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FLYING EBONY AND EARL SANDE Triumphant in Fifty-First Kentucky Derby Before Largest Crowd Ever Witnessing a Horse Race in the United States Captain Hal Finishes Second, Son of John Third,® Single Foot Fourth — Favorite Quatrain Is Unplaced — Race Run in Heavy Rainstorm — Sande Receives Great Ovation CHURCHILL DOWNS, LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 16.— Gifford A. Cochrans Flying Ebony, under a perfect ride by Earl Sande, was a sensational winner of the fifty-first running of the historic Kentucky Derby at beautiful Churchill Downs this afternoon. A length and a half back of him, A. A. Kaisers Captain Hal, the pride of the Kentuckians, and ridden by J. Heupel, just saved second place by a nose from D. W. Scotts Son of John, another Kentucky starter, ridden by Clarence Turner and J. E. Griffiths Single Foot, from Maryland and ridden by Albert Johnson, was fourth, ahead of Step Along, a stablemate of Son of John. Twenty starters went to the post and Flying Ebony was one of the ten grouped in the field. After the finish there was a wildly enthusiastic demonstration that continued until long after the jockeys had passed the scales. And there was as much, and probably more, of the I enthusiastic acclaim for Sande, who rode the winner, as for the colt himself. QQK"| A FIFTH RACE— 1 1-4 Miles.. May 21. 1921— 2:03Vi— 7— 106. Fifty-First Runnins Ol/Oll KENTUCKY DERBY. S50.000 Added and Gold Trophy. 3-yoar-oldi. Weight-for-Age. Net value to winner 252,950; second, ,030, third, 53 000; fourth, J1.000. Index Horses WlrTH M % 1 Str Fin Jockeys Owners Euuiv. Odiki Stri 88964 IIUM EBO.NYwi 128 6 4 11 21 2 Ik 11 E Sande O A Cochran J315-100 89331 CAPTAIN HAL w 126 11 I 21 l»| 1" 21 2» J Heupel A A Kaiser 560-100 89331 SON OF JOHN w 126 12 8 3s 33 3» 3 3« C Turner D W Scott U64O-100 89S04 SINGLE FOOT w 1» ! 1 5 il 41 41 4 A Johnson J E Griffith 30LJ-100 89399 "STEP ALONG wsb 126 3 7 61 6» 6» 5 5» E Pool F M Grabner t 89304 SWOPS wb 126 4 9 8" 7» 7l 6 6« E Legere H C Fisher . t 89399 PIE OP ffRBOXui 126 14 15 3* 101 81 7 71 A Schuger Lexington Stable Jt 89399 NKPJt LE CVS wb 126 2 3 4» 41 91 9 8" C Ponce W Zelgler Jr t 89S99IKTKY CAKDILw 126 13 10 10 11 10 8 9* M Gamer O V Croissant 750-100 89460-IiON COMPANION* 126 19 16 11 14" Il 10 10» E Ambrse S A Cowan t i 89243-HK DWAY JONES w 126 S 11 125 13 12 12" lis* H Meyer Idle H r Stk Fm Stb 50B5-100 88S22QUATRAIN WB 126 17 13 14 12 14= 13 121 B Brnlng ¥ Johnson 195-100 KMOIALMADKL wb 126 21 17 19 9 13 14" 13« L McDott H P Hoadley 2645-100 , ■ 89304 = UACKBONE w 126 IS IS IS 19 16= 15= 14" L McAtee H P Whitney ttl630-K0 8»S9»SVEEIING AWAYw 126 10 19 13= 18 15 17 151 C Robson Xalapa Farm Stb ,t ■MSI ELECTOR, wb 126 7 B 2J 21 20 19116= J l M ney La Brae Stable t K9S80ITHE BAT wb 126 1 6 15 15" 17 16 17i I Parke H P Whitney ft 89426LEE O. COTNERwb 126 15 12 7 81 51 11« 18 W Fronk R W Collins t 89304 VOLTAIC w 126 1C 14 161 16 18 IS 19=» F Colletti R L Gerry 16O75-10O 89134 CHIEF INCAS w 126 5 2 17 17 19 20 20 W McClry A A Bu» h t tMutuel field. JCouplcd a* I . W. Scott and K. M. lirabuer entry; Lexington Stable and Xalapa Parm Stable entry; ttH. P. Whitney entry. Time. 23%. *7%. 1:12%. 139%. 2:07%. Track sloppy. mutuels paid Flying Elton.v. field. KS.J0 straight, 23.80 place, .80 show; Captain Hal. .50 pace. .40 show; I. W. Scott and P*. M. iirabner entry. .50 show. Equivalent book.ng odds— Flj ■ ns p:bony. field. 315 to 100 straight, 10 to 100 place. 40 to 100 show; Captain Hul. 175 to ICO place, 120 to 100 show; D. V. Scott and P. M. Grabner entry, 175 to I00 show. Winner — Blk. c, by The Pinn — Princess Mary, by Hessian trained by W. B. Duke; bred by Mr John E Madden. Went to post at 4:32. At post 4 minutes. Start good and slow. Won easily; second and third driving. PLYIM; EBONY, well r:dden and away forwardly, set the early pace, then fotlowed CAITAIN HAL closely and. after a sharp drive through the stretch, outstayed the latter and won going away. The latter showed fine speed and r.-iccil into a good lead, but tired slightly and ap|»eared to have suffered from some interference when FLYING EBONY" came over in the last eighth. SON OP JOHN ra-cd prominently all the way and was in close quarters Ihn ugh the last eighth. SINGLp; FOOT rand well allthe way. STUB ALONG tiowd a con-s derahe gap. SWOPK raced well. JLATUAIN began slowly and was far back all the way. AI.MADEL was always outrun. KENTUCKY CARDINAL was always beaten. NEEDLE GUN ran fairly well Scratched i89404IItcmindcr, 120; 80304 Chantey, 126; 89330 Reputation, 120; 80400 King Nadi. 120; 80372 Elsass. 