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TWO FINE AMERICAN DERBYS The HcDaniel Brothers Trainers of Winners Gossip About Their Champions ChampionsCommenting Commenting on the Worlds Fair American Derby turf doings of the past and the American Derby of 1894 won by Rel el Santa Anita the McDnniel Brothers Henry and Will both in tlie first flight of American tranera had this to say to a Now York Herald man recently Said Henry McDaniel McDanielI I trained Rey el Santa Anita when he won the American Derby I was then twentysix years old the youngest trainer who ever won the American Derby Will McDaniel won the Derby long before I did mine mineYes Yes responded Will McDaniel who was along ¬ side of Henry I won my American Derby a whole year before Henry did his and I won the big out the Worlds Fair Derby worth 00000 Now I want to tell you another thing I won it with the best horse All that has been said and published to the effect that Garrison won the race is all nonsense nonsenseGarrison Garrison rode the horse all right but he was on the best horse Boundless raced and worked bet ¬ ter than any other starter He had Morcllo straight in the Derby at Hawthorne and his work at Wash ¬ ington Park was incomparably better tlinn what was done by the Keene pair St Leonards and Chorister You timed the work that was done two days before the race said he to a bystander You saw St Leonards and Chorister do a mile and a half in 254 Just as Lakeland took the Keene horses off the track you saw my horse start and yoH saw me stop him in 249 The track was heavy particularly on the inside and tlie work was done out in the middle of it itNow Now I want to show the poor showing he made in the Realization He was not fit to start and I did not want to start him When he got hero from Chicago he refused to eat It was the first time while he was in my care that he did not cat every oat that was offered him I told Cushing He didnt like to start the horse but felt obligated to do so because all the expenses of shipping from Chicago and back were guaranteed Besides Bill Barnes who nominated the horse for the Realization and who made all the arrangements for bringing the horse here wanted to start Well Boundless ran a poor race and was never again the horse he was at Chicago
