New-York tribune., 1907-06-06
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CROKER WINS DERBY.
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the winner back to the judges box to lead the
morse in, past the royal box. occupied by King
fdWard and his guests, and thence to the pad
dock, where he received the congratulations of
hundreds Of his friends
Among the first to offer fluctuations were Lord
Rothschtd and Sam Darling the trainer Of
Sieve Gallon, but the crush was so great that
MT. croker was able to return thanks only with
smiles. He remained in the paddock until after
the last race, but the excitement and the anxiety
OF the crowd TO see the winning horse and its
owner We're so great that he was unable to dis
cuSs quietly what he called the greatest event IF
ms lie until he had settled himself in his auto
il'oDhe TO return to London, the proudest and
happlest man of the immense throng
10 representative of The Associated Press
Mr. Croker said. still speaking excitedly:
les l have attained the ambition of my life
az least the ambition I have had since first
took up the sport of racing-and the desire 7
DeileNe OF every owner of a racing stable on this
sue OF the water, as well as of many Americans
fo - IS d great thing to win the Derby. the most
1aiIiuuS race IN the calendar of the racing world
aliu now proud l am to have accomplished this
] : naEe NOT words TO express 1 very, very
proud and very, very happy especially as Orbv
was pred and raised in my stable 7 havins
brought his dam from America as a fIIv 7
GaIlh9t say that felt sure of winning but still
Hdu the greatest confidence in Orby and was
certain he would g]e a gopd account of himself
ana De among the first at the finish He is a
Will
many laurels 10 this the Greatest of all racing
Eohors- Orhy is entered Tor the Royal Hunt Gun
at ASCOT this month, as we'll for the St Leger,
out l nave not had time TO decide whether he
Is TO run or not; think, however that he Will
Asked what he had given Rein for winning.
Mr.. Croker replied:
That is between Johnny and 7 would ,,,,o
you 10 say, however. that the report that Of
teIeo Maher $500 to ride Orby is without foun-
datlon. Maher would have ridden for me n he
could, but he had a previous engagement sn6 nd
made him no offer of any kind anu
When asked by The Associated Press tb,.
afternoon about the Newmarket incident Mr.
Croker said: Don't say anything about that.
1t was forgotten long ago"
Even before he left the track Mr. Croker was
handed many congratulatory kilograms and
there was an avalanche of such messages await
ing him upon his arrival in London His Sec
retary had spread them all out unopened on a
large square table. the cable dispatches from
america on one side and the kilograms from all
parts of Great Britain on the other Together
they more than covered the table and hundreds
more came in during the evening. These mes
sages seemed to please Mr.. Croker even more
lhan the actual winning of the race For the
moment he became young man again, and he
was even more excited than his niece. Mrs
Bowman, who ran around the table picking out
the messages addressed to her
AS the pile or American cable dispatches grew
MI Croker, looking supremely happy said to q
representative Of The Associated Press: please
send my thanks and best wishes TO my Ameri-
can friends; it will take me weeks to answer all
these personally"
Mr. Croker had invited a party Of friends n
dinner this evening, but it was a late hour he
fore they sat down to table, the race having
to be run over again many times as friends and
acquaintance. including Americans and Eng
lishmen, came in TO offer their COMMUNICATIONS
sam Darling. the trainer Of Sieve Gallon
and one Of the best Judges Of horses in England
said he had seen Orby only before the
race, but he had Immediately formed a good
opinion Of him. He said:
he Is a splendid horse, and Mr. Croker is TO
be congratulated upon owning him. He was
well ridden to-day. Reiff used good Judgment
in not hanging too closely to the favorlte in the
early stages of the race. Sieve Gallon also ia
magnificent horse, but he had not the staying
powers OF Orby