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WHISKERY WINNER OF THE DERBY Second Triumph for H P Whitney in Americas Greatest Race J E Wideners Osmand and E B McLeans Jock JockFinish Finish Second and Third Respectively J N Camdens Hydromel Fourth CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 14 14Whiskery Whiskery in a gamely fought finish with Osmand was winner of the fifty third Derby for Harry Payne Whitney his breeder A length and a half back of Osmand came Edward B McLeans Jock and then in close order finished Johnson N Camdens Hydromel and Bostonian a stablemate of Whiskery and winner of the Preakness of last Monday at the Pimlico course The mile and a quarter was run in 206 over a course that was not at its best and the prize was worth 57000 to the winner in addition to a handsome trophy Pony McAtee who severed his connections with the Whitney Stable last year had the mount on the winner and never did he ride in better fashion fashionThe The most tremendous crowd that ever gathered at old Churchill Downs gave the winner riotous acclaim and it was a clean sweep for the East all three posi ¬ tions being filled by the invaders invadersDuring During a short delay at the barrier Hydromel broke through but was promptly stopped by W Garner and when the barrier arose it was to a good start though there was a bit of crowding just after the start as Sande came over slightly with Osmand which had jumped into the command Chick Lang sent Jock right after him and in the first eighth the McLean colt had taken command and was rapidly drawing into a long lead It was the evident intention to try and steal away from the field until he was able to make every post a winning one and as a result the pace was exceedingly fast when he went to the quarter in 23 and the half in 47i5 When Sande realized the intent of Lang with Jock he wisely eased Osmand back and while in second place he was soon five lengths back of the McLean hope and a scant length before Scapa Flow while Rolled Stocking and Whiskery followed in fairly close order orderBack Back of these in a close bunch came Hydromel Royal Julian and Black Panther and they had Bostonian badly bottled up going around the turn out of the stretch Buddy Bauer and Kiev were further back and the others trailed along with Rip Rap Fred Jr and Bewithus far from the pace paceThis This time McAtee was moving with Whiskery but Sande anticipated the move and he eased his hold on Osmand with the result that the Whitney colt did not go to him as was expected In fact Osmand drew out from him and at the same time cut down the lead of Jock Scapa Flow was right after Whiskery and he also seemed to be racing strongly while Royal Julian Rolled Stocking and Hydro ¬ mel continued to keep Bostonian well bottled up back of them themAt At the head of the stretch Osmand had drawn up on Jock and in a dozen strides he had the pacemaker beaten but Whiskery had matched his move and a furlong out the three were closely lapped lappedIt It was confidently expected that Osmand would crack but it was not until right at the end that Whiskery dropped his head down in front The final duel had taken the two cf them cut a length and a half before Jock but he had saved third from Hydromel by a length and Bostonian after all his early misfortune was just a head further away Continued on seviiitwntli i i o WHISKERYTHE WINNER Continued from first page After Penthorn was home winner of the Orchard Hall Farm Purse for twoyearolds in a close finish with Edward B McLeans Toro the pacemaker there was a general move for a spot from which to obtain a good view of the Derby Others eagerly awaited a glimpse of the warmingup gallops and there was a tenseness as the big hour ap ¬ proached There had come no more rain and the skies had cleared for the running The track had improved after the earlier shower and the going was not of a character to be considered much of a handicap to a fast track horse or slow enough to be of any material help to a mudder mudderThe The Bradley pair Bewithus and Buddy Bauer were led to the paddock early while most of the others cantered over under saddle though there was little breezing by any of them themFred Fred Hopkins accompanied the H P Whit ¬ ney pair Bostonian and Whiskery on the stable pony ponyKiev Kiev and Osmand were also accompanied by a pony and they jogged slowly from the back stretch to the paddock paddockRip Rip Rap was brought around the wrong way of the track at a slow canter and Black Panther after a slow jog was permitted to step along for a sixteenth at half speed Fred Jr next appeared and the others of the company one after another put in an appearance appearanceAll All fifteen looked fit and ready for the question Each one came in for interested inspection from the big crowd that lined the rails Then the paddock enclosure attracted others all eager for a glimpse at the com ¬ pany that soon would strive for the great classic classicThis This morning before the gates were opened at S oclock there were crowds waiting patiently for admittance They were those to whom the Derby is a duty the most pleasant duty of all the year They are the sportsmen after all that are the backbone of racing They are the ones who can ill afford to pay for a box seat and cannot find a point of vantage to see unless they are there ahead of the other fellows And these same sportsmen know more of the horses of the Derby history than can be gathered in the clubhouse enclosure enclosureEverybody Everybody tliat is anybody on the turf seemed to be gathered at beautiful Churchill Downs long before the running of the first race and with such a brilliant assemblage it does not seem possible that the greatest of all sports could ever have an enemy enemyStands Stands infield and even the back stretch had its eager thousands for the occasion Cars were parked for miles about the grounds and no possible estimate could be made of that immense gathering gatheringAs As the post time drew near for the running of the Derby it became more and more ap ¬ parent that each starter in the field would not want for ardent rooters during the run ¬ ning Not a one of the lot but had a loyal following and what was generally conceded to be a Whitney victory on the eve of the Cunning became a debatable question Sev ¬ eral of the candidates developed unexpected strength and from the various camps there was a rare confidence of victory expressed expressedThe The sport began with a success for J W Bells Lucky Drift which outstayed Picca ¬ dilly in a long hard drive Muldoon outran nine others to finish third after racing far back in the early stages The winner was in close pursuit of Piccadilly as the latter set the pace for the first fiveeighths but thereafter G Johnson had the winner slightly In advance of Piccadilly and she lasted to win by a neck Piccadilly galloped the first half mile of the threequarters in 46 the back stretch being nearly fast but the pace slackened when the stretch was reached as this section of the course was still in a slow condition conditionO O Terrell represented by Piccadilly claimed Roycrofter out of the opening race from the Crescent Stable for 4500 4500Republic Republic making his first start carried the colors of Polk Laffoon chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission to their first victory of the Kentucky season over nine other maiden twoyearolds that opposed the son of Busy American and Sherry in the second race The youngsters raced over four and a half furlongs and it was decided dur ¬ ing a light shower which stopped in a few moments Republic displayed high speed in racing into a lead of six lengths in the first quarter and while Misstep gained by a fast finish Republic finished under restraint and with almost two lengths to spare over Mis ¬ step The latter was followed home by Hawkshaw
