Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-11
THE AMERICAN DERBY.
English Lad II Touted by Many as sure
Winner of Grent Event,

Those to whom class is ali In all see
nothing In the American Derby but
English Lad The adventurous future
b0okmakers have installed that colt Of
Cooks the favorite at price that looks
exceedingly narrow, considering the
time that must elapse between now and
the running of the Derby They seem
to be quite satisfied, too, with the play
that English Lads prowess as a 2-year-
old and his performances as 3-year-Old
have inspired. The nothing tO-it'
element In the thousands that are in-
terested in the outcome OF the Derby
is outnumbered 10 to I by the persons
VINO are trying to dig up something 10
beat the favorte, The favorlte I'm the
American Derby--Hnd there have been
many just as strong as English Lad
has been beaten 20 regularly that the
rank and file Of those who are annually
absorbed / this problem have come 10
regard II az a habit Consequently
about 90 per cent of those who viii at
tend the Derby a week hence and 9TH
ers who viii be interested In II from
afar are threshing about FOR something
to beat the faVorite The field Is very
fertile and the possibilities lncalcul-
able.
The experience Of previous years has
been that Derby conditions do not coin
eide with those which govern the gen
eral run Of races which are used as
a basis for determining class. 4 Del
by horse and a great race horse are
seldom one and the same. There have
been few exceptions. Sidney Lucas
was one and The Picket was another,
a horse may acquire the prestige which
English Lad now enjoys without doing
anything approXlmating the require
ments Of a race AT one mile and half
with a lumD OF weight on his back.
Mirthful, In his year, was as cOnspic.
uous q taYorlte as English Lad is now.
Domino stuck out so far over his pro-
spective company IN his year that in
terest I'm the race was really spoiled.
II was the same with clifford None of
those horses won Robert Waddell
was never regarded as great race
horse but he certainly was a great
Derby horse. Sidney Lucas was not
too good to put In a winter campaign
at New orleans, but commencing with
the Derby he swept al before him IN
the Western 3-year- old division and
proved his quality In all age company.
The 40 per cent OF Derby followers
may be right There may be some
thing lurking I'm the background that
viii take the measure OF English Lad.
The fact that more than dozen own
ers have backed their horses with the
Idea Of getting around English Lad
proves the strength OF the theory that
there Is nothing to fashion when 1t
comes TO computing Derby chances.
Behind English Lad the probable field
seems to be evenly balanced Capt $.
$, Brown and his shrewd trainer, Rob-
ert Tucker, think well OF COnJuror, with
Proceeds as side card In the event of
mud, More than few bright horsemen
are thinking seriously or John w,
Schorr's candidate, Moharib, but they
are little bit afraid that the son OF
Esher has had too much of It. Elwood
has gone the route, but beatt nothing.
stu his owner, G. T.. Durnell, has not
lost hope, The recent performance Of
s. g. Hlldreth's Burleigh has inspired
a play on him, Burleigh has done moth
ing suggesting Derby possibilities, but
he has fulfilled all obligations and IL In
the hands of a good trainer, Flower
King has come out of his recent Difficult
~ as sound as a bell and Nill retain
his maiden allowance up 10 the time OF
the race, He, too. IL being backed.
John A. brakes Ort Wells has shown
himself 20 be somewhat Of a race horse
and IL ls known that he has been point
Wish0rd. who sent Wyeth to the post.
Bin Curtis, who went a mile and a
hall M Los Angeles IN the subject Of
adverse criticism, and his owner II, r.
Grifn, is doing ver'r little so boom
him, Ostrich conveyed the impression
Ia New Orleans that he was another
Sidney Lucas, and advlces from the
east are TO the effect that he will be
sent out for the race Little has been
said about Hlghball In the last fcw
days. @, l.. Richards OF Boston who
owns him. Is strictly In the hands OF
his trainer, Bub May, who said a couple
OF month"; ago that he had set his heart
on winning the American Derby above
all other American races. Highballs
presence was assured he would now be
sharing favoritism with the western
champion, English Lad.
IL Ia estimated that az least dozen
Will 80 10 the post and Il IL quite pos
Eible that EnElish Lad will be q longer
price when the bell rings than he is