The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-17
HOW DERBY WINNERS
SINK INTO OBLIVION.
Many Star Three-Yenr-O1ds of Last
Decade Have Dropped Completely
Ont of Sight I'm short Order.

Hiei,Slll. who was put to dec tn at
Brighton Beach after lie had broken his
right fcreieg in tive places during the run
nirg CT the Sedss,e s axes. in which he
WIS an odds-on favor,ts. We. the fret o.
the American Derby winners Of late years
to pas uvay. ard il was the first time
any Derby winner had died the SAME year
III which he Won the Western classic.
ear lv al, OF the Derby winners OF late
years are stllI living and are enjoying
good i,ealfh. Tie Picket. who e~ailoped in
tro:t ell the way last year. beating Claude
aad Rernavs. is locked Upon as one of the
best sake horses In the East. htvins won
the Brooklyn Handicap from Irish Lad
and Proper. finished second to Hernhis in
tire Suburban. nowhere in the Advance
Stakes and second to Ort Wells in the
Commonwealth Handicap.
wyeth. who won the Derby for John A.
Drake in 1902. is still In the Drake stab!".
bur has never been OF any account since
he won the prize for his owner through
E.noch Wishard's skill In training him for
that one event. After that ne could not
beat common selling platers and horse
men think It is ever money that he never
wins again. even if he should start.
Robert WaGdeIl. the third Iron horse"
from Pa" Brsdley's stable. came neare'
going the way of HishbaN than any other
Washington Park hero. He was probably
the best of all DERBY winners. barring Tho
Picket. as he made coed FAC" after race in
sprInts and lons-distance races unti' he,
TOO. was raced completely of his feet. and
in the fail Of 1901, while racing al Lake
side. he broke down completely and has
never started since.
Owner Bradley. who il himself a veteT-
mary. got the gsiGins back on his legs
and sent him 10 his farm in Virginia. For
a time il looked as II Robert wogid race
again. hat one day. while playing III the
Darn lot. he slipped and fell, slightly frac-
turing the shoulder bone. Sentiment allen,
kept Bradley from destroying Waddsi
teen and there. tor he will not race again
The best was mont too good for the soE
of Aloha-Virsie. The leg was dressed nn'
nursed until the wound healed. and to-day
Robert Naddell does nothing but eat and
loaf around the farm. He is a pronounce
cripple. The tendonE OF one foreieg bein.
drawn. which makes the limb shorter thai
the other. To offset this the eeldin
wears a lone shoe. the Calll of which eN
tends far back. so that this part Of tn
shoe touches The ground first. For the bal
ance OF his days Robert Waddeli will hav,
the best hay and grain raised on the
Bradley farm.
Thompson Bros. sill own Sidney Lucas.
which. at the outsiders price. g~ailopei
home first in the mud on June is. 1900. The
bis chestnut son of Top Gallant-Addie
c. II. always did nave one bad leg. Time
and again he went back Just at a time
when his owner and trainer. Richard
Thompson. was preparing him for one OF
HIS famous killings Sidney made good in
1921 and 1902. winning races both East and
West. He was finally sent East and pre-
pared for a six and one-half furlong
sprint.
Owners laughed at the effort. to send
this sluggish and slow beginner along with
knew their business. for they got him
ready. started him and themselves backing
him down from II to | TO . to ]. II is said
just cantered home. shortly after thnt
his legs began to bother MIN and last year
al! efforts to bring Sidney 10 the post
again failed and he has finally been re-
tired to a farm in Kentucky.
There was no meeting at Washington
Park in 1899. hence no Derby. but in 1895
Pink Coat. fresh from his victory in the
ST. Louis Derby. took the prize. Mirthful.
the favorite. and a famous sire. was
burned to death last winter on n farm in
Kentucky.
Rev Ell Santa Anita. the surprise of the
Derby in 1894. is wandering over the Bald
win ranch in California. fenced off from
the old-tiu1er Emperor OF Norfolk. which
won in 1888 Boundless is dead. and go are
probably all of the other Derby winners
At least. they have dropped out OF sight
ono by one and their names are seldom
mentioned. except when the history of the
American Derby is given each year.
HiGhhall was insured for S25.0O and was
the only horse of any value in late years
which had died or been destroyed which