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S48,050, the winners net share Of the
total purse Of $57,575. paid of at
1920 to win. $3.50 to place and $3.50
to show for each 50 ticket in the mu-
tuel machines. The betting on todays
race. close to $780, ,0O0 surpassed the
wagering on the classic last year.
Dauber, which campaigned on the
West Coast while I,awrin starred dur
ing the Florida season. paid sl2 to
place and Sc to show. The show price
on Can't Wait was $500.
Arcaro's Ride Mastery.
The time was not startling. In fact,
Lawrin's was the slow time of 2:04+5,
which was far from the track record Of
2:0l4s set by Twenty Grand in the
1881 Derby. The track, however, was
of. 1t had been off when Derby day
dawned clear and bright and cool
and a sprinkling of rain an hour be-
fore the big race did not help it.
Sharing the glory with Lawrin,
handsomest of the Derby racers, was
Jockey Arcaro. native son of the
Blue Grass State. The boy from New
port, KY, gave the tall son Of Irsco-
Margaret Lawrence heady, irspir-
ing ride and did nothing to disturb
the notion of track veterans that he
ranks as one of the top-notch riders
Of the current era.
Lawrin drew the No. l post position,
but when the field broke, as the throng
roared the traditional They're off,"
Arcaro allowed Bull Lea to jump to
the front. followed closely by Elooto,
Mountain Ridge and Can't Wait, the
outsiders. Elooto and Mountain Ridge
were 7O-to-l shots when the barrier
was sprung and they ran according to
their chances as expressed on the big
betting board.
Menow Takes Command.
For after their first dashes to the
fore Elooto and Mountain Ridge drop
ped back and at the quarter-mile pole
Workman had his speedy mount, Me-
now. in front. Fighting Fox, a 6-to-5
favorite, was right behind Menow and
Jockey Jimmy Stout was Watching
Workman as the field roared past the
grandstand for the first time. Irwrin
was an inconspicuous fifth, buried
in the pack.
Menow opened his lead from half
a length to length and half at the
half-mile pole and as Workman raced
past the three-quarter pole he retained
this margin. Only, instead of Fight
ing Fox in second place at the three
quarter pole, there was Lawrin, a
length ahead of Can't Wait and
briskly moving up.
Lawrin caught Menow at the head
Of the stretch. Surprise was replaced
almost Immediately by doubt in the
minds Of the mob. for Lawrin was
known as a horse blessed chiefly with
unusual speed from the barrier. Earlier
IN the week Lawrin had broken the
Churchill Downs record for the mile
in pushing the Chief to victory in the
Derby trial and to another track rec
ord, but today's race was no mile. It
was a mile and q quarter and the
Derby races are won and lost in that
last quarter.
Dauber Lone Challenger.
But there was only one horse ready,
willing and able to challenge the new
est ruler Of the 3-year realm.
Fighting Fox had quit and had
dropped back to sixth place. Menow
was behind and losing ground. Can't
Wait was fourth and Earle Sande's
the Chief was fifth. Bull Lea was
nowhere in sight and Elooto and
Mountain Ridge were out of it.
There was only one horse to chal-
lenge and that was Dauber. Jockey
Peters went to the whip and shook up
the Du Pont horse. Taking q quick
backward look, Arcaro also went to
the whip and the roar Of the crowd
swelled to deafening volume. with