The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-20
AMERICAN DERBY TODAY
Twenty-t three Horses to Race at
Chicago for $3I,75O Purse.

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fCHOICES OF SOME SPORTING Ed
ITORS
! Judge Hines Claude. Flocarline.
+ New York Morning Telegraph
Judge Hines. Claude. Savable.-St.
Louis Repubic.
Judge Hines. The Picket. Bernays-
+ Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Claude, Flocarline Judge Hines
+ Chicago Chronicle.
Chicago. June 2o.-The American
/ Derby the greatest turf event of the
west. viii be run this afternOn at the
Washington park track. If the weather
shall be favorable the crowd that VIII
see the race may break all nreVious
records in this country. officials of the
W washington park club say they expect
70 accommodate $4,000 people and assert
that this estimate. based on the de-
fnand tor tickets IS conservative
twenty three horses are named in the
entries for the big race. The race is
worth $4,000 in added money and il all
the horses named go to the post the
gross value OF the Derby Will be $31.-
There never was an American Derby
heid which presented more open pr0po-
sltlon than this one. Savable. the favor
i1e Tor the race, is expected to lose by
many more experts than have picked
nm TO Win Instead Of becoming Il
warmer choice as the race approaches.
ms ODDS have gone up half a point and
ne is now " to 1. A week ago the race
Ioohed hke duel between SaVable and
irish Lad A few days later, when the
+ withdrawal of Irish Lad was announced.
the event appeared to be at the mercy
Of SaNable. Then Linguist and Judge
Times came out and raced Savable to
a mead in mile and an eighth race. and
the stock of the favOrite Immediately
began to decline He is still regarded as
the most likely winner on a fast track.
i DuL there is certainty h1
VIII be at its best. Light rains will NOT
nurt 1t, but the fan of rain Friday after
noon has dampened it.
The mere fact that Savable is believed
to be in over his head has served ia in
crease the size of the field. It is strictly
western lot OF horses and Includes all
kinds. from Claude. who has won three
western derbies. to Rate a horse that
mas never yet been seen in public Rate
was known as Ravel until late Friday.
he was entered by E. Corrigan as sRavel.
4 but message from Registrar Wheeler
OF the Jockey club gave the information
i that the colt was imported from Eng
\ land late last year under the name Of
4 Rate and Rate it viii have to be in the
race.
Owners of Claude. judge Hines
I-inguist and Gregor x. all horses that
are regarded as having big chance
are anxious for rain. They believe a
heavy track viii beat Savable and with
! the son of Salvador out of the way they
There is only one FLY in the race. She
i IS FlocaEline and has many admirers;
I but as Modesty, which Won in 1884 wa
the only flly that ever landed the Der
i by. tradition is against Flocarline.
The course may now be rated as fast
and the derby distance, a mile and
half will be run in 2:34 if the opinion
4 of experts can decide it,
Trainer Enoch Wishard. who has
+ charge of the faVOrites. is not yet Ger
I tain who win pilot Savable. It will be
/ Lester Reiff or Charles Gray. The for
mer is not in the best of riding cOndi-
ton because he has been out of the sad
die so long except for an occasional
mount This fact may induce Wishard
4 to put Gray up and Gray has been rid
ing none too sSilfully to suit the shrewd
! trainer
The question of who viii ride the ia
vorite is only the beginning of the un-
certainty as to the derby J. B. Res
pass, who is believed to hold strong
hand and who has nominated Berna vs..
Colonnade and Dick Wells. does not
know whether he viii have three start
/ ers or one. 1t is probable that both
Dick Wells and Colonnade will be
scratched leaving Bernays to carry his
! colors. There is an intimation that Ear
~ may be Withdrawn. Jockey Wink
+ field, who was to ride Early has shifted
over to a mount on one of Ed Corrigan's
/ three entries This may mean that
Early will be left in the stable.
All the best jockeys in the west, ex-
cept one. viii ride in the Derby The
Reiff brothers were to be rivals, Les
ter on Savable and Johnny on one Of
the Corrigan entries, presumabl Rate.
Johnny Reiff. however, disloeated his
left claVicle in a race at Harlem and
will be unable to ride for several weeks.
WINFIELD, Dominick, Wonderly, c.
Cray, Helgerson and Henry are other
riders who will have mounts.
Many New York betters who placed
their money on Irish Lad in the belief
that the Brooklyn handicap winner was
coming to the race hedged by wagering
on Savable. but Savable's odds advanced
despite this play Bets of 81 900 and $500
we're placed with the book makers by
La Sale street brokers'
Following are the Derby entries with
J a nd r,rola lala riders.