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PREE LANCE WINS DERBY GEOEGE J LONGS ALVESCOT COLT TAKES LATONIA THREEYEAROLD PRIZE The Manager Buns Second and Worth Is Third RecordBreaking Crowd Comes Out to See Running of the Race Cincinnati O June S Kentucky scored a tie 1 clslvc triuinpli over the cast this afternoon at La 1 iHilii when George 1 Longs homebred Alvescot I Merry llearr colt JVce Lance cantered to the tiuisli I an 4jisv victor in tin thirtieth running of the Li t on in Derby Free Lauec was cheered on liy the greatest throng that has ever gathered Jo witness the raws In its long history Gamely responding to Ills jockeys vigorous urging came another Kentucky owned colt The Manager which took second place and striving hard but vainly far in the rear fol lowed Worth the mainstay of the eastern contingent and the choice of the majority for the race Man ager Mack was pressing Worth closely Cofkspnr tli least considered came next and Sprite Worths rival of last season brought up the rear rearThere There was nothing fluky about Tree Lances vlc lory He gave dPlermined battle to Ills opponents from the start doggedly kept to his task during th lirt mile of the trying journey and victory well assured he drew away decisively on the stretch Him The time of the race indicated a meritorious performance and bad jockey Peak urged the colt in the stretch it is more than probable that he would have reduced tlie record made last year by Governor Cray The showing of the eastern pair Worth and Sprite was disappointing The Knapp lilJy started out at a great pace and passing the stand was under hard restraint in the lead The Manager wrested the lead from her l efore the mile had IHOH finished and then she weakened liadly as if far from ready to go anywhere near a mile and a half Worth made a bold bid in going down he liackst retch but Free Lance and The Manager moved away from him on call with the utmost ease Shilling when he found the task too diffi ¬ cult Itegan to ease Worth up and came near throw tug away third money by doing so for Manager tlaek almost wore him down After the finish i watr found that Worth had sustained an injury in his front quarter and was also lacerated con ¬ siderably abrmr the hind legs Free Lances vic ¬ tory was Immensely popular and the big throng dieered the victor In unstinted fashion on his re inin to the scales scalesThe The Lalonia Derby was established in 188 and wan run as the Hindoo Stakes nntil 1S87 Its tabled history is as follows Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time Time1SS 1SS Leonatus 110 I Murphy 2STO 2405 24051SS4 1SS4 Audrian 110 Fishburn 8 0 212 212ISSCi ISSCi Itersan US L Murphy 40SO 2425 188 Silver Cloud IIS I Murphy 810 240 2401S87 1S87 Libretto 118 I Murphy 4f0 2J81 2J813fei 3fei 8Los Angeles 110 Armstrong 4270 2K J JLos Los Angeles 110 Armstrong 2K1 2K1ISM ISM Hindoooraft 11 Hollis 400 241 241IJSltt IJSltt Bill Letcher 115 Allen 5JSO 24 24jH jH KiuKinau 128 I Murphy 434O 1NI2 Xewtou 117 Clayton 3760 1 4 4ISti ISti Buck McCanu 117 Thorpe 4450244 44502441X14 1X14 Lazzarone 117 W Martin 6555 251 115 Haluia 127 Thorpe C720 2J4 2J4ISHi ISHi Ben Brush 122 Simins 1228024414 12280244141SU7 1SU7 Ornament 127 Clayton 8740 2311 23111S9S 1S9S Hand dOr 114 Conley 7G20 2T2i 2T2i3X19 3X19 Prince McClurgl22 Bcauchamp GS25 23 J liXKHLieuteut Gibsonl2r Boland 471 3001 Ileruando 114 7 Winkfd 49S5 25 1 02 Harrv New 114 Otis 4i90 2 5 5lfu lfu Woodlake 114 Crowhurst 705 2J 2J1I04 1I04 Klwood 12 Prior 5730242 1105 The Foreman 110 Treuhel 5950 2 SS SS1J0 1J0 Sir Huon 127 Troxier 505 23CJ 23CJ1JH7 1JH7 The Abbot 114 J Lee 4410 2441J 2441JItOS ItOS Pinkola 114 Minder G55 2t5 2t5lKtU lKtU Olambala 114 T Rice SOJKi 2a 2aV1O V1O Joe Morris 117 C Grand 2825 233 1811 Governor Gray 124 T Itice 3350 2 30 3il2 Free Lance 114 t Peak 4250 231 Dead heat with White tWalkover Weather