Guc 20 g large extent TO Mr. Mackay's
methods. LIZ. Hi. who has the colt In
charge, has been willing at all time to
let the public know what he is doing.
added 10 this. Nj. Mackay's sports
nznship IN sending Heno here this year.
after his unsuccessful effort with His
Eminence last season. and the fact that
Jockey pullman VIII ride. has helped
the favorite in the racing pubIic's es-
teen
Jockey pullman, who arrived yester-
day from New York. has twice ridden
the Derby winner. IL 1860 he had the
mount on Sidney Lucas. and last year he
rode Pa" Bradley's Robert Wadden.
II nc can win today he VIII be close TO
the record OF four victories, held by
Isaac Murphy.
AlI OF the Eastern candidates are At
some slight disadvantage IN racing here.
On Eastern tracks the -'nc-recsIl' start
ing system IS used Thas is. when the
barrier is sprung, 1t is q go" and the
horse that fails 10 set away Is left at
the post. Here, wEeIe the field may be
brought back again and again until
Starter Dwyer Is satisfied. a horse used
20 getting away at the first break may
be worn out by running cut IN front il
false starts
Arsenal May Suffer.
This system Of starting Is particularly
hard on a nervous horse, and OF all the
starters, Arsenal in particular seems
likely to suffer The chestnut son Of
LamDlighter IS decidedly nervous and
airy. When taken CT the car Thurs
day he pIanced all the way from the
railroad platform 10 his stall. Yesrer-
day morning when ne was taken out for
his first gaIloD ne showed the same su-
per-neTvous temperament.
Bellies Comncner is the chief reliance
Of the Western contingent. He is a
big horse. and can probably 90 well OF a
heavy track. His victory at Hawthorne
in the Derby trial has made him a pop
ular idol
although 5IcChesnay VIII not start.
the IIildreth coIOrs VIII be carried IN
the race. Lucien ApQieby and Lord
cessfuI trainer VIII DEFEND he is one
Of the men who probably VIII not be
sorry 10 see = heavy track today.
Hay Not Mind Mud.
Otis and ProwI also may not mind
the mud Wyeth. the Drake colt, which
ran second TO Bellies Commoner on
Wednesday has been receiving consid-
erabie attention lately and seems Ger
tain TO start. Corrigan has arrived here
and aiu likely 90 20 the pest 4 deer
track may bring out several others
which have been considered doubtful
starters. Yesterday It was announced
that Red Hook and Clearwater would 10;
start. \ day or t~o ago the same was
said Of South Trim6Ie.
So far as the jockeys are concerned, il
is pretty wei decided who viii ride
different horses O'Connor VIII be on
arsenal. pullman on Heno. Redfern on
/ Pentccost. Caywcod on Lord Quex, J.
/ Woods OF Lucien Appleby. Rarsch CT
Corrigan, Lyme or Wyeth, Knight OF
Bellies Comnouer, Coburn en- Aladdin.
Singleton on Otis. and Otis on ProwI.
Most OF the owners OF the starters viii
see the big race. Clarence H Lackay
arrived yesterday morning in his Dri-
Vate car over the Michigan Central
Jockey Bu!imaa came On the same train.
Both the owner ard the boy are conf
cert that Heno viii win Sir. M2ckav
said that he had not bet n cent on his
colt. but that. although the track might
be muddy, he SSH thought Hen0 might
win.