The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-22
Schmidt of Milwaukee Awarded
First Place in King Target
Contest of National Nicer.

was very open affair on public form win
hot tips afioat on nearly every starter. {
NJ Todd. a rank outsider. won In fast time
from the two fillies, Miss Ford and Mar ,f
finishing fourth c. Fl. Todd was gee"
horse however. on the day of the race he
was not sound, but Albert Cooper had him
trained to the hour. and he won on his
merits that day.
LUCKY BALDWIN'S LUCK.
The Derby OF 1888 fell TO Lucky Bald
win through the proves of the greatest
favcrite that ever started in the race the
magnificent Emperor Of Norfolk He was al
to in the betting. and never eStenoed IN
defeat of his stable companion. Falcon. me
next Derby that of lsS9. was notable from
the fact that it was won oy the Only Iilneis
bred colt that has ever carried on the race.
Spckane by Hyder Ali. 1t was marked ais"
by the total overthrow of Proctor Knott
Sam Bryant and the famous mo ~, game ,, coSX
when Proctor Knott failed to even land IN
the first three.
WORST FIELD on RECORD.
The worst field that ever contested the
American Derby went to the post in 1881
Even such little runt az Dave Waido's
Jed thought TO have chance; but
ncle Bob was backed to odds-on. and was
an easy winner. II was different In 1891
when Strathmeath won. The field was made
up Of fine colts. and 1t was won by WIS.,
the race. Green Morris and his jockey.
George Co-ingtOn. tramped over the track
from end to end. il being slow and spotty.
carefully mapping out the good going. ard
Covington. in the race, went weaving in aus
out on the course picked out the result b.
ing that Strathmeath. while covering more
ground than his competitors. was alwa=s
strding on comparatively firm ground and
thereby won decisively- II was in this race
that the big raking Longfeliow colt. High
The Derby of 1892 was contested over a
track about as bad "a track can be. Carts
bad taking 500. to cover the mile and ::
vehicles crossing the track TO the infield,
else he would almost certainly have won.
WORLDS FAIR YEAR.
The sscc0 Derby of 1888 the Worlds Fair
year. was commended for by the picked
horses of the country and one representa-
tive OF England the Duke of Beauforts
Strathrose. Don Aionzo. Ramapo. ST. Leon
ards and Chorister were the Eastern repre-
sentatiVes- How Boundless left the others
on the stretch turn and came home alone IL
still fresh in the minds of thousands who
witnessed that great race.
In its running, the Derby of 1894 was al
most duplicate of that of 1898. for at abou' 4
the same place on the far turn wheT
competitors did Rey FL Santa Anita besip
the tremendous fight of speed that broucpt
him past the judges six lengths before Sea
ator Grady. In this race Domino. Dorsn
and Senator Grady were the Eastern ttp.
resentatives. Domino was a 7-to-5 fayoriJe
and mis- defeat was great surprise to the
East. where he was deemed practically in
vincible.
Pink Coats Derby in 1855 Sidney Lucas's
IN 1870; Robert Wsddell.s in 1901 and Wyeths
In 1902. were all decided so recently that
their varying features are fresh in the
memory.
In the course Of its fifteen years the
American Derby has been decided over a
fast track five times over a slow tract, ak
times and over very heavy track four
tunes -Four favorites have won. Emperor
or Norio!k. at i to 4, Spokane. at to 5.
ncle Bob. at TO ). and Strathmeath al
TO /. Isaac Murphy rode four of its win
ners Tom kiley two and Bulman two:
they being the only jockeys to ride more
than one winner OF the race
Denver 2. Peoria I.
Peoria. Ill. June 2l.-D.nver de fss-ed p.o-f,
to-dsy IN fast game in which Whitridx. out
pitched Hart. ATTENDANCE 5.59. Score:
,, r. H e
. BsIteriss-Hart and Wilson: Whitridse and