conditions were perfect today and it helped to bring out the full racing strength in this local ¬ ity Other sections were well represented by large delegations There was not an available seat in tin grandstand fully thirty minutes prior to the running of the opening dash The latecomers were forced to seek vantage i oints on the lawns in ihe paddock and adjacent space Just before thi Derby running the overflow poured into the infield The clubhouse and its vast expanse of lawn Viis crowded with the elite of Cincinnati and vicin ¬ ity ityThe The betting ring was a seething mass throughout the afternoon and a record was made for the amount wagered on any one day on any track in Kentucky Kltice the installation of the mutuel system of bet ling Today card was the liest one served up to racing patrons in this section in years yearsThe The easterners found some consolation for Worth and Sprites failure in the victories of Adams Ex press Isidora and Melton Street also In Shillings skilful riding that jockey scoring three successes during the afternoon afternoonT T C McDowell owner of The Manager was siinong the first to congratulate George J Long on the splendid success of Free Lance The latter watched the race from the clubhouse and took iis honors modestly Mr Long had won the Derby previously with Sir IIuoii Trainer Coyne was sanguine before th race that Free Lance would prrve himself the best colt and would take the measure of the cracks starting His defeat in the Kentucky Derby was due mainly to his lack of condition said trainer Coyne Since that start Free Lance has shown continuous improvement and I have no hesitancy to say that he is the best colt In I he country countryT T C McDowell said after the race The Man ¬ ager ran n good nice and 1 have always lieen of the belief that be could beat Worth We will have to land some kind of a Derby so we will go after the me at Fort Erie and I think he will have little trouble in winning it itTrainer Trainer Taylor and owner Hallenbeck had no com UHrits after the Derby though Mr Taylor was a bit eoncermd over tin colts injury It may e nothing Mrious but the extent of it will not Iw fullv determined until tomorrow Jockey Shilling contended al along that Free inoe was the one Worth had to beat in the a Ionia Derby DerbyTweiityeighr Tweiityeighr inntuel machines were used this af icrnoon and the workers in them were kept at top siKcd to accommodate the speculative crowd crowdJotkev Jotkev Steele had his right leg injured during the running of the second race while astride Sir Blaise mid the accident necessitated the cancelling of the remainder of his riding engagements Milton B which be was to have ridden was withdrawn on account of the Inability of his owner to secure n substitute jockey jockeyII II J Powers today sold Coppertown fo F Brown for a reported price of 51000 51000Gcmrnl Gcmrnl Manager Haclimeister was Immensely pleased with the big patronage today and gave it i 1 as his opinion that Latonla will eventually become one countryThe of the chief racing centers of the country The Messrs Hitchcock were somewhat disap ¬ pointed over the poor showing of Sprite but waxed enthusiastic over the conditions that attended to ¬ days sport An immensely interesting and large crowd present observed Thomas Hltohcock and one hardly to be looked for outside of a city like New York The conduct of the sport on Ken ¬ tucky tracks is all that could be desired and could l e copied by other associations loadvantage An army of moving picture people were on hand putting down on films every incident of note and the running of the LatoniR Derby An interesting story is to be woven around he pictures preliminary material being secured at Lexington several days ago at one of the numerous stock farms W K Phillips and Frank Rector both of whom formerly trained for Fred Cook were among todays risltors
