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C ROKERS ORBY WINS DERBY CLEAN CUT AMERICAN VICTORY IN THE BLUE RIBBON OF TURF. Johnny Reiff Pilots the Son of Orme and Rhoda B. for the Former Chief of Tammany Hall. London. Juno r. In the presence of a record breaking crowd, numbering Kin- Edward :1ml his suite, hundreds of Americans, thousands of Irish :iiil seorea of French, Btchard inkers Orhy, rhtrtra by Johnny it, -in. was the ana hundred and twenty eighth renewal of the Derby :it Bpeom Dawns this :itii mean. The victory was clesji int. Othy finish ing two bagthS " "HI of CalsHtl Ramis W.k.I Winder, which was :i half length iii front of Can tain Oreers Blleve UalUen, Hie taTOrite, with BeaooJaa, Qalvaai, All Blach, Jehu Hull aad two .Huts in tin- ruck, there being only nine starters. After :i heavy rata during the BMndag, the track whs sodden :iiii| slow. I. ill Hi.- sun was shining brightly tor the running at Hi. great race. Blleve •aUlea started tin- favorite bached from 8 10 13 to •1 to 7. There araa :i big following for GatTanl at lo 10 1 mill the liisii unit ftmcrtcani uragered thousands u|„.n Orhy -it k«i 10 ;i, sending hrm to the iiost :it ! to 1. There araa Bkewiae much support far bard Boeeherys Beaonian, which araa ridden i y Danny hTahrr The horaea atarted in good slli.ii an at arlth .Ti ltn Ball, belonging to Horatio Bottom U and tin- inn: outsider in tin- hotting rushing in., the lead Pec the lirst tve furlongs of tin- mil.- aad a half, tin arder was John Ball, BHctc Gallioa, BeaouJan, Ofcby, with All Blach l.isi. Then Slieve Oallinn took up the running. Coming down the hill Beaoniaa aad • iri.y pushed up on the leader aad rounding Tottenham Oaraer, the American representative challenged tin- favorite. Tahaay Rent, riding Orhy with admirable Judgment, gradually teak his mount to the troai ami. stalling oil a challenge on the peat by Wool Winder, leaded his hois.- a winner with araca to spaic. Orhy iiu-t wiih ■ nixed reception n n I in n lag; t«. the acale. The raat majority of tin- crowd hail leal iiioiH-y. in many casts huge sums. The Americans present, however, gave the ex-Taauaaay chief ami his hot-,- :i rousing reception ami they cheered Mag ami the American boj who hail come over from Franee to ride the coll of an HBBtihsB mare. Tin- liish. who were pcearat in thoaoaada, gave Orhy ami his ewaer a nn-im.rai.li- greeting becaaae Mr. Crahec now Uvea in tretaad end the winner was foaled there. Mr. Craher, usmrjiy a most re-•erved man. was nnal.Ic 10 hah his excitement at winning the victory ami rushed out to lead his horse. He had to vim ihe gantlet of salvos and cheers ami shouts of "Old lain loiever" as lie re turned to the Baaaddliag Inchmaree hading the winner. Aside from the enormous prestige nf winning the btae rihhea of the turf. Mr. CrokC has made a forlline today. In the first place tli»» staKes. i;..".H» sovereigns, or 2,500, is no lacooaMerahle sntn: then he had the opporlunity of making any nunilicr of -*.ets at al.out lit to 1. and tinally the value of Orhy has hicrtaaed t" aarhOan exteat thai Mr. Craket may. if he desires, sell him for an ijiiininse sum. Of course it is impossible to feral an exaet estimate of the linaiicial fruits of Mr. n.kers triumph. I.nt, one way and other, they wen- placed at on siderably over SSlOO.OOn. Orhy is by Oraae, the sin- of Flying Vox. Orate was the first foal begot by Ormonde and would no doubt have won the Derby of 1S02 bad he been able to start, for he was knoun to 1»- far superior to his stable companion. La Fleelie, which finished second and shoiihl have beaten the winner. Sir Hugo. The dam of Orhy, Bhada 1... is strictly an American product, being by Ha nover-Margerine. therefore a full sister to The