The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-21
THE PICKET WON
HIS FIRST RACE
American Derby Captured in
Hollow Style in Record Time.
CLAUDE WAS NEXT IN LINE
BERNAYS WAS THIRD-SAV-
ABLE ALSO RAN.

n HICAGO. June 20.-The Picket,
horse that never before flashed
first past the post, won the Amer
lean Derby today. He set the pace
every step of the distance, was never
challenged, and Won in a gallop by six
lengths He ran the Derby distance,
one and a half miles. faster than it
was ever run before in the race. His
time was 2:33.
Claude. the winner of three Derbies,
was second, Bernays. the Cincinnati
candidate. was third. 1t was a race
without the thrill of an exciting finish.
The crowd Of 10000 people which wit
messed the sixteenth running Of the
event saw a contest that had been de-
cidcG when the field turned into the
stretch. In front of a struggling field
The Picket ran so easily and truly as
to leave no doubt where he would fin
ish- The roar of cheers which greeted
the successful horse began when The
Picket was more than an eighth of
mile from the wire.
A Record Breaker.
The Derby was a record breaker Of
the turf. Nineteen horses went to the
post, the last previous field being If
teen. The largest crowd that ever
gathered on a western race track Gov
cred the Washington park grounds.
The race was worth SS2,275, gross value,
the richest in the history of the race
with one exception Betting on Inc
race began in March and continued I'M
I'll the horses went 70 the post, More
money, it is asserted, was wagered on
the Derby than on any other race ever
run IN America.
The victory Of The Picket was no
surprise because a surprise was ex-
pected, but there were some big dis
"a ~ r#unn- hi 70 fnn-mF n
son of Salvador thought by John A.
Drake to be invincible. failed to live
UP to his reputation. He received a
ride from Jockey Lester Reif that
seemingly a novice could have duph-
Gated. Savable was never dangerous,
and the fortune bet on him by his
owner went to enrich the boOkmakers.
The Start
Starter Dryer delayed the start nine
minutes before he dropped the flag.
Sinner Simon, dark horse" was
the first to get in motion, but The
Picket did not delay an instant. In
the first rush for position he was sue
cessfUl and he had the lead in COM
paratively a few strides. Past the
stand An RevOir. the hope of Memphis,
was running second, with Gifain,
MaXey Blumenthal and other cOnspic-
Uous candidates in the next position.
There was no hustling until the field
struck the back stretch. Savable was
in seventh place. and in front of him
was The Picket, Au Revoir, Linguist,
Bonnie Burr. Gold Bell and Bad News.
Behind Savab!e was Claude. There
was not an important move by a jockey
until the field had passed the half-mile
pole and struck the big bend. The
Picket then running at his own clip,
never faltered- Au RevCir began 10
" eaken. Linguist was all through and
began to drop back. Claude made his
move and quickly advanced to fourth
place. Sava be at this critical place
only held his own.
Nearing the Stretch.
The gradually lengthening held of
horses was at the head of the stretch.
The remainder of the journey was
through a lane Of people, who were
clinEing to the rails 100 deep on each
side of the course There was no
electrifying struggles. The Picket had
his field beaten. and beaten badly He
was simply running as he pleased
Jockey HeIgersOn eased him up BIZ
as he ueared the wire. The race was
over and d Kentucky horse had Won
Claude was easily the best or the otner
starters. He came fast into the
stretch. but little John DAILY saw he
had no chance to catch The Picket and
also eased up, but almost too soon
Bernays. backed by Cincinnati enthu-
sissts. came on grandly from the CEN
ter OF the field and hitched I'd in
drive with Savable for the shortest
end Of the purse. Bernays got it by
Judge Hines. the horse that hal
Jumped into popularity and been heaV-
ily backed within a week, failed to
make a showing The fast track was
against him He rapidly went to last
position after the start and stayed
there. He was forty lengths behind
when The Picket reached the wire.
History Of Winner.
The Picket is a bay colt by Falsetto-
VoIitario. He was bred by his own
ers. Middleton and Jungbluth, at Lou
isviIIe he ran last year, but never
won. and consequently carried the light
burden of 115 pounds
The Picket was regarded as a dan
gerous candidate Last Tuesday he
was worked over the Harlem track in
preparation for the Derby in almost
record time. He covered the mile and
a half in 2:33. The time was so fast
that many people doubted the truth
of the reported workout The race
today proved The Picket TO be a Won
derful horse. He practically repeated
his workout in the race this after
noon. Neither Of The Picket's owners
saw him win. Carl JUngbluth is in
Asia and John Middleton heard the re-
suit OF the race at Louisville. The
betting on the Derby at the track was
lightest in years.
The Betting.
The bOokmakers wrote as many
tickets as usual, but the amounts were
small. All the big bettors laid their
money in the future hooks and did moi