The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

| ChicaHo, June 1S.-Without feeling
the touch of whip or spur and running
| on his own courage, High Ball, the d
year-old colt which w. M. Scheftel
brought to Chicago from the East.
won the American Derby Mt Washing
ton Park today.
L. b. Dickerson's woodson. one of
| the long shots In the race, was second,
| half a length in front of John A.
| brakes Rapid Water. English Lad, Ia
vorite before the race was fourth
hopelessly beaten, although he was
coming strong at the end. The time,
2:33, equals the best time ever made
| for this event. The Picket won last
| years derby in exactly the same time.
| Today's race was as exciting as any
| ever run in the great classic. The East
| broke the Ice for the first time in the
| history of the event and the Eastern
| turfmen were rewarded for the many
/ thousands of dollars they have spent in
| trying to capture the rich prize.
w. NJ. Scheftel, the owner of High
| Ball is a Wall Street broker. and this
| is the first year he has figured prom
| inently on the turf. 1t was due to his
| trainer Bud" Gay, that the colt was
| shipped West as he was not thought
good enough this spring to measure
| strides with such Western stars as
| English Lad and Moharib.
For the first time In the history of
the event the betting ring today was
| without bookmakers. There was some
betting. btu It was without the knowl-
| edge Of the 800 policemen scattered
| over the grounds. There were police
men everywhere, in the stand, In the
paddock. in the betting ring, on the
lawn and in the infield.
| No Open betting.
Private detectives made up the rest
of the 500 watchers that were at the
| track to enforce the law and to prevent
/ betting.
There was no open attempt to break
| the law. Any bets that were made
were handled secretly. 1t was a PEN
| Gil mark on the cum or a scrawl on
program Usually the betting was
transacted by signals. This system.
however. went only for the big bettors
4 known TO those adventuresome enough
/ to even whisper a suspicion OF odds
| AZ for the man of limited means there
was no chance for him today. And as
a result ne saved his money,
| The absence of betting did not de-
| tract from the race itself or from the
crowd. Spectators were perhaps less
numerous than last year when II was
estimated that 10000 persons went
| through the gates. Today about ten
| or fifteen thousand fewer saw the race.
| 1t was. however the same riot of color
| on the lawn, club house steps and in
the infield. Tallyhos. drags and other
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and the cheering was just as lusty at
the finish.
High Ball is Popular.
| The victory of the Eastern colt was
popular despite the many hackers who
| had pinned their faith in the winter
books on English Lad, Moharib and Bill
Curtis. To the officers of the club,
High Balls victory was decidedly pleas
| ing as IL was thought that a process
| sion OF Eastern horses to the Ameri-
| can Derby in the future would be the
result.
Fuller, who had the mount on the
winner. rode magnificent race. High
Ball was well within himself all the
| way and when challenged in the stretch
he had plenty to fall back on.
Out of the 1879 original nominations
for the race, sixteen faced the barrier.
Rainland. one of last nights entries,
was scratched and Mayor David S.
Rose and Copperfield were added
Neither horse cut any figure in the re-
suit.
Once in the starters hands, Volney
and High Ball kept the man with the
| nag busy Both desired to do things |
that were not on the program and the |
| field was held at the barrier IL min |
utes. With the tape finally released |
Proceeds shot to the front and re-
| manned there for quarter of the mile |
| and half. The start was good but |
i'll luck befell the horses before half |
furlong had been traversed.
English Lad in Pocket.
English Lad got into a pocket and |
was compelled to pun up. In doing so
he fell to his knees. only to recover
his stride and he bumped agin. In
this jam Bill Curtis was badly cut
down and his owner after the race said
that he might never race again. Fort
Hunter, the Canadian derby colt was
blamed for most of the interference
This colt also had a rough journey,
getting into a pocket, then working
free and leading for a short time.
These quick changes settled any chance
he might have had to win the race.
Proceeds retained his lead until OPP
posite the club house where he COM
menced to fall back. All this time
Fuller on High Ball had rated his
mount about two lengths behind but
stayed within call of the leader. Rap
Id Water, running easily. hung on in
third place until the sixth furlong had
been passed English Lad after get
ting off sixth soon fell back to 18th
place and there he remained for more
than two furlongs. Dominick grad
ually worked the favorlte through the
field in front of him only TO find him
self cut off,
Moharib, next to English Lad the
hoSI hedNlly oaShV" nurse III me race
was less interfered with. Jockey
Shaw who had the mount on Moharib
avoided the crush around the turns
and was third into the stretch but ,Ae
pace was much too fast for him when
the finish came. The same applies to
Fort Hunter.
High Ball I'm Command.
In the mean time Proceeds had set
the field a merry chase with 4-.gh
Ball and Rapid Water in attendance.
On the back stretch Proceeds faded
away to nothing while High Ball moved
up and took command. The balance of
the field had no chance and were
strung out for an eighth Of a mile.
Moharib hung on gamely. Rapid Wa
ter for an instant fell back but came
again and headed woodson. English
Lad who had found clear sailing at
last, started after the leaders with