Commoner. She was bred by Harry Stanhope In Kentucky and was sold to Mr. Croker for ,fMKt as a weanling. Orhy did not perform very wed as a twoyearold, though he did better in private trials than in his public essays. But during the first week of the cirrrent racing season he took tile Karl of Beffcaaa Plate, a handicap, at Liverpool. For this he was little fancied hy liis immediate connections, and not at all by the public, so he started at an oufcdde price. F.asily as he won. the performance did not suggest lie was a Derby colt, as all the other eompeti-fors were giving him weight, the favorite, Persians, as much as thirty pounds, though both were the same age. Orbys victory in the Irish Derby at Baldoyle was more impressive, as lie then carried full weight and went the Derby distance. Still no one but his enthusiastic friends gave him a chance to win the greater Derby, by doing which be has increased his value to more than that of his relative, the famous Flying Fox, a* his dam is one of the best-bred of Americau marcs, so the new strain will be invaluable to English and French breeders. Mr. Croker is the third American owner to BaaN a victory in the Derby. The first was Pierre Loril-lard with the American bred horse Iroquois in JJSJS1, and the second was the late William _. Whittiey with the English horse Volodyovoski. which he leased for the sole purpose of winning the race in 1901. Americans however, have started freipieutly la the race. In 18!7 James It. Keene started sl. Cloud, by Candlemas — Belle of May wood, xiie fol lowing year P. I.oiillavil sent Kltin lo the post ami August P.elmi.nt ran a oil called Bridegroom II. afterward known as QoMea Bridge, by Bayoo dOt SI. Bridget. In total .Tames Tt. Ket lies Di~ u-uise 11.. the hone bow la bis Caetletoa stud In Kentucky, was third. Mr. Whitney bad tWO repre sentatives in the race WOa b Volodyov-Ui. the ether being Prime Cbules. In that race aKo Poxhall Keene Started ohnipi.in ami P. Lorlllard sent Tan- talaa to the post, la Im- -lames it. Keene tried ■gala with Kearaarge and in IMS .v. fill, carrying the colors of Herman B. ltuiy.a. was among the horses that ran. This was the first attempt for BiChard Craher and thus he has realized on. of the anii.ii ions of his nfe. Mr. Craher aald today that lie would Bhortly make a trip lo America lo - • his old friends aad Bcqaaiataaces. Johnny KeifY is tin- fi.mlli American Jochej I" will the Derby, liis brother Leoter, when he rode Vohwlyovski for the late William . Whitney in I.Mii. being the tirsi. The next year "Sheets" Man in was saictasfal on Aid Patrick and Danny htaher followed with bis victory oa Bock Bead. In I.MM no Ann ri.an rode in tin- ran- and K. Cannon won on SI. Ainanl. In Hut.". Iimin.v htaher seared his second victory ea Cicero and bwl yes bis third on Spcai ininl. P.111 this was not .1 • limy Kciiis arsl iii.iuiit in the Derby. He rod .i -for Sir Wal.lic Grfaalth in the race ..I IM1. Tod Sloaa was the Iii si American to ride a haras in the Derby, thoagh in- wai aever fortaaate eaongh to win. His first m aim was on the French horse Holocailste. Which bloke a leg and was destroyed after the race in ls:i!t. The following year Sloan aatshed third on hlr. Keenes Disgahw II., and was severely rcpri ma nihil for his breach of the rules forbidding crossing. In this race Lester lieiff finished fourth on Boaaroaa. in addlrloa to the two Iteiffs, "Sheets" Martin. Milton Henry, Danny Maher. Nash Turner and Chin Jenkins had mounts !-, -.,,. v. .. nf 1B01, Martin. Miher. Jenkins and Spencer were the Americans riding in the race 01 IMS. Mailer ami Mariin rode in IMS. Main-r was the only American in IMS, and in addition to Maher last year there were Martin and Milton Henry.
