Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
.zEV DERBY. WINNER.
/. b,0DO WATCH RACE
Greatest Race Crowd in His
tory Sees Sinclair Thor
oughbred Win.
BY the Associated Press.


LOUISVILLE, May 1s.-Zev. Harry
+. Sinelair's brown colt-the horse
sast easps back sftersfnishing next to
last IN the $4,000 Freshness a week
ago-,oday entered the racing hall Of
fame when he won the forty ninth
Kentucky Derby before, a, crown 81
$1,000. the greatest throng that ever
Witnessed a horse race in America.
The little brown colt by the Finn-Miss
Kearney. defeated twenty of the best
three-year-olds in the nation, the
largest field that ever started in the
classic.
Starting from tenth position from
the inner rail, Zev shot into the lead
a few feet after leaving the barrier
and led until the fall of the flag.
crossing the wire a length and a half
ahead of Martingale, owned by ]. S.
Cosden. Walter j. Salmons Vigil.
winner of the Preakness. finished
third, one length behind Martingale.
Track Lightning Fast.
The race. at one and a quarter miles,
was run over a track lightning fast,
the time being EOS 2-0-two seconds
slower than the records for the event
set by Old Rose Bud In 1914. Nassau,
owned by Frederick Johnson, pulled
up in fourth place by a nose, while
Chittagong. owned by Mrs. John F..
Hertz of Chicago, was fifth.
In the fighting bunch back of Chit
TAGGING came Harry Payne Whitney's
Enchantment, who captured sixth
place, while Rialto, owned by Mrs.
Harry Payne Whitney, finished sew
enth.
The race was worth s53,625 net to
Mr.. Sinclair, who was not present to
witness the brilliant victory of his
sterling colt. Martingale's owner re-
ceived $4,000 as second-pIace money,
while $4,000 went to Vigil for third
place and $1,000 to Nassau for fourth.
Paid 5000 Tor e..
A 81 ticket in the pari-mutuels paid
5000 on Zev's victory. The price on
Martingale was $3.50 to place and
Vigil's show price was $3.50.
The field went to the post at 4:47
o'clock, and after delay of six
minutes, due to the unmanageable
Nassau, starter William II. Hamilton
sprung the barrier and a hysterical
cheer rose from the crowd as the
horses plunged into a stride. Martin
gale momentarily snatched the lead
as the field started it's dash past the
grandstand, but, little Earl Sande,
riding Zev, quickly jerked his charge
into a commanding position, sending
him to the front with all the speed
for which he Is famous.
Kept Close to Rail.
Jockey -Sande. laying his head close
to zev's steaming neck, kept his
horse, hugging the rail as he swept
past the grandstand, two lengths in
the lead, with sMartingale trailing
and Nassau fighting back in third
place. Vigil was tenth at the quarter,
eighth at the half-mile. sixth at the
three quarter pole, fifth into the
stretch, and with Jockey Garner Wig
orously applying the whip, started
a dash for the wire length behind
Martingale, with Nassau fourth.
With lead of two lengths jockey
Sande piloted Zev around the back
stretch and Strengthened out for the
wire. Martingale continued the ffgh,
to. retain second place, having the ad-
vantage of a length over Vigil, gain.
ing at every step and making a
, valiant bid for second place.
Running like mad horses, Zey and
Martingale shot under the wire, q
length and a half separating them
The crowd became hysterical, lifting
the winners name in a mighty shou,
and surging around the judges stand
to get a closeup glimpse of zsv and
his little blonde jockey.