Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-13
AMERICAN DERBY
A BIG PROBLEM
Field is Much Harder Than Ever
Before to Forecast.
THE FAy0RITE IN THE EAST
Hut the winner May Come Out Of
The West COrTigau Has
DARK Horse,

The American Derby which win be
run one week from today, offers a turf
puzzle for mind reader rather than
q calculator with the race so near
at hand there are sim about forty
horses that cannot safely be put down
as nonstarters. A year ago II was pos
sIble to narrow the field to half that
number Of candidates The race this
year appears to be the most open in
the history Of the event
Events Of the past week have insured
an eastern representation in the race
and II viii be the old duel over again
the east against the west In all
probability II Will also be the old story
as TO the favorlte He viii come from
the east But the winner may come
cut from the west Irish Lad, now posi-
lively announced as starter In the
Derby Will most likely on the strength
OF his great races as a 2-year-0ld and
his recent victory in the Brooklyn
handicap be the fayOrite on Derby day.
His eastern companions win he at
longer prices Y0rdarm whom H. r.
Thomas said he would send 10 Washing.
ton Park for June 90 has been beaten,
hut his good races cannot be over
looked Mackey Dryer, another east
trner, although defeated by FlOcarline
In the Preakness stakes. had some bad
racing luck and Is highly regarded by
his owner, Senator p. II. MoCarrenand
his trainer Frank Brown The latter
has stated In New York that the colt
VIII be shipped west,
None Of the eastern horses seems
likely to be sent TO Chicago until a
few days before the race The late
shipment plan Is still in vogue. II Is
the hobby of John Il. Madden who Is
the turf adviser Of the owners of at
least two Of the eastern candidates.
Onatas and sun Gold are also put down
as possible corners from New York,
MeXicana who started the season well.
has fallen of and is not now rated as
great horse Lord OF the Vale was
injured few weeks ago aud nothing
has been heard to the effect that Au.
gust Belmont Will send him out. He
Is not expected
II is easy enough to get fair line on
the eastern contingent but when II
comes TO picking starters from the
western lot of elgibles 1t Is an entirely
different matter. Some horses OF which
nothing is known at ell are likely 20
go to the post,
There is one striking instance OF this,
Rayel, who Is rated IN the table below
as a possible starter. has been backed
from 200 to / down to % to /. The
horse is owned by Il. Corrigan and
was bred in England. lie has not
started here and the public is In abso-
lutte ignorance as 10 his quality,
IL Is a fair assumption that any
horse that has been backed 50 heavily
VIII 20 to the post II he is worth any
thing at all II is also fair to pre-
sumo that the money on horse that
has not appeared In public must have
come from his stable Evidently Cor
rigan has a dark horse, but how dark
Is a question, Bernays, owned by J. Il,
Respess, is another that has been
backed but not shown.
In the list of probable starters are
the names Of fifteen horses represent
ing the best class OF Derby entries.
That number alone would make good
field The largest number that ever
ran In the Derby was in 1903, when iif-
teen horses cOntended. The field
promises at present to be even larger
this year. II would not be surprising
II twenty should line up at the barrier
on Derby day.
The Chicago Record Herald gives the
following American Derby forecast of
starters