The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-06-26
'Astorian
Sees Derby
Brilliant Description OF Chicaso's
Big Race Written For This
Paper By Herman
Wise.

exciting heart breaking events l ever
expect 10 Witness. Religion. science.
art finance. commerce, even the great
walters strike were OF secondary Inn
portancc.
II one went 20 manufacturer Of
clothing on business, III. first question
was mot what can we do for your
J but Have you come TO soc theDerby?"
; In the restaurants waiter would come
up and ask, not What viii you have"
l but what favoritc do you back?'' and
the town was Derby mad.
Through the courtesy Of one OF the
| loading clothing manufacturers was
permitted 10 witness this great event
from u reserved box and ] enjoyed this
the FIRST horse race ever saw In my
life, from splendid point OF want
age.
As early as o'clock this morning ve-
hicles OF all kinds. crowded with richly
attired som m ana Splendidly dressed
men could be seen vending their way
to the molly spot, the Mecca OF every
true sport.
by noon every point OF vantage was
preenipted and an hour before the first
race he park was so crowded that
those who paid g. admission fee thea
might as well have been at Chinook as
far an seeing anything Of the races was
concern,d men, women and children
pushed their way back and forth In
their wild effort TO get view. but fly
might as well ry TO emerge from bar
rel Of glue; oncs wedged Into a place.
they had 20 stay. breath short breaths
and walt.
Estimates az 10 the numbers present
vary from 10000 10 100000.
Flfty.nlne bookmakers piled their vo
cations en- .he ground, each set wear
Ing great algns on their top piece cal
ling themselves the Elk club" the
wabash club" etc. one set not far
from where was, named themselves
the Astoria club. Thousands Of
people OF al sections and stations In
life struggled TO get near one OF these
clubs 10 place from one dollar TO thous-
ands on their good judgment (7). Pa
per money WAS held high by the tens
of thousands and thrown into the bot
tomless pit as II 1t were 20 much ciga-
rette paper. Clerks. walters, wage |
earners OF all kinds, barely able to sup
| Fort themselves or their dependents. |
saved ana scraped for months to feed
this hungry passion and to satisfy a |
InsIduous desire TO get rich suddenly.
would not have made the effort tc
get near one OF the stands for a hun
| dred dollars. Men and women dressed
In their best. pushed their way; some OF
them having TO come back unable to
get near enough--hatless collarless,
hair mussed, face flushed and clothes
all wrinkled--I have seen saner people
at the asylum at Salem; crazy is no
name: they were stark mad.
AT 2:3O q bugle sounded and from
paddocks emerge seven thoroughbreds
10 begin the first race. All, here comes
Glassfuli. ne is the winner" look at
Manaska, proud and beautiful he Is;
good enough for my dough" Don't
you believe lt--Eshenin is the boy to
do the trick and 50 the comments
come thick and fast;-well it don't
matter--hc isn't in 1t anyway.
starter Dwyer gets them into line--a
hush comes over the vast multitude:l
necks stretch as IL on rubber pivots.
Lookl They're off!
Cheers, yells screeches, tirunder'
They race ny the half-mile post, Mon
uslya in the lead, II told YOU so,
screamed big red-faced fellow; 2O-to
well, suess---wbat's that? Beaumonde
coming TO the front; hip, hip, and now
they come like u flash, Gregor X.
length ahead and the winner! Beauor-
monde second and the favorites Gless-
full and Monarka way in the rear; the
mob cheers and another rush for the
booths to place bets on the second
event.
The second is race for six furloughs
repetition OF the first excitement and
Alan A. Dale wins.
But the third, the derby for $4,000
stake Is the race. Hope, expectancy
prayers even--were all centered on this
race, there were % entries but three
were withdrawn. leaving 10 fleet-footed
high spirited animals to compete for
the years honor and for the dough,
Now the trumpet calls them to line
up, but isn't that a pretty sight Necks
crane, ayes pop; all are on tiptoe, The
silence Is unbearable-they're Off they
are off--a dancing, singing, delirious
army. "oh, please Madam take of
your hat, must see this don't care
what happens next--a cloud Of dust,
string Of horses. little Jockeys dres-
sed in their colors, flash by. Who's
that In the lead? No. 81 Why, that's