The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-06
|CROKER WON THE DERBY American Jockey Landed
 0rby First. BEAT TIE BRITISH CRACKS Former Tammany Chief Clears Up
 a Fortune. Thi. Irish-American Colt ! Had Not Been Considered in the Money.
 English Sports Are Badly

London. June 5-Richard Croker to- day won the derby at Epson and gain ed the ambition of his life. his colt, Orby. bred from an American dam and ridden by an American jockey. John ny Reiff. having beaten all the Brit ish cracks and captured the blue rib- bon of the worlds turf, by two lengths. Outside of MT. Croker and his imme- diate encourage, Orby had but few Friends and the betting indicated that the sporting prophets estimated his chances as being slight. MT. Croker and those who watched the colts trial, however. were sanguine that they had surprise in store for the derby crowds. Those who saw the Irish American candidate do his stretching ghallop early this morning liked the youngster so well that they thought it wise to hedge. and his appearance on parade and at the post before the race, brought number of adherents.
 Nothing, however, could shake the position of Sieve Gallion, the Irish horse which won the two guineas stakes at New Market. May 1, the fa- vorite with the crowds, and his defeat was regarded as inconceivable. Evcn the short odds on Slieve Gallion. 13 to on. failed to deter the betters from actively supporting him.
 only nine horses went to the post and the starter had no difficulty in get- ting them away in good shape. A rank outsider. John Bull, belonging to Ho- ratio Bottomly, took the lead from Slieve Ga1lion, Besonian, Galvania and Orby, with All Black last. After cov- ering five furlongs in this roder. Slieve Gallion took up the running. Coming down the hill, Besonian and Orby push ed up on the leader and rounding Tat tenham corner, the American represen- tative challenged the favorito.
 Johnny" Rein, riding orby with ad- mirable judgment, gradually took his mount to the front, and. stalling off a challenge on the post by Wool winder. landed his horse a winner by two lengths. Half length separated sec. end and third horses. Orby met with a mixed reception on returning to the scale. The vast majority of the crowd had lost money, in many cases huge sums Two hundreds of Americans present. however, gave the ex-Tam. many chief and his horse a rousing re- ception.
 The Irish, who were present in thou sands. gave Orby and his owner a mem- orable greeting. MT. Croker, usually most reserved man. was unable to hide his excitement at winning the vio- tory and rushed out to lead his horse in. He had to run the gauntlet of salvies of cheers and shouts of "Old Ireland forever as he returned to the unsaddling enclosure. leading the win ner. va
 Aside from the enormous prestige of winning the blue ribbon of tho turf, MT. Croker has made a fortune today. In the first place the stakes, $500 sov- ereigns. or $32,500 is no inconsiderable sum. Then he had the opportunity of making a number of bets at about 10 to l, and finally, the valuo of Orby has increased to such an extent that Mir. Croker may, if he desires, sell him for an immense sum. Of course, it is inn possible to form an exact estimate of the financial fruits of MT. Croker's tri- umph, but one way and the other. they were placed at about $250,0oo.
 Lorn Roseberry's Besoniap, ridden by Danny Maher, was fourth.
 All men are equal on the turf and under 1t, but when Orby was seen winning this afternoon, there was not the spontaneous cheering that marks a victory. There were cheers but they were for the good horse that won. There was no noticea ble enthusiasm for the owner. The chilliness was not because the owner was an American, for victories of Americans on our turf have been vociferously acclaimed many times. but MT. Croker's victory did not seem equally popular.