Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-20
Will il be an Eastern FavOrte and
A Western Wiuner2
WEALTHY OWNERS BATTLE.
irish Lad ana savable Are Favoriies
But Many a slip NoyIco as
safe Guide as Experu

Scores OF salt Lake horse fanclers are
greatly interested in the great turf
events know as the American Derby
which is run this afternoon at, Wash
ngton Park Chicago. This event is
the only counterpart Of The Derby ut
Epson Downs, and Il means big dis
play OF fashion, a battle Of wealthy
horsemen. fight among the jockeys
and contest between the East and
West. This Is the sixteenth annual
Derby and Il always absorbs the inter-
est Of the racing fans throughout the
country.
The result OF these big events nearly
always goes to show that the guess OF
the novice is just as good guide as
the column Of figures compiled by the
expert. one picks the winner about rs
often as the other Here In Salt Lake
there has not been much guessing as TO
the winner Of the race, but In the east,
experts predict a duel between irish
Lad OF New York and sayable OF Chi
Cago The east against the west. The
son OF Americas greatest turf patron,
William G. Whitney, is matched against
ChiCagO's most enthusiastic horseman,
John A. Drake. II II Is duel between
the two great horses, II VIII also be a
contest between trainers. John W.
Rogers Of the east, matches his wisdom
against that OF Enoch Wlshards who
trained the winners OF the last Derby
and the last Futurity. Then as 10
Jockeys: Tommy Burns, a great little
rider, will be pltted against western
favorite Charles Gray.
But both Irish Lad and Savable may
finish far from the front. Who knows
Experts picked Heno to win the last
Derby but Wyeth badly upset their cal
culations and romped home a win
ner The year before Robert Waddell
galloped home the winner when the
wlseacres had picked Parader a sure
thing. In 1900 Lieut.. Gibson was
chosen as a certainty but was third ut
the finish While Sidney Lucas came
under the wire first.
II Savable does win II viii tickle chi
cagoans nearly TO death and nh their
pockets with cash. Ii would be Chi
cago victory, Savable Is a hot fayorlte
at Chicago, II Is quite likely that the
attendance today win exceed that Of
last year when 10000 race fans crowd
cd into the course and II Is said that
one-third of them We're financially in
terested in the race The purse for to-
days event Is $4,000.
If Irish Lad. the property of Harry
Payne Whitney and Herman Duryea.
should finish In front, no one will be.
grudge him the honor Eastern persis-,
tency toward the Derby parallels that
of Sir. Thomas Linton in his efforts
to land Americas cup. The west would
nave 10 deep regret should the east win.
The two young men who own Irish
Lad represent the east. Before them
such men as August Belmont, Clarence
Mackey, Duke OF Durham, J. X. and
f. 7, keene. John h. Madden, Richard
T. Wilson, IT,, A. II, and d. II. Morris.
Frank Farrell, A. Featherstone and
others have tried and failed. II the
Whitney colors are flashed first on next
Derby day they viii have scored the
greatest turf victory which ever fell
To an eastern stable. Even the victory
Of Nolodyoysk in the English Derby
OF last year viii be tame beside il. for
Nolodyovskl was q rented horse, while
irish Lad Is an American.
Following is the field for the rich
event