The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-08
I. R. BRADLEY
HORSE Also %
Black Servant Finishes In Place.
Stablemate Of the
n Winner.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 7.--ken-
tuckians are proud tonight. For
this afternoon before the largest as
semblage that ever gathered to wit
ness horse race, Behave Yourself
belonging to e. r. Bradley, owner
OF Idle Hour breeding farm, Of Lax
ington, KY, won the forty-seventh
renewal of the Kentucky Derby in
as splendid an exhibition of supreme
courage as ever thoroughbred dis
played. 10
Black Servant, his stablemate
which gave him the real contest
through the stretch that furnished
the thrills for the throng, finished
second, and Prudery, belonging to
Harry Payne Whitney, New York
sportsman, was third.
The time for the race was 2:04 Id.
within four-hfths of second OF the
derby record held by Old Rosebud.
NOT HIGHLY REGARDED.
Behave Yourself was not highly
regarded by the betters His price
OF 1890 for each 81 ticket would
have been much higher had he not
been coupled with Black Servant. 1t
was the latter that got the public's
support and not Behave Yourself, fol
one week ago Black Servant defeated
\ number Of Derby eligibles in the
Blue Grass Stakes at Lexington. Be
have Yourself, this years champion
three-year-old. was among those that
finished behind him. Black Servant,
which is by Black Toney out of
Padula, had been training much more
satisfactorily for the classic than his
stablemate.
And 80 Behave Yourself, who
wasn't conceded much Of a chance,
beat his more brilliant stable-mate.
and beat him well. The two fought
! for the race honors in one Of the
most spectacular stretch drives that
has ever graced a Derby finish, The
winner was shut on soon after the
start and forced to go wide for over
three-quarters of a mile. when the
field turned out of the back stretch
Behave Yourself going completely
around his eleven competitors. grad
ually moved up. The high rate OF
speed shown by Black Servant and
Prudery, who were leading as the
dozen bluebloods turned into the
home stretch for the nnal heart
breaking sprint, carried them al
most into The outside fence.
SLIPPED THROUGH ON RAIL
c. Thompson. who used race judg-
, merit in riding Behave Yourself,
slipped through on the rail with his
charge and when Strengthened out
the fnal run was head and head with
his stable mate. The two pulled
away from Prudery, and the rest OF
the field. and under hard punishment,
continued to race side by side and
step for step down the stretch.
A dcsfening roar escaped the crowd
as Behave Yourself stuck his nose in
trout OF his stable mate at the six
teenth pole. Responding gamely to
the urging of his rider, the winner
very slowly gained until Black Serv-
ants nose was even with his heaving
withers. The two continued to race
In this position until they flashed
under the wire with Behave Yourself
having a scant advantage of three
quarters OF length.
RECORD OF :. YEARS.
Behave Yourself is a brown colt by
Marathon out of Miss Ringlets. His
more famous stablemate, Black Ser
cant. was so called as a token of sp-
probation of twenty-seven years Of
faithful service by Black Toney. an
old negro who has been a retainer of
the Bradley household for many
years.
And so Kentuckians are happy to-
night Mr.. Bradley is native
Kentuckian. His breeding farm,
Idle Hour, located I'VE miles west
OF Lexington, in the heart of the ia
nous Blue Grass region, is one of
the States show places. His fellow
statesmen are doubly proud of him.
because second, as we'll as first hon
ors went to his stable and also his
horse brought back the turf crown
to the State where it rightfully be-