Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22
General Opinion that the Best Horse Landed
the Chicago Derby.
NO ROUGH RIDING DURING THE CONTEST
Winner Genes True Wien Called Upon in
the Home Stretch.
EASTERN H0RSFS A DISAPPOINTMENT
EASTERN HORSES A DISAPPOINTMENT
Neither Pentscost Nor Arsenal Figure a
Any Stage of Race,
HeNo AND OTIS SET THE PACE EARLY
Experienced HOrsemen OF the Opin-
ion that I'm Doing So They Lost
All Chance of Being in
at Finish.

AT
CHICAGO, June 21-Coming with a
sweeping stride through the stretch, the
game colt Wyeth won for John A. Drake
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. There 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 cleanly run and truly won 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
sensible race on Mr.. brakes colt. Heno,
the heavily played eastern colt, went to the
post the favorite at 21s to /. but failed to
finish inside the money. though 1t was not
altogether his fault. He ran gamely and
fast 1t looked as though Jockey Bullman
made mistake by using Heno so much in
the early part of the race. For furlong
after furlong he foug,i for the lead with
Barney Schriber's Otis and they set a pace
which, in the slow and dead track, told on
both OF them at the supreme moment Of
the race, the struggle to the home stretch.
Singleton, on Otis, was censured by many
good judges of racing for using what ap-
peared to be singularly poor judgment in
taking to the front a colt carrying 127
pounds and trying to tip such large and
high class field. 1t is only fair to presume,
however, that Schriber's jockey rode ac-
cording to orders given him.
Pentecost and Arsenal Disappointing.
Pentecost and Arsenal ran disappoint-
ing race. Neither ever had position suf
nciently near the front to be regarded as
serious contender. and visitors from the
east who had witnessed their best races on
the tracks around New York declared that
the unsatisfactory performances Of these
two colts would have 20 be attributed to
their unusually long and trying railroad
journey on the eve of such an important
contest. AS Arsenal and Pentecost we're de-
layed nine hours in making the trip from
New York to Chicago, turfmen believe that
the reason advanced for their poor showing
is not without foundation.
Perhaps the greatest disappointment in
the races to those who arrived at the
last moment to pin their faith to a western
horse was the race run by Bells Com
moner. He failed to finish within the first
three.
The real surprises of the race were Lu-
Glen Appleby and Allsdin, who finished sec
ond and third respectively. Lucien APP
pleby would have been conceded a good
chance had the track been heavy, but when
the dust was seen flying as the horses
went to the post for 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.
PrOwI Had No Chance.
Corrigon and Lord Quex ran just about
| such a race as most people expected OF
| them, while with the going as good as 1t
was, Prowl had no chance whatever In this
company. Had the track been heavy he
would have been conceded fair chance.
The Cincinnati colt, Hermis broke down
| after running about a mile, but his showing
! up to that time did not lead one to believe
that he would have been we'll up to the
! finish had he been able to complete the
| race.
One of the features of the race won by
Wyeth was that he got OF 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 all stages Of the
race to be running well within himself,
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 something
in reserve. Coburn rode patient race on
Aladdin. He avoided the early pace, never
hurried his mount at any part of the con-
test.
| No matter what the leaders were doing,
and he was rewarded by finding at the
finish that his horse had enough left to
make a grand run through the stretch,
where he came from behind and made
desperate bid for third honors.
The story Of the race is soon told. There
was but 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 bounding along at a good
pace. Otis and Heno had drawn clear Of
all contenders and already were fghting
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.
Wyeth Moves Up.
Round the clubhouse turn went the hy-
ing leaders and by this time Aladdin had
taken lnlTu pidCe, CLOSELY attended Dy
Bellies Commoner Wyeth had moved up
from last place and had passed Prowl,
Penteeost. Lord Quex Lucien, Appleby.
Hermis and Arsenal. When half the dis
tance Of the race had been completed Heno
and Otis still held commanding lead and
showed no sign Of firing. Bellies Com
moner and Wyeth were the nearest at
tendants, although Aladdin was still up
and on the rail. Coburn apparently pre-
ferred to drop back to fifth place rather
than hustle 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. II was q
poor piece Of jockeyship. Heno when let
: down drew away from Otis and went round
the far turn. increasing his lead until fully
three lengths in advance. Otis hung on
| RamelY and Il WAS not long before Hano