120 Flying Ebony had never been taken really seriously in prognostications of the result, but he was ridden in masterly fashion and never has Sande received more boisterous enthusiastic applause. Just before the running of the Derby there came a sharp shower of rain and the horses paraded to the post during a downpour. At the time thousands were in the infield and crowded on the unsheltered i lawns and while many scrambled to shelter, many more braved the storm rather than miss a vantage point to see the running. The rain ceased while the race was run but came again, accompanied by hail, when the horses returned to the stand. There was only a short delay at the post and the start was a good one, with the twenty in the field charging down the stretch closely lapped. The Bat was on the inside and Parke was driving him sharply I in a vain effort to take the lead. The Bat was in a position where to Continued on sixteenth page. - ■ J FLYING EBONY WINNER Continued from first pnce. be shut off might mean disaster and it was and savage fight that Parke put up to hold a front position but The Pat did not have it in him and as he dropped back Sande took command with Flying Kbony. But Captain Hal was right after him and for an instant Needle Gun showed Tight after the leaders Blightly in advance of Single Foot and Son of John. Around the first turn and into the back stretch, Flying Kbony continued to show the way, but hardly straightened for the run down the back stretch than Captain Hal drew away from him and opened up a lead of a couple of lengths. But Sande held his position with the Cochran colt though Heupel, after taking the command with Captain Hal crossed to the rail and his mount was going so easily that many "already hailed him as the winner. Single Foot and Son of John followed the leaders and the others were more or less strung out with scant chance of catching the flying leaders. It was not until after leaving the back stretch that Sande moved again with Flying Kbony and this time he came outside of Captain Hal. "When the stretch turn was reached he was lapped on the Kentuckian and there Heupel went out with Captain Hal carrying the Cochran colt slightly wide. This gave Son of John his oportunity and Clarence Turner drove him up with a rush next to the inside rail. For just an instant he threatened to come through, but Sande was hard at work on Flying Kbony and though he was bumped badly by Captain Hal when the Black Toney colt, continued to bear out, he finally worked his way clear. Flying Kbony was plainly a tired colt, but Sande would not be denied and fairly lifting his mount along in the closing strides he shot him away to be home the winner by a length and a half. SOX OF J0H3V CLOSE IP. In the meantime Son of John, after having saved all the ground at the head of the stretch, was right with the Kaiser colt and he was just one stride of being second when he was nosed out for that part of the purse. Four lengths further away Single Foot beat the others and they trailed along with both Voltaic and Chief Uncas pulling up many lengths back of the field. The big disappointment of the contest was Frederick Johnsons Quatrain. There was no time that he reached a contending position and he cut absolutely no figure in the race. One excuse that could be offered was that he was in close quarters, but it did not really excuse his ordinary performance. In the parade before the race he looked a bit poor and drawn and his showing was not one to intimate that he is worthy of the high esteem in which he was held before the running. The Whitney pair of The Bat and Backbone cut no figure and as a plain matter of fact, the first four were really the only ones of the big company that were in the contest. There never was a Kentucky Derby that brought about more enthusiasm, but at the same time there have been few runnings of the famous old classic in which there was a like lack of of quality in the field. Following the running there came the presentation of the handsome piece of plate to Mr. Cochran. The presentation was made by Senator Johnson N. Camden in the stewards stand and Mr. Cochran made a graceful speech of acceptance. Thus the Cochran silks have triumphed in the first three-year-old classics of the year when Coventry was winner of the Preakness on May S, and now Flying Kbony, formerly i nly rated a sprinter, was brought home winner in the Kentucky Derby, thanks largely to the masterly skill of Earl Sande. OAPTAIX HAL DAXGKItOFS. Captain Hal, with jockey Heupel up, proved a worthy foe to conquer and it made the victory all the more glorious for Americas premier jockey. Earl Sande, who, failing in the efforts he made to persuade jockey Benny Breuning to let him ride Quatrain, declared he still might be a factor in the race on Flying Ebony. His judgment of horseflesh proved keen, as far as Flying Ebony was