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PIVK PICK COATS AMERICA DERBY DERBYWoodford Woodford Woodward Buckners Buckers colt Pink Coat won tho thou twelfth American Derby worth 9225 net to his owners and skillful trainer Pat Dunne at Washington Park yesterday 25000 people saw the colt capture the rich stake W Martins skill more than Pink Coats equine superiority was the cause of the victory The speed of Pink Coat was applied at just the right time and was strong enough to land the prwwy pkwy a few inches Martins horsemanship was the feature of the race Our figures show how the horses raced for the prize Martin became a strategist down the back stretch Atthe Bathe half mile ground he moved up his colt and in his advance sharply interfered with Isabey Isabel The latter in turn bumped into Warrenton Warren This incident may have affected the result As it was Pink Coat showed himself to be a colt of quality qualityThe quality The heavy thunderstorm of Friday night set ¬ tled tiled the dust cleared tho thou atmosphere and did not spoil the Derby After the rain subsided a strong wind sprang up and that and a bright sun did much to remove the effects of the drenching the track had received receivedThe received The first race fell to Macy Marcy with little effort He took the track in the first quarter and held it to the end The Devil was characteristically hot on his trail along the backstretch and around the upper turns but failed at the end Mr Schorr Scorer did not back his horse He feared the going The public considered Macy Marcy the good thing that he was wasScratched wisecracked Scratched out of the Derby to start in the second race Traverser Traverse was an odds on favorite for the second race Ben Hadad Add outfooted hotfooted him in smart fashion fashionHugh fashion Hugh Penny was in a soft spot in the fourth race and won all the way wayJinks Watkins Jinks won the last race by great flight of speed through the stretch She is a smart filly fillyThe filly The tabled history of the American Derby is as follows Buck Franklin who trains the Baker GentrJ Gent stable arrived at Washington Park Saturday morning with Uarda Guardia and Dan Rice After studying the weights in the Latonia Antonia Oaks the owners decided not to start Uarda Guardia so Mr Franklin started for Chicago a day earlier than he expected expectedEugene expected Eugene Leigh got back from New York Satur Saturn ¬ day morning Ho attended the sales and races there and of them said Racing is in flourish ¬ ing King condition around New York There is a lively interest and the demand for good horses and good looking yearlings was never better Tho Theo salos salons reminded me of flush times When ¬ ever a good looking yearling was brought into the ring buyers went after him as if money grew on trees As for racehorses there is only one in training When Hamburg is around the others are selling platers platters I saw him do the most wonderful thing a horse ever did Ho jumped off with the track and nearly broke my watch He went the quarter in 23 three furlongs in 35 half mile in 47 five furlongs in 59f three quarters pulling up mind you in 113 The seven furlongs was walking in run in1 27 Offi Off ¬ cial cal timers did not agree witli Willie me but I believe I am a pretty good timer Hamburg is the only racehorse in the world No matter what Mad ¬ den got for him he didnt didn't get half enough Yrl Yr Winner Jockey Wgf Gif Second Wgt Wt Third Wgt Wt Tr Time Val 1884 Modesty Murphy 117 Kosciusko 115 Bdb Bb Co Cook 115 G 1885 Volante Volant Murphy 123 Favor 123 Trouba Troubadour Troubadour 123 M 1886 Silver Cloud Murphy 121 Blue Wing 121 Sir Josi Josie Joseph 118 F 1887 C H Todd Hamilton 118 Miss Ford 113 Wary 116 F 1888jEmperor of Norfolk Murphy Murphy1889Spokane 123 Falcon 121 Los An Angeles 116 S 1889Spokane Kiley Kelley 121 Sorrento Torrent 118 Retriev Retrieve 116 S 1S90J Uncle Bob Kileyj Kelley 1151 Santiago 118 Ben Kii Kiwi KingsburylOSl M 1891 Strathmeath Treatment Covington Coving 122 Poet Scout 115 Kingms Kings Kingman Wingman r 9 S 1892 Carlsbad R Williams 122 Zaldivar Salivary 122 Cicero 115 M 1893 Boundless Garrison 122 St Leonards Leonard 122 Cliff Clifford ore 122 F 1894 Rey Frey El Santa Anita YanKuret Yankee 122 Senator Grady122 122 Despot 122 F 1898 Pink Coat WMartin Martin 127 Warrenton Warren 122 Isabey Isabel 122 S 1895 6 and 7 no racing J H Woodford Woodward of the firm of Woodford Woodward Buckner Buckers was present to see Pink Coat win tue true Derby He came up from Kentucky to see the colt run The condition of tho thou track did not please him for he feared that the colt would not be able to handle the weight in the heavy going Neither he nor Pat Dunne would venture an opinion as to what the colt could clo clod in mud The rapidity with which the track dried was pleasing to both When it was sug slug ¬ gested gusted that Leonatus Lents could run in the mud Mr Buckner Buckers remarked Leonatus Lents outclassed his company so1 much that nobody could tell whether he could run in the mud or not After the race while Pat Dunne was receiving con ¬ gratulations granulations Bob Smith recalled Pink Coats Just before the race at Harlem saying horses went to the post I said to Pat It looks as if Donna Rita had this lot cinched and Pat answered I dont don't know I have a fair horse in here myself I should think he had Pat was of course pleased to see the colt ho had trained win although wearing the colors of another Mr Buckner Buckers was jubilant Pink Coat was bred by Woodfsrd Woods Buckner Buckers who owa Iowa his dam His sire difd did at the farm Jane 1
