The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-22
SPORTS.
won BY The PICKET
Betting Public Gets a Severe Jolt in
Result of the American
Derby.
Many Parties Of Local Men Make
the Trip to Chicago-Heavy
= Betting.

The betting public received a severe
setback Saturday at Chicago, when Inc
Picket horse overlooksd in the betting,
won the rich American derby at Washing
ton park. The Picket's victory over a big
field Of high class horses was made re-
markable by several things. 1t was the
horses first victory. in any race; the dls-
lance, of mile and a half was covered In
2:33, breaking the record for the event;
and The Picket came in practically pulled
up, Six lengths ahead of his field, after
making the pace nearly all the way.
Nineteen horses went to the post, the
largest field that has ever faced derby
started. Jockey Helgesen took The Picket
to the fore in the first few lengths, and
he was never headed. Au Revoir held sec
.ond place as the horses came past the
stand, with a lot of dark horses behind
him. In the back stretch Savable, the ia
vorite, was in seventh position with
Claude just behind. Au Revoir and Lin
guist weakened and dropped back at the
half mile post. Claude began to make his
|,run, and quickly moved up to fourth posi-
! ton. Savable merely held his own. The
Picket, running at his own pace, never
| faltered; and an eighth Of a mile from the
| finish the race was decided: Claude came
| fast in the stretch, but DAILY saw he had
no chance to overha vi The Picket and ne
eased up. Bernays got third by a neck
from Savable. Judge Hines, heavily
backed, horse, failed to make a showing,
and finished last, forty lengths behind the
winner. Mt
The race was worth s82,375. With the
exception of the worlds fair derby IN 1903
Estake.
Local Sports interested.
/ Local sports manifested unusual inter-
I est in the derby, and many parties went
Ito Chicago Friday night to see the great
race run Those who were not able to
make the trip sought place where they
/ might register asbet,@ and the Monte Carlo
/ at Columbia Heights, where book was
made, did rushing business all after
| nooon.
Singularly enough, the Minneapolis crit
4 les failed to guess the race correctly At
i Columbia Heights, altho big amount OF
/. money was wagered, it is said that only
i two men cashed in tickets on The Picket,
i and these were for small amounts. Min
/ neapolitans generally did not fancy Saw
able, many remarking that it was rare
thing for a favorite to- win a big stake
event. Judge Hines was q fayorite; with
many, and Claude, the California and st.
4 Louis derby winner, had quite a heavy
play. .s ~ S - 4 +s45ssE.%,,,s
j The local men who went to Chicago
i were drifting back yesterday and to-day.
IT went to Chicagosand had a, place near
i the quarter pole, where I saw the horses
i for just about ten seconds as they flashed
/ past said one. t'The crowd was enorm-
1 Gus. I should say there were at least u.s.
900 persons inside the park, altho the
i press dispatches give the number as 10000
With such big crowd, there was not
! much doing except for those who hac
unusually favorable positions, and some
who had paid for good seats were unable
to get to their places. Sam Morton
former manager of the Minneapolis base
ball team, who owns a string OF horses
was there. He had box and had taker
his wife and daughter to the track, bu
they were unable to get to their box OF
account Of sthe crowd.
HeIgesen Was Confident.
81 talked with Jockey Helgesen, VIII
rode the winner, in the morning, and h
assured me that The Picket would hav
no trouble in handling the field, unless h
was pocketed. You have good horse,
I told him, and he may win If he can g
the distance He will go the dfstanc
, easily said Helgesen,, and will run jus
as fast at the finish as at the start Whel
rode him his trial early in the week, h
could have gone another quarter jus
, as fast
ST notice that the papers say Leste
Reiff rode Savable like a novice. didn'
. think so, for when they came past me a
5 the quarter pole Reiff had Savable run
! ming easily In a good position, and two Q
| three men commented upon the excellen
Z way in which Reif had placed his mount
4 I think The Picket won simply because
was the best horse. He. certainly was tn
r best Saturday
l.bet at the track, but this was offset b
.