concerned. Though he. like all the rest of us, no doubt, overrated Quatrain. In justice to Quatrain, it must be said he had much bad luck, was off poorly, was compelled to run in the wettest part of the track next the rail, while Breuning made a desperate effort and strove valiantly to get him through pocket after pocket and, after forcing his way through several jams, and rushing up to sixth place. Quatrain found the effort too much and the last half mile of the race found the winter champion tiring badly. "1 expected to hear from Quatrain," said jockey Sande after the race, "but I waited in vain. When Captain Hal and Flying Kbony jumped off Into the lead. I took back after the first quarter and decided to let Captain Hal do a little running. "I knew Flying Ebony was a game colt and I wanted to have something left in the stretch— not only to overcome Captain Hal, but also to fight off the expected rush of Quatrain. "Sure. Im glad I won, but I cannot help but confess that before the race I thought Quatrain the best horse." CROWD ARRIVES EARLY. The gates were thrown open at 7 :30 oclock and even at that parly hour there was a goodly crowd waiting In line. Naturally they were those without any reservations, and they were determined to be early on hand to find points of vantage. From that early hour, there was a steady stream of the holiday makers, until at 10 oclock thousands were on hand. Many of them took up a position on the outer rail, and benches and chairs were carried down there by them until within an hour afterwards, this crowd extended from the top of the stretch to the judges stand. Then followed those who had provided themselves with clubhouse badges, and they too had benches and chairs carried down to the rail, until there were rows of them, that extended half way across the lawn and down as far as the lower turn. In the meantime, the stands themselves were filling up while not a few of the box holders also put In an appearance. Hundreds of these early arrivals brought along luncheons with them and they were content to wait patiently for the Derby. It was the lure of the race. Thousands of these wero on hand merely for the specUi le. They had no Intention and no desire to back their choice for the big classic, but each had his choice, und there was no wager that could make them more wildly partisan. There was uoino consternation along the lawns when it became known, about 12:30, that Chantey, from the Greentree Sable, had been withdrawn for the reason that he had been coughing. To most of the adherents of the Whitney — Greentree Stable. Chantey was the chosen "dependence and his withdrawal was looked upon as a calamity. Shortly thereafter Reminder, another Whitney hope was declared. Long, long before the horses were called to the post for the opening race, it seemed impossible to crowd any more into the course, but still they came in perfect streams and they continued to crowd in right through the afternoon until the running of the big race. With the running of the Derby, the exodus began, but it was after dark before that great multitude had left the course. It was the end of a wonderful day and a day that will remain a cherished memory. One more Kentucky Derby had gone into history. There have been better runnings of the great classic, in the matter of class of horses engaged, but never was there a Derby that evoked more enthusiasm and nver one that brought together such a tremendous and such a notable assemblage. The Debutante Stakes, in which seventeen juvenile fillies went to the post, resulted in victory for Kpsomite, carrying the colors of the International Stable, with Belle pressing her sharply at the end and with every prospect of reversing the finish with her at a longer distance. Panola, a stable companion of Epsomite, finished in third p4are. getting up in the last stride to overhaul Indianapolis. The start found the youngsters in a jam with Mary Kinkead, ridden by M. Garner, , caught in the crowding and causing Garner | to be brushed off. Blabbermouth, carrying the E. R. Bradley colors, was given much attention in the race but after running forward-ly for the first three-eighths, she suddenly 1 begun giving way. The winners net por-I tion of the stake amounted to |S,040. The opener brought to the post eleven j good sprinters and it resulted in victory for Dominique, ridden by E. Sande. The horse, under good handling, raced as if best and won well under restraint from Tangara, which came with a determined rush in the stretch. Shark, another to show good form, landed In third place. Pindar Peel was taken completely out of the race in the first quarter and, after following far back in last place, closed an immense gap and finished going faster than the others.
