The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-06
EN-Tannany Chief Gains Anbi-
 tiOn of His Life
ORBY AN AMERICAN HORSE
Ridden by American Jockey, Lands the Blue Ribbon of the Worlds Turf at 10 to t--chilly Reception,
 But Irish Go Wild.

London, June 1.-The "Tammany" or Boss Crokers derhy as the 1907 race will henceforth be known, proved in many ways disappointing to the famous crowd that gathered at Epson Downs to witness the sporting event of the year. MT. Croker, by winning this historic event, with his chestnut colt. Orby in fine style, gained little of the good will of the Brit ish racing public, but has the satisfac- ton of having attained tue end of every sportsman who comes upon the British turf, and having carried out the deter imitation he made few years ago, when the Jockey club excluded his horses from Newmarket, without assigning any req son. of one day winning the derby on the other hand the British public who had wagered a lot Of money on the beaten favorite Slieve Gallon, and who like to see the blue ribbon carried off by titled or aristocratic sportsman, were keenly disappointed.
 The day began badly with torrents of rain, which occasioned the first disap- pointment to the crowd. In spite of the absence of Queen Alexandra, however, big circle of royalty headed by King Ed ward and Prince and Princess of Wales, were present As the morning wore on the weather cleared and the race was run in glorious sunshine.
 The crowd was perhaps smaller thSn in previous years, but it had all its well known gaiety and picturesqueness, and ln- cluded a large gathering of Americans and Irish, who showed unnounded enthusiasm at the victory of Orby. Outside of these partlsans, nobody regarded Orby as like ly winner, and the betting on him was never shorter than to 1, the price quoted
 0 few days ago, and today lt was II so l. against Johnny Rfiff's mount l MT Croker, 1ll self. had been most sanguine concerning the outcome and ex-
 pressed to everybody his complete conti- l dence that his horse would win. The time was two minutes and forty-four seconds. MT. Croker with a party of friends, i'm cluding August Belmont, watched the race closely from d box overlooking the post He led the rush toward the track when Orby came up the stretch in front or the other competitors and he was ready when .Pohnny" Relff had brought the winner back to the judges box, to lead the horse in which he had placed his confidence, past the royal box occupied by King bu- ward and his guests and thence to the paddock, where he received the eongratu- latiOns Of hundfeuS or HIS liiNhNH Richard Croker today won the derby at Epsome and gained the ambition of his life. his colt Orby, bred from an Amer Ican dam and ridden by an American
 jockey, Johnny" Reiff, having beaten all inc British cracks and captured the blue ribbons of the worlds turf by two lengths.
 Outside of Mr. croker and his lmmed- fate tourage Orby had but few friends, and the betting indicated that the sport ing prophets estimated his chances as heinz slight MT. Croker and those who watched the colts trials, however, were sangujne that they had surprise III store for the derby crowds. Those Who saw the Irish-American candidate do ms stretching gallop early this morning hheu the youngster so well that they thought 1t wise to hedge and his appearance on parade and at the post before the race brought a number of adherents.
 Nothing. however could shake the po- sitIon of Stieve Galion, the Irish horse which won the Two Guineas stakes at New Market May l. the favorite with the crowds and his defeat was regarded as inconceivable Even the short odds on Stieve Gallion 13 to 8 on, failed to deter the betters from actively supporting him Only nine horses went to the post ana inc starter had no difficulty in getting them away in good shape.
 A rank outsider. John Bull, belonging to Horatio Bottomley took the lead rom StIeve Gallion Besonian, Galvnia anu Orby pushed mp on the leader and round ing Tattinham corner the American rep resentative challenged the faYorite.
 "Johnny'' Reff. riding Orby with ad- mirable judgment gradually LOOK ms
 mount to the front and, stalllns on challenge on the post by Wool Wlndet' landed his horse A winner by two lengths
 eat rod horses.
 orbv met with a mixed reception on returning to the scale. The vast majority of the crowd had lost money, m many eases huge sums. The hundreds of Amer jeans present, however, gave the ex-Iam- many chief and his horse rousins re- ceptlon.
 ands. gave Orby and his owner a mem orable greeting Mr croker. usually a most reserved man. was unable to hide ms excitement at winning the victory ana rushed out to lead his horse in. He had 10 run the gauntlet of salvoes or cheers and shouts of "Od Ireland forever as he returned to the unsaddling enclosure, leading the winner.
 Aside from the enormous prestige of winning the blue ribbon of the turf, MT. Croker has made fortune today. In the first place the stakes, 65000 sovereigns or s32 800. Is no inconsiderable sum- Then he had the opportunity of making any nun,ber of bets al 10 to l. and finally the value of Orby has increased to such an extent that Mr Croker may, if he so de- slres. sell him for an immense sum. Of course 1t Is impossible to form an exact estimate of the financial fruits of MT. Crokers triumph, but one way and the other, they were placed at about s250, ,OOO.
 Lord Roseberys Besonian ridden by
 Danny Maher, was fourth. Chilly for Croker. The Evening News says;
 Al men are equal on the turf and under 1t, but when Orby was seen win ming this afternoon there was not the spontaneous cheering that marks vlc- tory. There were cheers. but they were
 for the good horse that won. There was no noticeable enthusiasm for the owner. The chilliness was not because the owner was an American, as victories of Ameri- cans on our turf have been vociferously hstt o~fu