The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-21
Not Only Lost the FaVarites But Made Best Derby
 Time on Record
OASHES THROUGH 4 LANE
 OF CHEERING THOUSANDS
Over 76,ooo People Saw the Horses Fiaht It Out, But savabIe, J,sqe Hines and Llneuist Nevsr
 Had Slightest Chance.

Chicago June 2o.-The Picket. horse that never before flashed first past the post, won the American derby today He set the pace every step of the distance. was never challenged and won in a gal- Top by six lengths. He ran the derby, distance. a mile and half, faster than 1t was ever run before in the race His time was 2:3S.
 Claude. the winner of the three derhies, was second. Bernays the Cincinnati can- didate, was third. The crowd of 10000 people which witnessed the sixteenth run ming of the event. saw a contest that was decided when the field turned Into the stretch In front of struggling field, The Picket ran so easily and truly as to leave no doubt where he would finish. The roar oA cheers which greeted the success full horse began when The Picket was more than an eighth of mile from the wire.
 Record-6reaking Event. The derby was a ecord-breakng event in more than the fast time was made. -s'-.t~an horses went to the post, the svious field being fifteen The
 owd that ever gathered on a
 ice track covered the Washing 1 ton Pafn grounds. The race was worth $32, 275 gross value. the richest in the his- tory of the race with one exception. Bet ting on the result began in March and continued until the horses went to the. post. More money it Is asserted was waRered on the derby than in any other 1 race run in America.
 The victory of the Picket was not a. 2. surprise because a surprise was expected | al fFffV mi Savable, the favorite son of SaiVators thought to be inVinclble failed to live m to reputation He received ride from Jockey Lester Reiff that seemingly novice could have duplicated Savaple was never dangerous and the fortune pet on him by his owner, went to enrich the bookmakers.
 Al the Post.
 The horses came to the post at o'clock Starter Dwyer delayed them ii.ne minutes before he dropped the flag. sinner simon A dark horse" was the first to get in motion. but The Picket did not delay an | instant In the first rush for positions ne was successful and had the lead In com paratively few strides. Past the stand Au Revor, the hope of Memphis, was running second, with Gilfain, Maxey Blumenthal and other ineonspieous candl- dates in the next positions. There was no hustling until the field struck the back stretch. Savable was in seventh place ana in front of him were The Picket, Au Revoir, Linguist. Bonnie Burr. Gold Bell and Bad News. Immediately behind Sava- ble was Claude. There was not an im- portant move by a jockey until the field had passed the half mile pole and struck the big bend. The Picket. running at hls own clip never faltered. Au Revoir began to weaken. Lingfiist was all through and began to drop back. Claude made his move and quickly advanced to fourth place. savable. at this critical place. only held his own.
 Through a Lane of People.
 The gradually lengthening field of horses , was at the head of the stretch. The re- mainder of the journey was through a lane of people who were clinging to the rails 100 deep on either side of the course There were no eleetrifying final strug- sles The Picket had his field beaten and beaten badly. He was simply running as he pleased. Jockey Helgerson eased him up bit as he neared the wire The race was over and a Kentucky horse had won. Claude came fast in the stretch but lit.ls Johnny Daly saw he had no chance 10 catch The Picket and also eased up, but almost too soon, Bernays, backed by Cin- cinnati enthusiasts came on grandly from the center of the field and hitched up in drive with Savable for the shortest end l Judge Hines failed to make a showing The fast track was against him. He went | to last position after the start and stayed there. He was forty lengths behind when The Picket reached the wire.
 The Picket's History.
 The Picket Is a bay colt by Falsette- T Voltare. He was bred by his owners Middleton and Jungbluth, at Louisville He ran last year but never won. and consequently carried the light burden Of 115 pounds. Last Tuesday he was worked over the Harlem track in preparation for the derby in almost record time. He ac- complished the mile and a half fin 23S The time was so fast that many people doubted the truth of the reported work out The race today proved The Picket to be wonderful horse. Neither of his owners saw him. Carl Jungbuth is in Asia and John Middleton heard the re- port of the race at Louisville.
 The betting on the derby at the track was the lightest in years. The book- makers wrote as many tickets as usual but the amounts were small. All the big betters laid their money in the future books. and did not engage in any battle in the betting ring today. The Picket op- ened at to 1 and advanced to 10 to 1 before post time. Claude advanced from 6 to to l. Bernays remained stationary at to 1, while Savable went to to 2 to 3 to 1. Fore and Aft. the Tennessee horse. was perhaps the best played of any in the field. The largest bet won was by Joe Yeager. who had a ticket calling for s1S,OCO to S3O0. He made the bet three months ago.
 Display of Fashion.
 Chicago did it's best for the big race. The derby is made the occasion for the greatest outdoor display of fashion every season. and this year fairly outdd all previous derbies. The grandstand. en- larged for the occasion, was packed to the roof. The infleld was almost com pletey covered by the hundreds of fash l Continued on Sixth Page).