Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16
CLASSIC IS REVIVED
Dodge Wins American Derby
at Hawthorne Track.
25.O 900 CHICAGOANS THERE
Betting con the Nod" INDUCED In,
Prices Being Whispered, Not
Displayed.
$4,000 CHICAGOANS THERE
BY HARRY WOODRUFF.

BY HARRY WOODRUFF.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
| CHICAGO, July 15.-Dodge, a bay
colt owned by Weber & Ward, won
the renewal of the American Derby at
Hawthorne today by five lengths from
Faux-Col, with Franklin third. The
! time was 2.04 as, a new track record
for the distance. Approximately $4,000
spectators saw the race.
Three lengths separated second and
third. Churchill. Foxhall Keene's en-
Franklin.
1t was the American Derby. compar-
ing favorably with its honored past, but
it was not Washington Park. It would
be sheer hyperbole to say that tho re-
vival at Hawthorne eclipsed or even
equaled the blue-ribbon events at the
old South Side course. which came to be
regarded as the great three-year-old
classic of the American turf.
Setting Less Pretentious.
In the first place. the setting was less
pretentious. There was no clubhouse
contingent, quite apart and distinct
from the hoi polloi who entered through
the public turnstiles. There was only
a reminder Of the tallyhos and coaches.
from whose tops gayly appareled par
ties viewed the race. Instead of liveried
footmen were chauffeurs Of the moro
prosaic and practical automobile. which
conveyed it's parties to the course in far
less time than 1t took even to reach
Washington Park by the horse-drawn
vehicles. The scene. with its maze of
motor cars. accumulated the changes
during the twelve years hiatus since
Highball won the last previous Derby
in 1904.
At Hawthorne today the spectators
with up-to-the-minute racing knowl-
edge were few. Many running races
of the men who posed as real turf fell
lows" and boosted that they had found
a bookie to take a bet from them ION
the nod" used expressions which have
no place in the lexicon of trainer or
jockey. They did not employ turf
Technology. They were the new
corners. but all the old-timers were
there.
and Dick Williams from the Derby
were posted an hour before the first
race was called. Dick Williams is not
at the track. George Smiths absence
caused little aIter the news
of his disablement
At his stable 1t was stated that the
colt showed little Improvement over
yesterday. His soreness is blamed on
his efforts in the Latonfa Derby, where
he packed penalty weight over a deep
and holding track and thereby wrench
ed shoulders which had bothered him
more or less as two-year-old. The
colt will be returned east tomorrow
night.
On account of the great nun,her ~
automobiles crossing the infield. the
time of starting the first race was set
back half an hour to o'clock. There
was almost a steady procession Of cars
from 1880 o'clock.
There were cheers when the bugler
summoned the horses to the post for
the first race. The applause continued
as the f1ve contestants came out of the
paddock and paraded past the stand.
The band struck up My Country, It's
of Thee" and the spectators rose and
shouted joyously until the field had
post.
The inaugural was a five and a half
furlong sprint, for which Jesse Spen-
GERS black colt Blackie Daw was an
odds-on favorite. but he never got to
the front.
Betting "on the Nod
mere WAS pettlnS on the nod, just
as was expected. 1t was not open bet
ting; prices were whispered, not dis
played. Apparently an effort was be-
ing made to live up to the least exact
ing of the advance promises The odds
offered bore a striking unanimity,
which seemed to indicate that what
ever bookies were accommodating
friends patronized the same handicap
per. The results:
First race. purse $3.50; for three year-olds and
los tWollenholm). to /. won; Skiles Knob lo2
e. MURPHY. to l. second and Blackle Dsw,
.08 2-5. Utelus and Jungle also ran.
Second race. purse $500: for three -yearolds
and up; selling: six fnrlong.-M. Bert Thurman.
1o2 &c. Van Duzen,. to 5. won Mex. no Nv.
HoagI. to I. second. and Royal Tea 113 III
stearn.s,. to !. third: Time. LA As. Eddie
Black Thorne. Talleyrand and Indianola also ran
Third race. the Hotel Sherman subscription
handicap: purse. $500; for three year Odds and
up; one and one-sixteenth miles-IIeo Skolny, IFS
g. Byrne). to 10. won; White. 108 (F.
Murphy; second. and Olga Star. 100 III.
stearnes). third. Time, 1.4s. Hunsker and In
Fourth race, the American Derby; for three.
year-olds; value; $4,000; one and one-quarter
Faux-Col, 12e &c. ByrneD. 4 to l. second. and
Franklin. 122 &c. Fairbrother). third. Time,
2o4 a-o. New track record) Churchill also
weber and Ward entry
Fifth race purse. $500; for three year Odds and
up; selling: six furlOngs-Uncle Hart 1l5 &c
Byrne). to B. won; I.iberator, 100 wv Hoag).
to J. second. and Langhorne. 1Ob IF. Murphy
to l. third. Time Lib 3-5 Lady Jane t;rev
Souvenir. Jerry. volant and J. c. Welch also ran
Sixth race. purse. $500; for three yea rolds ana
up: selling; one and one-sixteenth miles-AImoda
Lawrence. 103 wv. Hoas), to /. won; impress
sion. liz fW: Taylor. 8 to l, second. and Little
Bigger 93 IT. HUNT, to 5, third Time. I.47
Disturber. Worcester and Last Chance also ran
ARREST HAWTHORNE BETTORs