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RACE WORTH WINNING American Derby May Pay St cessful Horse 54225 Several Candidates Under Colors ColorsToday Today Interest in Great Race RaceReflected Reflected in Reservations HOMEWOOD 111 June 5 The coveted American Derby coming up for annual run ¬ ning at Washington Park on Saturday June 14 will with a starting field of twenty have a gross value of 64225 an amount establish ¬ ing the important fixture as one of the rich ¬ est of the year and more valuable than either the Preakness Stakes or Kentucky Derby Of this considerable sum 50000 is added by the Washington Park Jockey Club and the winner in the field of twenty would come in for 51225 together with a handsome sterling silver ship of exquisite workman ¬ ship and valued at 1500 To the owner of the horse finishing second at the end of the gruelling one and onequarter miles 6000 will be the award while the third horse takes down 3000 and 1000 is provided as fourth money moneyThat That the American Derby may carry a greater monetary value than other of its rival fixtures for threeyearolds is a mark of the importance of the Washington Park race When nominations for the race were closed on March 3 last 169 threeyearolds including without exception all the outstanding per ¬ formers in the juvenile racing of the previ ¬ ous year were named each at the nominal subscription cost of 25 This large entry list exceeding by eighteen the nominations for the Kentucky Derby added 4225 to the 50000 provided by the Washington Park Jockey Club and the additional 10000 will accrue from the likely twenty starting fees of 500 each With more than twenty start ¬ ers the gross value will be increased by 500 for each above that number numberWEIGHT WEIGHT ALLOWANCES ALLOWANCESUnder Under American Derby conditions the less successful candidates during the racing of the current season will receive weight al ¬ lowances from the big prize winners seeking honors in the impending classic Gallant Fox winner of the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby and Whichone successful in the Withers Stakes each will be required to carry top weight of 126 pounds while Gallant Knight victor in the Fairmount Derby and Michigan Boy Louisiana Derby winner get in with 121 pounds each Except ¬ ing only the maidens Broadway Limited and Bezonian the other colts and geldings going to the post for the race will pack 118 pounds each Broadway Limited and Bezonian if maidens entering the Washington Park race will carry but 114 pounds each Of the four fillies among the probable starters Snow flake and Alcibiades carry 116 pounds each while Galaday and Thistle Ann get in with imposts of three pounds less lessThe The group of colts and geldings to carry 118 pounds includes Reveille Boy Sydney Caruso Ned O Prose and Poetry Prince Atheling Plucky Play Tannery Swinfield Goneaway Buckeye Poet Breezing Thru Busy and Playtime PlaytimeProse Prose and Poetry Prince Atheling and Plucky Play yet to encounter the real giants of their age have through recent racing and private trials commanded no little regard in American discussion On Tuesday Prose and Poetry son of Omar Khayyam the only imported horse to account for the Kentucky Derby looked good as he worked a mile over the Washington Park track in 1 43 handily and twentyfour hours later Pince Atheling won additional admirers when he traversed the Derby route of one and onequarter miles m 208 nicely in hand In competition Uednesday afternoon Plucky Play lost but to the older Martie Flynn and Canaan by inches and in near track record time and thus attracted wider attention as a Derby prospect prospectDERBY DERBY CANDIDATES RACE RACEFriday Friday afternoon at Washington Park a trio of the Derby hopefuls made up of Prose and Poetry Tannery and Ned O together with Ellice Royal Panoply and Richard Mc ¬ Donnell compare ability over seven furlongs in the Wacker Drive Purse adding much importance to the days racing Prose and Poetry is to carry 114 pounds while Ned O arid Tannery are under imposts of 111 pounds each This Derby preliminary is to be fol ¬ lowed by one and perhaps two similar tests so arranged as to aid trainers in fully pre ¬ paring and qualifying their hopefuls for the great fixture fixtureNed Ned O had his final preparation for Fri ¬ days race when he breezed fiveeighths in 106 Thursday and is reported in top fettle for his first effort since the Fairmount Derby Prose and Poetry will be making his first appearance since the Churchill Downs meeting where he accounted for his only two starts and Tannery has been away from colors since the Kentucky Derby in which he Continued on twentysecond page RACE WORTH WINNING Continued from first page failed after ing installed second choice to the victorious Gallant Fox FoxBroadway Broadway Limited the Man o War colt flashed keen speed on the Homewood track Thursday when he ran fiveeighths in 1 01 While under pressure the move marked a good one for the Three Ds Farm colt and inspired a feeling among his camp followers that he may yet measure up to early expecta ¬ tions Wide interest in the American Derby is re ¬ flected in the big demand for reservations for the day of its decision and the track man ¬ agement is satisfied that under favorable conditions the occasion will find the course taxed with the largest crowd in its history and one of the greatest in the record of the sport
