The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-19
HIGH BALL TOOK
AMERICAN DERBY
WoodsOn Was Second and
Rapid Water Third.
ENGLISH LAD BADLY BEATEN
NEARLY $4,000 PEOPLE saw
TIE GREAT RACE.
ENGLISH LAD BADLY BEATEN

n HitAtiO, June 1S-WIthout feeling
u the touch of whip or spur. ana rum
ming entirely on his own courage.
hlghbaH. the 3-year-old colt which W.
-i- otheItel brought to Chicago from the
$3.50 para toud4 T. g. DIckersOn s
" eolsoh. one Of the long shots In Che
race was second. half a length in front
OF John A. brakes Rapid Water English
Lad fdTlriJe before the race was fOIrtb
Appelessly beaten, although ne was COM
ms strong ali the end. The time, 2.33.
equals lae oesJ time ever made for this
event. me PICKET won last years derby
. On exactly the same time. w n Schef-
zen owner or the winner, is a Wall street
oroker. and this is the first year ne has
inquired prominently on the turf
Bookmakers Absent.
for the first time in the history of the
~ g.s- f qe'Py me betting ring today
some oetJirs, OF course. but iJ was with
1tA inc A1cHleuge OF the 800 policemen
81 Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler.
mere were policemen everywhere IN the
r+hlfl, OH IN paddock In The betting ring.
on tnt lawn and in the field. Private de-
tecINes made mp the rest of the army
OF SUD that We're at the track 20 enforce
tAe laN and prevent betting. None,
however was necessary, AS there was
practically no attempt 10 violate the law
ANY bets that were made were handed
secretly DC was pencil mark on the
euEL or scrawi ON q programme. Usually
we betting was transacted by signals.
! MS system, however. went only for the
Dig petters- As for the man of limited
means. there WAS no chance for him to-
cav and as result he saved his money.
Great Crowd Present.
The absence of betting did not detract
IFom the race Etself nor from the crowd
Spectators perhaps We're less numerous
ar--1 Hs.-g
tnaE 5000 persons passed through the
safes. Today about 10000 or 5000 less
saw The race lt was, however. the same
iio- OF color on the lawns. club house
steps and in the infield. TaIlyhos draEs
ana other splendid turu0uts We're there
ll force and the cheering was just as
lust} an the finish.
The victory OF the eastern colt was
popular despite the many hackers who
had pinned Jheir faith flo the winter books
on English Lad lI9haTib and Bill Curtis
Fuller. who nd the mount on the win
Her rode a magnificent race. HighbaH
was wei within himself all the way and
when challenged in the stretch he had
plenty 70 ran back upon.
,Out of the 1893 original nominations for
the race sixteen faced the barrier today.
halnlaud and Proof Reader. two of last
nights entries. were scratched and
Mayor David S. Rose and Copperfield
were scratched.
Start Delayed.
Once i'm the starters hands VoInev and
HlgnbaN Kept e man with the flag busy
ana the Held was held nj the barrier
eleven minutes With the tape finally re-
leased Proceeds shot 10 the front and re-
NAMED there for a quarter of tine tourney
ttle slaFs was good. but iiI luck hcf=H
some of lne horses before half q fWlOug
Rad been traVersed- English Lad sol in
2 pocket and was compelled to pun up
I'm doing SO the 1aVorite fell 20 his knees
only TO recover his stride and to bg
pumped again. In this jam Bin Curtis
Cor
the race said that he might never race
again. Fort Hunter the Canadian colt.
was blamed for the interference. This
colt mad q nard journey also. getting into
pocket then working free and leading
Tor e. short time. These quick changes
settled any chance me might have had
lead until opposite the club house, where
he commenced to fall back
High Ball Held Back.
All this time Fuller. on HighbsU had
rated his mount about Two lengths be-
hind, but always within call Of the
hung on FIN third place until the sixth fur
long had been passed English Lad after
getting off sixth. soon fell back to thir-
teentH place and remained there for more
than two furlOngs. DOminick gradually
worked the favOrite through the field in
front of him. only to find himself cut off
again. Moharib, next to English Lad. the
most heavily backed horse IN the race. was
had the mount ON MOharib. avoided the
crush around the turns and was third
into the stretch, but the pace was too
fast for him when the finish came. The
same applies TO Fort Hunter, I'm the
meantime Proceeds had set the field a
merry race with Highb8li and Rapid
Water I'm attendance. ON the back stretch
Proceeds faded away TO nothing. while
moved up and took command
The Finish.
The remainder of the field had no
chance and were strung out for eH
eighth Of mile. Aiohdrib hung ON
gamely. Rapid Water for an instant fell {
back. but came again and headed Wood /
SON. The latter came with "a fine burst I
of speed at the close and finished half q &
length iu front of Rapid Water. English /
Lad. who had found clear sailing Mt last, I.
started after the leaders with D0minic1 I.
working with might and main. I'm the
meantime Fuller. ON HighbslI, skinned +
the rail- followed By WOodSUu. Fuller I
had Highbal well I'm hand and a six .
teentb from the wire had the field .
thoroughly beaten. NtO0OSOn and Rapid f.
Water were under whip and spur. but .
dIghIsH kept Iu front and swept under +.
le wire q winner by q length and half. /
Woodsou was BaEf length in front of 4
RauiG Water. the latter being three
Lad Moharib was a distant fifth. The /
-s-nainder OF the field was badly strung 3
The race sad q gross value OF $3.50. /
of which }26.5l5 went 20 the winner.
IighDahs owner was said 10 be d
heavy winner outside of the value of the
stake. John A. Drake was credited with /
winning $4,000 on Rapid Water to finish 4
Be thfEd ulisce.
An otter f0r match between English
Lad and Highball WAS declined by Mr-
seAaftel as Die viii ship his stable back /
10 she east next MONDAY