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GHIBERTPS ITALIAN DERBY VICTOR Sisnor Tcsios Seventh Success in Ten Years ii the Big Roman Kacc The Derby Iteale or Italian Derby one ol tilt principal events of the Italian turf was run at Home the Eternal City on April 15 The value tif the event was iHIOOO lire prewar valua ¬ tion 10000 of which 40000 lire went to the winner 1010 to second 2000 to third and 1000 to fourth with 2000 tothe breeder of the winner Originally 119 nominations vre made but only five colts and fillies went to the post The win ¬ ner was the favorite Sij Federico Tesios bay colt fihilxrti which beat Astico by five lengths Xonio finishing third and Andrea del Sarto fourth The vctor ridden by F UeKoli ran the distance onu and a half miles in 23 The totalizator paid to 1 on him 7 to 10 for place placeGhiberti Ghiberti having been bred by his owner Sifr Tesio realized 42000 lire from his victory Ghiberti is a son of SiRiiorino the wellknown son o Best Man and Sixnorina by St Simon his dam being Giottina by Galenzzo son of Galopin and Kira by Kisber she out of Jenny Hampton by Koyal Hampton third dam Domiduca liy Isoiiomy He comes from the Xo 21 family of Bruce Lowe Ghibrti was an unbeaten twoyearold last sea sen winning five stakes in succession This sea sen previous to the Derby he had started but once when he ran second in the 1reniio Firenze at Firenze Florence His winnings to date amount to 101410 lire and ho has seven rich en ¬ gagements to fill yet this year including the Ital iai St I ger at Milan and the Grand Irix de Pris which latter however he is not likely to be sent to France to contest contestA A large and brilliant crowd witnessed the race including his royal highness the Duca dAosta Gen ¬ eral Diaz the minister of agriculture and a host of political social and sporting celebrities celebritiesREMARKABLE REMARKABLE DERBY RECORD RECORDThe The Derby Iteale was established in 1SS4 and has been run anually since including the period of the war when it was not discontinued It has bt en almost monopolized in recent years by Sig Tesio who first won it in 1911 with Guido Ueni in 1912 his Itembrandt was victorious in 1SI14 hif filly Fausta won in 191 his Van Dyck in 1917 hi Giaupietrina and last year his Meissonier Giaupictrina ran in 232 l ist year Meissonier set Ibis makes with Ghibertis triumph a total of seven Derbys in the last ten years a record that is probably unequaled in any other country so far as a Derby is concerned Almost as remarkable i the record of Signorino as a ure of Italian Derby winners Ho first turned out Van Dyck in 1915 Hiii now hns the last four in succession Ginpietrina 1917 Carlone 191S Meissonier 1919 and Ghiberti 1920 to his credit having failed to score but once in the last six years As will be noted Sig Tesio has a fondness for naming hi1 Derby candidates for famous artists and all his winners except the filly Fausta 1914 have sustained this precedent This year in addition to the winner Ghiberti he also started the fourth cdt Andrea del Sarto another artistnamed one oneF F Itegoli who rode Ghiberti achieved his third Dfiby victory having won on Gianpietrina in 1917 and Meissonier last year The practice of timing until 19M when The thr race was not introduced Oak won establishing a record of 240 In 1909 Dedalo lowered this to 23S In 1910 Saturno cut it to 238 flat In 1911 Guido Iteni scored in 237r anti in 1912 Uembrandt made a big slash to 234 V but in 1914 Fausta a daughter of the great Spear ¬ mint won in 233 which stood until in 1917 fianpietrina ran in 232 Lasi year Meissonier set the mark at 231 the present figures This years race was a slow one as will be seen neither the trck nor the field being so fast as in former sea ¬ sons The weights carried in the Derby art 55 kilos or 124 pounds fillies being allowed two kilos or about four pounds Meissoniers 231 with 124 pounds shows that the Italian thorough lired is just about as fast and as good as either I lie English or American our record for a mib mid a half being 229 by Thunderclap 3 10S IMiunds while the English is 225 by Me 4 119 lioiinds while that for threeyearolds in England U 22S by Xinfandel which had but 9i pounds lip
