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Kentucky Derby Aftermath Gallant Fox Carries Spoils of His Victory to the East Withers and Belmont Stakes His Next Objectives Gallant Knight and Ned O to Start Startin in Fairmount Derby LOUISVILLE Ky May 19 Gallant Fox Williams Woodwards sterling three yearold and winner of the fiftysixth Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs last Saturday left this morning in charge of George Tappen and accompanied hy Wrattler and a pony for Aqueduct When the crack son of Sir Gallahad III and his companion filed out of the Downs where thirtysix hours before he had carried off the coveted Derby honors another of the teeming showers which following in the wake of the deluge which sent the Derby crowd to shelter was in full force forceRain Rain was the order at frequent intervals from Saturday afternoon until only a short time before racing hours today and the wet weather retarded numerous Derby visitors in an attempt to start on the homeward trails Those who found the elements against them comprised chiefly a goodly number of the many hundreds who motored to this city for the Derby DerbyGallant Gallant Fox came in for a full measure of praise in the aftermath and almost to a man the hundreds of horsemen experts and critics who witnessed his Derby performance were unanimous in the opinion that the sturdy invader is by a vide margin king of those of his age which have been seen in compe ¬ tition this year yearNone None the worse for his Derby effort the Woodward colt will upon arrival at Aque ¬ duct be made ready for impending renewals of the Withers and Belmont Stakes coveted Belmont Park fixtures scheduled for May 31 and June 7 respectively respectivelyFollowing Following the Belmont Stakes it is under ¬ stood that Gallant Fox will again invade the West for the annual running of the 50 000 added American Derby at AVashington Park ParkIn In another car attached to that occupied by the Woodward horse William Ziegler Jrs Gone Away T M Cassidys Crack Bri ¬ gade fourth and fifth respectively in Satur ¬ days race are returning East They will be unloaded at Belmont Park Aside from a trace of soreness Crack Brigade came out of the Derby in satisfactory condition and Gone Away left here unmarked unmarkedAs As the eastern trio moved out for home grounds B B Jones Gallant Knight which finished second in the Derby and G W Fore ¬ mans Ned O which took down third honors together with W H Hoffman Jrs Longus sixth to reach the finish of the testing Derby Continued on twentyfourth page AFTERMATH OF THE DERBY Continued from first pase one mile and a quarter and J N Camdens Sydney were prepared for shipment to Fair mount Park where on Saturday they meet in the Fairmount Derby DerbyGallant Gallant Knight is to be accompanied to the Illinois track by twelve other of the Jones horses trainer Kay Spence leaving only Easter Stockings a scheduled starter in Saturdays renewal of the 10000 Grainger Memorial Handicap behind Following the Grainger she too goes to Fairmount where the stable will campaign until time to go to Latonia LatoniaGallant Gallant Knight will of course accept for the American Derby on June 14 and not un ¬ likely Ned O Sydney and Longus will be at Washington Park for that important fixture fixtureSydney Sydney goes to Fairmount in charge of Howard Stearns assistant to trainer D E Stewart and Johnny Parmalee will ride the gelding in Saturdays race From Fairmount Sydney and Ned O go to Washington Park to where Stewart is shipping the others of the Camden string from here hereWhile While here Easter Stockings will bo In charge of A Dunne and jockey E Shropshire has been engaged to ride her Herman Schutte the stable rider being of like service for Gallant Knight in the Fairmount Derby DerbyBuckeye Buckeye Poet and Breezing Thru which failed in their attempt to garner a third Ken ¬ tucky Derby for E R Bradley got away early Sunday morning for Belmont Park where twentythree other of the Bradley horses were shipped from Idle Hour Farm a week ago Not unlikely both colts will be at Washington Park for the American Derby DerbyJockey Jockey J Smith is leaving for Washington Park to report to William Hurley who has more than a score of the Bradley horses at that track while Earl Sande who scored his third Derby triumph astride Gallant Fox and thus equalled the feat of Isaac Murphy negro jockey of two score years ago Mack Garner and George Ellis lost no time getting away for Belmont Park Saturday evening eveningEddie Eddie Lcgere with the eastern division of the Bradley stable left Sunday for New York YorkAlthough Although Luther Stivers Uncle Luther was reported as quite sore following his Derby race W L Waggoners Kilkerry was the real casualty of the race He suffered a severe rupture of the suspensory ligaments of the right knee and will be out of competition for a long time The knee which cracked during Saturdays race gave way under pressure resultant from the colts favoring his unsound left foreleg which greatly inter ¬ fered with his preparations for the race
