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REAPING REWARD WINS Sickle Colt First in Fifty-Fifth Latonia Derby Renewal. Eagle Pass Second and Flying Scot Third Race Worth $ 12, 8 00 to Chicago Owner. LATONIA, Ky.; June 12.-3:n as game a performance as a thoroughbred ever gave, Reaping Reward, a three-year-old in the Chicago-owned Milky "Way Farm, maintained by- Mrs. Ethel V. Mars, scored a tremendously popular victory over ten others of his age in the fifty-fifth running of tha 5,000 added Latonia Derby before a crowd of more than 18,000 at Latonia this afternoon. Literally running on but three legs while covering the final quarter of the ten-furlong contest, which was as hard fought as any in the history of the race, Reaping Reward registered the stables first victory in the , history of the old fixture by a half length over Emerson F. Woodwards Eagle Pass, but Reaping Reward had painfully injured himself after a shoe cracked as the final quarter was reached. He fairly limped past the line of finish. Taking third honors a neck farther back, John Hay Whitneys Flying Scot defeated Over the Top, representing the stable of Mrs. William H. Furst, daughter of the owner of the winner, and then followed in order Dellor, Heelfly, Military, stablemate of the winner; Woodberry, Josh, Sunset Trail XL and Chigre. DOUBLE FOR MRS. MARS. Reaping Reward was completing a double for the colors of his fair owner, the stables younger Well Rewarded, having scored in the Princess Pat Stakes at Washington Park. Oddly, Mr. Woodward, -who employs as a nom de course Valdina Farms, furnished the runner-up and Mr. Whitney the third horse in the Princess Pat in Hermana and Inhale, respectively. In another way, history was repeating itself in the injury of Reaping Reward, for a week ago, War Admiral, champion of the division, was hurt during the process of adding the Belmont Stakes to his sparkling record for the year. However, in the case of Reaping Reward, the accident was more serious and his trainer Robert Mc-Garvey said it may be months before the colt returns to colors. In spite of his condition, Reaping Reward fought his way to the front in a furious stretch battle, during which he doggedly held to a short lead after having wrested the leading position from Flying Scot, little more than a furlong from the wire. He raced the full distance on a track in 2:03. He was a nine to ten choice in the betting. EAGLE PASS GREAT FINISH. From a lazy, sluggish beginning and, after trailing far out of the contention for almost a mile, Eagle Pass came with a great rush and, swiftly moving, up at the finish, would barely have headed the disabled winner in a few more strides. He pushecl his head in front of the faltering Flying Scot within three strides of the wire and was racing a trifle stronger than Over the Top, which gained fast in the .final three-sixteenths. The name of todays Derby winner takes its place on a list that includes those of many of the truly great performers of the last half century. The race, as old as the track itself, was won last year by the "Iron Horse," Rushaway, which performed after being rushed here overnight following a tri- Continued on twenty-second page. REAPING REWARD WINS Continued from first nage. umphant effort in the Illinois Derby at Aurora on the previous day, galloping off with the local fixture to accomplish a feat without counterpart in the modern record of the sport Introduced in 1883, when it was styled the Hindoo Stakes, a name it bore for only four years, the famous fixture also has been won by such other illustrious runners as Toro, Handy Mandy, Gallant Knight, Sir Huon, Olambala, Free Lance, Liberty Loan, Jock, Be Frank, Chilhowee, Pinkola, King Man, Gov. Gray, Dodge, Ornament, Ben Brush, Upset and Bagenbaggage. Its first winner was Leonatus, while Los Angeles and White battled it out. to a dead-heat in the 1888 running, and the 1900 renewal resulted in a walk-over for Lieut. Gibson. From 1883 to 1934, inclusive, it was decided over one mile and one-haif and the American record of 2:28, hung up by the brilliant filly, Handy Mandy, as she captured the old event in 1927, was only recently equalled for the first time by the present three-year-old champion, War Admiral. IDEAL WEATHER. Today, as for each of the past six runnings, ideal weather prevailed and the bright skies and summer-like weather left nothing to be desired. The entry of Mrs. A. L. Taylor of Columbus, Ohio, who recently joined the ranks of owners, finished first and third in the Run-nymede Farm Purse, a five furlongs dash for maiden two-year-olds. Fair showed the way throughput to defeat Clap In by a half length, whjle the winners running companion, Masked. Plane, accounted for third. The. favorite players came into their own with the running of the fourth, also at six furlongs, in which Brilliant Light, a pronounced favorite, came from behind in the stretch to easily account for the purse by two and a half lengths. Tax Payer finished second and Riff was third. A thrilling stretch drive, culminating in a nose finish, kept the spectators on edge for the big event of the afternoon when the F. L. B. Stables Geo. Gable battled Black Buddy all through the final quarter to triumph by a nose, while King Carl was five lengths farther back in third place.
