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? t j Twenty Years of Future Books on KENTUCKY DERBY and the Results 1921 i Tryster was the future book favorite for the 1921 Kentucky Derby, but he failed to get a place, Behave Yourself, under the guidance of the inexperienced C. Thompson, ruined Edward R. Bradleys great prospective coup by beating his stablemate, Black Servant, considered the strongest of the Bradley contenders. Prudery took third place and Tryster fourth. The Bradley pair opened at 40 to 1 and paid almost 9 to 1 in the mutuels. The Whitney entry of Prudery and Tryster commanded the most play in the "iron men" and skidded downward until they would have paid only 110 to 100. Leonardo II. and Bon Homme, carrying the Xalapa Farm Stable silks of Edward F. Simms, were second choice to the Whitney entry. Bradley stood to win hundreds of thousands of dollars on Black Servant if he won the Derby, but Thompson, young and excitable, forgot everything in the heat of battle and when challenged in the stretch drive by Black Servant, drove his mount, Behave Yourself, to his utmost and finished in front. The details, both betting and finish, of the 1921 Derby are shown in the following tabulation: March April Finish of Derby 19 9 Starting Odds Odds Odds Behave Yourself 40 30 t$ 8.65 to 1 Black Servant 40 40 8.65 to 1 Prudery 12 15 J1.10 to 1 Tryster 5 3 J1.10 to 1 Careful 50 50 13.G0 to 1 Coyne 100 100 11.20 to 1 Leonardo II 10 10 4.30 to 1 Uncle Velo 100 100 65.30 to 1 Bon Homme 30 25 4.30 tb 1 planet 100 100 81.30 to 1 Star Voter 25 25 3.55 to 1 Muskallonge 50 50 96.25 to 1 Horses listed according to finish of race. fE. K. Bradley entry. JH. P. Whitney entry. Xalapa Farm Stable entry.
