The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-04
That Made Mi|Waukeefdm|
Disputes That Have Risen Ouer
 EngLand's Famous Race Event.

der. an outsider. at pounds to shillings against. This was the smallest anil mai that ever carried off the great race, and 1t was rumored before the event that he was more than years old. the race being confined to horses of that age.
 Was Over Age Limit.
 It was roundly stated in expert cir cles that he was. indeed. three years above the age limit. and every one ex- pected and some dreaded an objection to be laid on these grounds after the judge had given his verdict It was alleged at the time that Lord West minister. whose Launcelot finished sec ond. refused to lodge one. The famous jockey. w. Scott, who rode four Derby winners. had the mount on the second. Corner he saw Little Wonder had the race in hand. he offered that horses rider 1000 pounds to stop him. having backed his own mount. which was fa- vorite. to win him a lot of money. You're too late. Mir Scott. too 1ate!" shouted Little Wonders jockey over his shoulder as he shot to the front. was that of lS44, when a horse called Running Rein finished first past the post, with Colonel Feels Orlando sec- ond. The winner belonged to a cum ming betting clique. Influential turf- ites had received information that Running Rein was not the horse he was claimed to be by his nominators. but an OlQeT horse. IrnneQ1dteIy after the race was over the owner of the second-Colonel Peei-another of whose horses Ionion. had. by the way. claimed the stakes.
 in view of the lawsuit in connection with the scandal-to pay them into court. The guiding spirit of the turf In those days was the popular Lord tigations ferreted out the plot. It was evidently proved beyond all doubt at the trial that Running Rein was. in fact. 4-year- old colt named Macca- beus.
 Majority Favored Black Tommy.
 The Derby of 1857, won by the fa- nous Yorkshire mare. Blink Bonpy. gave rise to a great deal of >acrimon- ious discussion. The race resulted in a magnificent finish, the judge declar- ing that Blink Bonny had won by a neck from Black Tommy. with Adamas another neck away. third. Few. indeed, of the spectators-with the exception of those who had won money over the winner-were satisfied with the official placings. The majority vowed that Black Tommy had won. and the re- mainder that Adamas was the winner The owner of the latter declared to his dying day that he had been robbed of the Derby. and his jockey. Covey, was similarly confident that he had won Had the verdict been given to either the second or third in this disputed Derby their respective owners would have landed a fortune in bets.
 The victory of the rank outsider A 40 to 1 chance. Caractacus, forty i've years ago. gave rise to several sensa- tional incidents. The horse was. 1t Is said. trained on a London common and stabbed in public house stall. His attendant and stable boy. named Par sons. who begged for the mount In the Derby, failed to draw the weight upon returning to the scale after finishing first past the winning post. When the brfdle was requisitioned he just man aged to pass the clerk of the scales After a long delay. the All right" was called. and the small bookmakers paid the winners their money. But Carac- tacus had not ye. got the race. for he had to run the gauntlet of an objection lodged by Lord Sanford on the ground that the start had taken place sixty wards in front of the appointed start l ing post, and that his horse. Ensign l and several others. had been practical | ly left when the starter dropped the | flag.
 The stewards of the Jockey Club | among whom was the celebrated Ad- | miral Rous, investigated the complaint | The result was that they severely rep l rimanded Mir. McGeorge. the starter and informed him that a repetition oi