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! GOSSIP OF THE TURF. When the American Derby of 1900, run at Chicago Saturday and won by Sidney Lucas, is thoughtfully considered it must be admitted 1 that the winner is a horse of stern quality. Although he was a despised outsider in the betting, a review of the work of the Derby winner in his two and three-year-old form shows him well worth fitting for such an event as the American Derby, and that he won it was, prob- , ably, no great surprise to his owners, Thompson : Bros. On the tenth day of last April Sidney Lucas won the first race on the card at Washington, D. C. Since then lie lias had a rest of over two months, with one exception, his out in the Canadian Derby. Previous to April 10 of this year, Sidney Luca . in his three-year-old form, started twenty-four times. He was in the money sixteen times, with six wins and ten place and show credits on his record. In his two-year-old form he made twenty-four starts, was in the money sixteen times and had nine wins and seven place and show credits. He has a record, made as a two-year-old, which no other youngster in the land can boast of. On November 15, 1899, he won two races in succession at Washington. D. C. The first race i was an all-age event at six and a half furlongs, and with 112 pounds up he won easily, beating : a fair field in 1 :23. The next race was a two-year-old scramble at five furlongs, and he came i right back and won in a driving fiui.--h in 1 :02. If ever a thoroughbred has been drilled Sidney Lucas has. The recent rest received by the . good son of Top Gallant— Addie C. II. has revealed what a good race horse Sidney Lucas is, and it will stand as a lasting lesson to owners . and trainers that a let-up on a good horse once in awhile may reap just such a harvest as s CONTINUED ON SECOND PAGE. I ; r : GOSSIP OF THE TURF. Continued from First Page. Thompson Bros, gathered in when Sidney Lucas galloped away with the American Derby.— St. Louis Republic. In a letter to a friend in this city Phil T. Chinn says that he will remain in New York during the present racing season, and will take up his residence in the east permanently next year. He is to be the manager of the racing establishment of Jacob Worth, the Brooklyn millionaire who recently purchased a string of seventeen yearlings.— The Thoroughbred Rec- ord.
