Evening star., 1931-05-17
DERBY CAPTURED
BY TWENTY GRAND
10000 See Record Shat
tered, Sweep All and Mate
Second and Third.
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| words afar the blue bloods Of the turf
| swayed nervously in the starting stalls,
| then bounded forward to the rever-
/ berating cry They're off,"
Winners Start Timid.
It was not a perfect start and as the
| field dashed for positions down the
| stretch and past the crowded stands
| for the first time, Twenty Grand ap-
| peared caught in the tumble of flash
! ing color and galloping horse flesh. The
| favorite was tenth as they swept past
| the first quarter pole, with the Mongol
| rank outsider and 100-to-1 shot, nosed
in front of the we'll punched pack.
| Around the first turn the field be-
| gan to spread out
| Prince D'Amour, another long shot
and the only gelding in the field. moved
to the front but was quickly replaced by
Walter J. Salmon's Ladder, which fin
ished third in, the Preakness.
Battle on Backstretch.
| Down the backstretch the battle for
| positions continued and for the first
| time the favorites made the moves that
| caused their hackers to breathe more
easily.
For a few moments Mate, under
| Jockey George Ellis urging, seemed
| about to take the lead. Instead, Twenty
| Grand responded with rush that car
ried the big colt quickly past his con-.
| uueror of a week ago and past sweep
| All into the van. Coming around the
| turn into the homestretch. Twenty
| Grand had the race in hand. There
was no doubt OF the outcome at any
stage of the last quarter for Mate was
thoroughly beaten and Sweep All had
too much ground to make up in game
| finish.
twenty Grand ran that smashing last
quarter in IA 2-5 seconds, adding three
lengths to his margin OF four lengths
| over Sweep All and turning the tables on
Mate by the decisive margin Of seven
lengths
| The fractional times were: % 1-5 for
| the quarter, AT 2-5 for the half, 1:l2
| for tflree-quarters. l :37 2-5 for the mile
and 2:01 As for the mile and quarter.
The complete order Of finish and
margins:
twenty Grand. first by four lengths;
Swep All, second by three lengths Mate,
| third by four lengths: Spanish Play,
fourth by a half length; Boys Howdy,
fifth by six lengths; Insco, sixth by one
! length; Pittsburgher, seventh by a head;
The Mongol, eighth by a length: Ladder,
ninth bwa head; Anchors Aweigh, tenth
by two lengths; Surf Board. eleventh by
eight lengths; Prince D'Amour, twelfth.
Spectators Rush Early.
Early in the afternoon small boys
| and grown-ups in legions began vault
| ing the fence at a point where no po-
| lice guards we're posted. The movement
| grew into a concerted rush to the in
! field, where the hundreds of gate
! crashers paused for breath, then split
into two divisions, one band heading for
the stretch rail and the others running
at top speed for the west stands to oc-
cupy seats the management had not
| intended to be free.
Soon came the fourth race, and GAL
liant Knight stepped into fame by set
ting a world record for 6l2 furlongs.
Most Of the patrons, however, did not
! know they had witnessed world rec
ord-breaking performance until they
read their papers tonight.
The next exhibition of speed, how
ever, was quite evident. A few min
utes before the Derby field was led
from the paddock q frightened rabbit
appeared from nowhere and hippity-
hoped down the stretch. How he did
run-and how the crowd laughed and
| applauded.
Then twenty Grand circled the oval
for a new record for the mile and a
| quarter Derby distance and for the
| Churchill Downs track record. All in
all-speed was the order of the day.
After the Derby had been run the
race track became public porperty for
the time being Thousands Of fans
broke through the mounted police guard
to swarm onto the turf, supposedly the
stamping ground for horses only. They
4 i - 4
new king Of the thoroughbred bedecked
with his wreath of roses.
Few Hear Vice President.
| Few were able to hear the words Of
| Vice President Charles Curtis. the guest
Of honor, broadcast through loud speak
| ers as he presented the gold trophy to
Mrs. Payne Whitney. The almost co.
900 cash-paying customers and gate
crashers kept up a continuous pande-
| monium Of cheers-and, it must be said
horse the individual had wagered his
| money.
The sunshine, the flowers. the sky.
the horses. an autogyro, Earl Sande,
! the Vice President, the Governor Of
Kentucky, the new frockS worn by
women patrons-everything that goes
| to make up a successful Derby day
| were anu COlCtScAOh OpCI dbOl6
| made a killing. Five deep, thirsty race
goers crowded around soft-drink stands
battling for something TO slake their
| thirst.
1t was more Of battle to get TO the
ticket windows to lay wager or, to
those who were fortunate, to cash tick
cts. Lots of people cashed tickets after
the Derby, though. for Twenty Grand
was the odds-on favorite.
What's the Derby without a true
touch of the South? This touch was
furnished by two small colored boys
battling for possession of a stick in
front of the stands. This one incident
didn't end very happily, for one of the
urchinS received q nasty crack on the
crown of his head. The wielder kept
the stick.
The belated withdrawal of Equipoise,
star of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney's