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- - - - , . Kentucky Derbys of Past-Charts and Future Books ; 1925 Kentucky Derby enthusiasts were out for more bookmakers "blood" in the spring of 1925, but bookmakers, especially those who made "futures" on the Kentucky Derby, were hard to find. The players were avid for odds, but Black Golds triumph of the preceding year had wiped future layers off the map. Tom Kearney, veteran St. Louis layer, was still paying off bets on Black Gold, but he was in the market for more punishment and was the only layer quoting odds. He quoted them at very long intervals, hence the absence of fluctuating prices. Quatrain, another "winter" star like Black Gold, opened in the futures as the favorite at 6 to 1. He was a fair horse, not as good as Black Gold, but the players seemed to think that winter-prepared horses that could win the Derby should come in pairs, hence Quatrain attracted the most backing. Single Foot, a crack from the East, shared second-choice honors with Captain Hal, probably the best horse of the trio mentioned. Kentucky Cardinal was 15 to 1 and Flying Ebony, the ultimate winner, was 40 to 1. Flying Ebony caught a somewhat ordinary field competing in the Derby and proved to be Earl Sandes second victorious mount in the great Louisville race. Unfortunately for the fans who backed Sande on all his mounts, Churchill Downs oficials made the G. A. Cochran horse a member of the mutuel field, and when Flying Ebony carried along the weight of money on other field members the .00 mutuel tickets on the winner called for the small sum of .30. By all rights Flying Ebony was at least a 20 to 1 shot to win, but his backers got only 315 to 100. Quatrain remained favorite in the futures and was the post choice also. One of the oddities in connection with Flying Ebony and the Derby was that on Derby Day of the previous year, he won his maiden victory in the second race, Black Gold winning the Derby on the same card. Following is a reproduction of the chart of the 1925 Derby: FIFTH RACE 1 1-4 MILES. Woodtrap, May 21, 1921 2: 03 H 7 106. Fifty-First QQKT-j A Running KENTUCKY DERBY. 50,000 Added and Gold Trophy. 3-year- OZftJ A. 0ias. Weight-for-age. May-16-25-C.D Net vaue t0 winner 2,950; second, ,000; third, ,000; fourth, ,000. Index Horses Eqt A Wt PP St 1 Str Fin Jockeys Owners Equiv. Odds Strt 88964FLYING EBONY wul26 6 4 1 2 23 lh 14 SandeE G A Cochran 315-100 89331 CAPTAIN HAL w 126 11 5 2 14 1 2 2" HeupolJ A A Kaiser 560-100 893312SON OF JOHN w 126 12 8 3l 32 32 32 3 TurnerC D W Scoft 640-100 89304 SINGLE FOOT w 126 3 1 51 5 4 4 41 JohnsonA J E Griffith 3015-100 893992STEP ALONG wsb 126 9 7 6 6h 6and 51 52 PoolE F M Grabner Z 89304 SWOPE vb126 4 9 8 72 7- 6 6" LegereE H C Fisher 89399 PRINCE OF BRBONwb 126 14 15 92 102 81 7 7 SchutgerC Lexington Stable . 89399 NEEDLE GUN vb 126 2 3 4and 4 91- 85 PonceC W Ziegler Jr 89399 KNTKY CARDINALwl26 13 10 101 11 10 8h 9h GarnerM G F Croissant 750-100 894602BOON COMPANION w 126 19 16 ll1 142 ll1 10 10h AmbroseE S A Cowan t 892432BR0ADWAY JONES wl26 8 11 12 131 121 12u link MeyerH Idle .Hour Stock Farm 5085-100 88322 QUATRAIN wb 126 17 13 141 12 142 131 12 BrueningB F Johnson 195-100 893043ALMADEL vb126 20 17 191 9 13 142 134 McDmtL H P Headley 2645,100 893042BACKBONE wl26 18 18 18 19 162 152 142 McAteeL H P Whitney ftl620-100 893993SWEEPING AWAY wl26 10 19 132 18 151 17 15 RobinsonC Xalapa Farm Stable 89425 ELECTOR wb126 7 20 20 20 20 19162 MooneyJD La Brae Stable 89380 THE BAT vb126 1 6 15 15 17 16 17 Parkel H P Whitney if 894262LEE 0. COTNER wb 126 15 12 7 8 5 ll4 185 FronkW R W Collins t 89304 VOLTAIC v 126 16 14 16 16 18 182 192 ColtilettiF R L Gerry 16075-100 89134 CHIEF UNCAS vl26 5 2 17 171-19 20 20. McClearyW A A Busch t fMutuel field. D. W. Scott and F. M. Grabner entry; Lexington Stable and Xalapa Farm Stable entry; tH. P. Whitney entry. Time, :2Z, Al, VA2, 1:39, 2:0m. Track sloppy. 42 MUTUEXS PAIand . , OFFICIAL BOOKING ODDS FLYING EBONY Field $ 8.30 $ 3.80 $ 2.80" 315100 90100 40100 CAPTAIN HAL 5.50 4.40 175100 120100 D. W. SCOTT AND F. M. GRABNER ENTRY 5.50 175100 Winner Blk. c, by The Finn Princess Mary, by Hessian trained by W. B. Duke; bred by Mr. J. E. Madden. WENT TO POST 4:32. AT POST 4 minutes. Start good and slow. Won easily; second and third driving. FLYING EBONY, well ridden and away forwardly, set the early pace, then followed CAPTAIN HAL closely and, after a sharp drive through the stretch, outstayed the latter and won going away. CAPTAIN HAL showed, fine speed and raced into a good lead, but tired slightly and appeared to have suffered from some interference when FLYING EBONY came over in the last eighth. SON OF JOHN raced prominently all the way and was in close quarters through the last eighth. SINGLE FOOT raced well all the way. STEP ALONG closed a considerable gap. SWOPE raced well. QUATRAIN began slowly and was far back all the way. ALMADEL was always outrun. KENTUCKY CARDINAL was alwavs beaten. NEEDLE GUN ran fairly well. Scratched 89404 Reminder, 126; 89304 Chantey, 126; 89330 Reputation, 126; 89460 King Nadi, 126; 89372 Elsass, 126. The Future Book prices with the opening quotations of the race follow: Opening Odds, Opening Odds, Horse. Released Horse. Released March 22 March 22 Flying Ebony 40 Broadway Jones 50 to 200 Captain Hal 12 Quatrain 6 Son of John 50 to 200 Almadel 40 Single Foot 12 Backbone 50 to 200 Step Along 50 to 200 Sweeping Away... 50 to 200 Swope 25 Elector 50 to 200 Prince of Bourbon 50 to 200 The Bat 50 to 200 Needle Gun 40 Lee O. Cotner 25 Kentucky Cardinal 15 Voltaic 50 to 200 Boon Companion 40 Chief Uncas 50 to 200
