Show AN falk WON a la 10 ff I 1 li r K former boss horse horse carries off big bi english prize london june 5 the tammany or boss crokers derby as the 1007 1907 race will henceforth bo be known proved in many ways to bo be a disappointment to the enormous crowd that gathered at E epsom asom downs to witness the sporting event of the year 4 mr ir croker by winning this his historic hestorio torio event with his colt orby in a fine style gained little of the good will of the british BrIt lili racing public but he be has tho the satisfaction of having attained tho the ambition of every sportsman who comes on the british turf and of having baving carried out the determination nhe he made a few days ago when tho the jockey club excluded his horse from new market marrot without assigning any reason of one day winning the derby on the other hand the british public who had wagered a lot of money on the beaten favorite sleeve gallion galison Gali ion and who like to see the blue ribbon carried oft off by a titled or aristocratic sportsman were keenly disappointed the day began badly with torrents of rain which occasioned the first disappointment to the crowd in spite of the absence of queen alexandra however a big circle of f royalty headed by king edward edilard and the prince and princess of wales were present As the morning wore on the weather cleared and the race was run i in sunshine and without the discomfort that Is usually present at the epsom course dust 11 to 1 against orby the crowd was perhaps smaller than in previous years but it had all its well known gaiety and picturesque noss ness and included a largo large gathering of american and irish who showed unbounded enthusiasm at the victory of orby outside of these partisans nobody regarded orby as a likely winner and the betting was never shorter than 6 to 1 the price quoted a few days ago and today it 11 was 11 to 1 against mount mr air croker himself however had been most sanguine concerning the outcome and he had expressed to everybody his complete confidence that his horse would win and this belief was justified by his brilliant victory the time was 2 minutes and 44 seconds thene there was only a lukewarm enthus lasin by the general public but mr croker was as heartily congratulated by many prominent persons boss croker excited mr croker with a party of friends including august belmont delmont watched the race closely but calmly from a box he led loci the rush toward the track when orby came up the in front of the other competitors and he was ready when johnny reiff had brought the winner back to the judges post to lead the horse back and to the paddock where he received the congratulations of hundreds of his friends among the first to offer felicitations citations feli were lord rothschild and sam darling the trainer of gallion but the rush was so great that mr croker was only able to return thanks with smiles his face wag was wreathed in them he remained in the paddock until the last race but the excitement and the anxiety of the crowd to see the winning horse and its owner was so great that he was unable to discuss quietly what he called tho the greatest event of his life until he had settled himself in his automobile to return to ondon london I the proudest t and d happiest man of the immense throng that that had spent the afternoon at epsom downs crokers life ambition attained to a reporter of the associated press mr lar croker said still speaking excitedly yes I 1 have attained the ambition of my life iffe at least the ambition I 1 had since I 1 first took up the sport of racing and the desire I 1 believe or of every owner q f a racing stable on this side of the water as well as of many americans it is a great thing to win derby the most famous race taco in the calendar of the racing world and how proud I 1 am to have accomplished this 1 I have not words to express I 1 am very very ery proud and very very happy especially as orby was bred and raised in my stable I 1 having brought this dam from froni america americ as a filly I 1 cannot say that I 1 felt sure of winning but still I 1 had the greatest confidence in orby and was certain he would give a good account of himself and be among the first group at the aln finish ish he is a grand horse and if all goes well ho he will add ald many laurels laurel s to this the greatest of all racing prizes orby if Is entered for the royal hunt flunt cup as well as the st ledger but I 1 have not had time to decide whether he i is s to run or not I 1 think ho however that ho he will asked what he had given reiff for winning mr croker replied that Is between and me 1 I would like you to say however that the report that I 1 offered mahor maher to ride orby ie to without foundation maher would have ridden tor for mo me if ho he could but he had a previous onga engagement ga and I 1 made hime no offer of any kind when asked by the associated press this afternoon about the new market incident mr oar croker sald 1 dont aay bay anything about it it was forgotten long ago even before he left the track mr fr croker was handed many congratulatory telegrams and there was an avalanche of such ines messages sages awaiting him blin upon his ills arrival in london his ills secretary spread them all out uno unopened bened on a lage square tab table le the cablegrams cable grams from america on one elde side and the ole telegrams from all parts pats of great BrI britann tinn on the other together they more than covered tho the table and hundreds more mote came in during the evening OV ening these messages seemed to please mr crokos greatly great bY for per the moment he became a young man I 1 again and he lie was wits even ejen more excited than his niece mrs bowman who ran around tho the table picking out the messages addressed to her As the pile of american cablegrams cable grams grew mr air croker looking supremely happy said to the associated press please send my abanks and best wishes to my american friends it will take weeks to arrango arrange all tap ro plies mr croker invited a party of friends to dinner this evening but it ws was a late hour before bwy sat down to the table the race having to bo run over again many times as friends and ac sic quain tancos including americans and englishmen camo came in ia to otter offer cong ratu lations english press on crokers Cr okera victory london juno june ar 6 only oly a few morning papers comment editorially on mr crokers victory at epsom downs and these with one or two exceptions with pens hipped in ink unfriendly to mr croker II 11 is also perhaps that the space allotted in the news columns to the race lacks its customary amplitude and plainly put it would seem that the achievement of the lifes ambition of the former leader of tammany hall is not as popular as would be expected with a people distinguished for loving sport for sports sake some captious writers describe the event as the irish american derby and othera others as crokers revenge for the snub of the jockey club in ja refusing mr croker permission to train at new market the lo 10 london adon express d declares with solemnity for political reasons owner could not expect to receive the s sort of ovation which would have bavo been accorded lord rosebery Rose bory or tho the duko duke of westminster in contrast to the icy ley comment of the editorial writer Is the marked enthusiasm thusia sm of the expert sporting writer who genei maly praises the judgment of the avner and the skill of the trainer and unanimously describes victory as a grand performance they hint that the coldness with which mr air crokers victory was received Is a result entirely of financial cial consideration |