The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-22
Probably Was Hurt by a Kick or
by Striking Himself in
First Few Strides.
WINNER WILL GET A REST.
Claude and Three Other Horses
Slightly Bruised-.Iudge Hines
Goes Lame-iOssip of
Past DerbicS.
REPU BLIc SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Chicago. H. June 2l-The Picket, WHINE,
of the American Derby. met with an ac'
cident at the start of the great race Sat
urday. Either by striking himself or from
kick. the left fore leg OF the wonderful
colt was hit and bruised.
His trainer. Carroll Reid. was concerned
to-day az TO the possible effect the injury
might have on the future races Of the son
of FalSetto
There was report out tonight that an
offer of 10000 has been made for The
Picket by the Louisville people. Carroll
Reid. trainer OF the horse, could not con-
firm the report.
Trainer Reid believes the accident will
not impair the speed Of the colt. and II II
were an ordinary selling platter the mattel
would probably not bother him. To have
valuable a colt The Picket troubled
with swollen leg is different matter
There ar. o,her big races coming md Tn.
Picket is eligible. but he will be rested
until the trainer knows beyond all doubt
that the leg is perfectly we'll
Just now The Picket was injured is a
mystery. 1t certainly did not happen aft
er he took the lead. because he was never
interIerei with nor off his stride after he
once went to the font
The leg was probably hurt either while
the horses We're al the post or In the hrs'
few jumps after the start. In that case;
The Picket had to run the race after ne hau
received the injury.
That the Derby with Its record breaking
field of nineteen starters. was not gentle
race is shown by the slight injuries which
at least four of the candidates received.
None Of the horses are hurt TO an extent
to cause alarm. With The Picket except
ed the following was the condition OF sew
eral horses that ran in the Derby: L.ngGist.
left shoulder scraped on fence: Trainer Phil
lips SAYS injury Is not serious Ciauoe; re,
ceived cuts on right I9reies ana ieit h,n y
and Owner DAILY said the accidents would
not necessitate any rest for the triple Derby
winner Bernays had temgerap,u ure. 1S4 ms
called from the Harlem track TO look after
the colt: this evening the temperature was
slightly lower.
Derby and had chill: Judge Hines went
lei in right fore leg: Trainer Mayberry
thinks the track was too hard for the colt.
and says the lameness which apparently
developed early in the race. caused the poor
showing of the horse: Bad News received
cuts on left fore and left hind legs. not
serious.
1t fell to Mr.. Edward Corrigan TO win the
first and his first and only American Derby
when his splendid War Dance mare, Modes
ty, outlasted kosciusko and Bob Cook In
thrilling and desperately contested drive to
The winning line. 1t was short heads apart
between the three at the end. the closest
three-horse finish in the history of the big
race. Modesty was one of the great mares
of American turf history and afterwards
confirmed her right to win an American
Derby by brilliant successes on the i'm
portant tracks of the East and West.
co. VoLANTES TRIUMPH
Tie second running OF the Derby inausu-
rated Lucky" Baldwin's remarkable series
of triumphs in this greatest of Western
races. Nolante. son OF Grinstead and a
great race horse. won from Favor and Trou
badour. also great race horses. Oddly
enough. Albert S. Gage and John E. Brew
ster. WHO were two of the founders OF
Washington Park. had few years before
selected two stations for Mr.. Baldwin
GnEstead and Rutherford-and ii was a
son of the former that now came on to win
the chief honors of the track in which both
We're so deeply interested. II was Isaac
Murphy, in the saddle again. In fact. the
"colored Archer seemed to have a monop-
oily Of winning the American Derby in its
early history. he riding four out of the first
five winners. Volante's Derby was easily
won over very heavy track. Troubadour
Won the Suburban of the succeeding year.
SILVER CLOUDS VICTORY.
Silver Cloud. another son of Grinstead.
won the DERBY of 1856 for Mr.. Baldwin. the
race affording a singular illustration of
Isaac Murphy's genius as rider. Silver
Cloud was inferior a racer TO at least
three other colts in the race. although by no
M ans Il bad one himself When nearing
the FAR turn Murphy suddenly shot hi,
mount out and soon established long le4l
which the riders of Blue Wing. Ben Ali and
Sir Joseph did not regard seriously. expect
ing Silver Cloud would soon come back to
them But Isaac rursed him so carefully
Out in front that he had a good run left
and when 1t came to decision Silver Cloud
was first by two lengths, his crafty rider
having literally stolen the race from bet
Ter horses and worse jockeys
big field contested the Derby of 1881 II