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Show HIGH BALL WINS THe OB! Fifty Ttousanl 8ace-Goers 8ace-Goers See Contest. For First Tima in History Atmrican Event There Was No Betting. English Lad, the Favorite, Gamo in Fourth Timo Was 2:33 Flat. CHICAGO, Juno 18. Without fooling fool-ing tho touch of whip or spur, and running entirely on his own courage, High Ball, tho three-year-old colt which W. M. Schoftel brought to Chicago from tho East, won tho American derby at Washington Park today. L. B. Dlckeraon's Woodson, ono of tho long shots In tho race, was second, half a length In front of John A. Drako's Rapid Water. English Lad, favorite before be-fore the race, waB fourth, hopelessly beaten, although ho was corning strong at tho end. The tlmo. 2:13, equals tho best tlmo ever mado for thla event. Tho Picket won last year's derby in exactly tho same time. W. M. Scheftel, owner of tho winner, win-ner, Is a Wall street broker, and this Is tho first year ho has figured prominently on the turf. Was Without Bookmakers. For tho llrst tlmo In tho history of tho American derby tho bottlng ring today was without bookmakers. Thero was somo betting, of course, but It was without the knowledge of the 3d) policemen scattered over tho grounds In command of Assistant Assist-ant Chief of Police Schuettlcr. Thero wero policemen everywhere In the stand, In thc paddock, In the betting ring, on the lawn, and In tho field. Private detectives mado up the rest of the army of S00 that wero at tho track to enforce thc law and prevent betting. None, however, was necessary, as there was practically no attempt at-tempt to vlolato tho law. Any bets thnt were made were handled secrety. It was a pencil mark on the cuff or a scrawl on a programme. Usually the betting was transacted by signals. This system, however, how-ever, went only for the big betters. As for tho man of limited means, thero was no chance for him today, and as a result ho saved his money. Great Crowd Present. The absence of betting did not dotract from the race Itself, nor from tho crowd. Spectators, perhaps, wero less numerous than Inst year, when It was estimated that 60,000 persons passed through tho gates. Today about 10,000 or 15.000 less saw tho raco. It was, however, the same riot of color on thc lawns, clubhouse steps and In thc Infield. Tallyhos, drags and other splendid turnouts were there In force, and the cheering wa3 just as lusty at tho finish. Rode Magnificent Race. Tho victory of tho Eastern colt was popular, despite tho many backers who luid pinned their faith In the winter books on English Lad, Moharlb and Bill Cur-Uh. Cur-Uh. Fuller, who had tho mount on tho winner, rodo a magnificent race. High Ball was well within himself all the way and when challenged In tho stretch ho had plenty to fall back upon. Out of tho 190 original nominations for the race sixteen faced the barrier today. Ralnland and Proofreader, two of last night's entries, wero scratched, and Mayor David S. Rose nnd Copper Copperlleld wero scratched. Eleven Minutes at Barrier, Once In the starter's hands, Volncy und High Ball kept the man with tho flag busy, nnd tho Hold was held at the barrier bar-rier eleven minutes. With tho tnpe finally released. Proceeds shot to tho front and remained there for a quarter of the Journey. The start was good, but 111 luck befell some of thc horsas before half a furlong had been traversed. English Lnd got In a pocket and was compelled to pull up. In doing so the favorite fell to his knees, only to recover his strldo and to be bumped ayraln. In this Jam Bill Curtis was badly cut down, and his owner after tho raco said that ho might never raco again. Fort Hunter, the Canadian colt, was blamed for the Interference. This colt had a hard journey a'.so, getting get-ting Into a pocket, then working free and leading for a short time, Thcso quick changes settled any chance he might havo had to win tho nice. Proceeds Falls Back, Proceeds retained the lead until opposite the clubhouse, where he commenced to fall back. All this time Fuller, on High Ball, had rated his mount about two lengths behind, but always within call of the leader. lead-er. Rapid Water, Running easily, hung on In third placo until the sixth furlong had been passed. English I-id, after getting get-ting off sixth, soon fell back Jo thirteenth placo, and remained there for more than two furlongs. Dominlck gradually worked the favorite through the Held In front of him, only to find himself cut off again. Moharlb, next to English Lad, the most heavily-backed horse in the race, was less Interfered with. Jockey Shaw, who had the mount on Moharlb, avoided the crush arounu the turns and was third Into tho streetch but tho paco was too fast for ""I him when tho finish came. Thc same applies ap-plies to Fort Hunter. High Ball Moves Up. In the meantime Proceeds had set tho field a merry race, with High Ball nnd Rapid Water In attendance. On tho back stretch Proceeds faded awav to nothing, whllo High Ball moved up and look command. com-mand. The remainder of the field had no chance, and were strung out for an eighth of a mile. Moharlb hung on gamely. Rapid water for an instant fell back, but came again and headed Woodson. Thc latter came with a fine burst of Bpeed at thc closo and finished half a length In front of Rapid Water. English Lad. who had found clear sailing at last, started after the loaders, with Dominlck working with might and main. High BrII First. In tho meantime Fuller, on High Ball, skinned the rail, followed by Woodson. Fuller had High Ball well In hand, and a sixteenth from thc wire had the fleld thoroughly beaten. Woodson and Rapid Water were under whip and spur, but High Ball kept In front and swept under thc wire a winner by a length and a half. Woodson was half a length in front of Rapid Water, tho latter being three-quarters three-quarters of a length ahead of English Lnd. MonnrJb was a distant tlfth. Tho remainder of tho Hold was badly strung out. .3 Gross Value of Race. The rnco hud a gross value of $31,675. of which $26,575 went to the winner. Ill?h Ball's owner was said to be a heavy winner win-ner outFldo of the value of thc stal'.e. t John A. Drake was credited with winning JIS.000 on Rapid Water to tlnl;h in third place. An offer for a match betweon English Eng-lish Lad and High Ball was declined by-Mr. by-Mr. Scheftel as he will ship his stable back to thc East next Monday. Summary: First race, ono mile Bad News won, Fred Leppert second, Wilful third. Time, 1:40 2-5. Second raco. six furlongs Floral King won. Cllflon Forge second. Skilful third Time. 1:13 2-5. Third race, the American derby, J2o,0 0 added, ono mile nnd a half High Ball. 12a (Fullfr), won;. Woodson. 122 (Henry), second; sec-ond; Rapid Water, 122 (Lyne). third. Time, H 2:33. English Lad, Moharlb, Fort Hunter, (f , 1 Brand New, Copper, Proceeds, Bill Cur- ;r n I tls. Gus Straus. Volney, Morry Pioneer, j , 'H Elwood, Mayor David S. Roso and Cop- t , pcrtleld also ran. ijh fH Fourth race, oewn and a half furlongs Jrti H Harfang won. Durbar second, Lanark t Bs 'iH third. Time, 1:37. Ha Fifth race, four und a half Snrlongs ? nflvH Luzarion won, Florentlno second. Flax- ' M'UH man third. Time, 4. !' PitPH i Sixth race, seven and a half furlongs 1 1 M fH Almn Dufour won, Jerry Lynch second Psj 'H Federal third. Time, 1:3. LTg |