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F HOPKINS WHISKERY RETURNS TO NEW YORK Winner of Kentucky Derby Reaches Jamaica Safely Congratu ¬ lations for Trainer Hopkins and Jockey L McAtee NEW YORK N Yf May 16 The conquering heroes have returned from Louisville Whiskery the Kentucky Derby winner his stablemate Bostonian trainer Fred Hopkins and jockey L McAtee who rode Whiskery to his great victory Saturday all arrived safely safelyTrainer Trainer Fred Hopkins and jockey Linus McAtee were the centers of thousands of enthusiastic friends Mon ¬ day afternoon at Jamaica The two young men were showered with con ¬ gratulations for they are popular and the Derby victory of the combination comprising Whiskery Hopkins and McAtee was impressive impressiveHopkins Hopkins admits he went to Louisville with lots of confidence that was con ¬ siderably strengthened when McAtee was secured to do the riding Freddy took a chance in the winter books when Whiskery was not being considered seriously seriouslyMcAtee McAtee was gratified over the fact that Whiskery a horse that he rode often last year and had grown to like was his first winning mount in the Kentucky Derby There is a close friendship be ¬ tween Hopkins and McAtee and it looked good to lots of those who witnessed the race to see McAtee wearing the light blue jacket in which he was so success ¬ ful last year yearMcAtee McAtee is high in praise of Whiskerys performance and the rider says the colt is just beginning to be at his best form and is ready to go on to greater victories victoriesWhiskery Whiskery and Bostonian are quartered at Jamaica and in the Harry Payne Whitney barn yesterday they looked fit and contented Neither of them shows any ill effect from the race and they are ready right now to keep on racing
