| Show DERBY ATTENDED BY MANY THOUSAND automobiles cover ten acres of ground and to persons witness the race chicago june 20 the american derby is ns much of a problem three houra before the race as it was hen the entries were announced owners who are after the prize are concealing their plans and intentions to the last possible moment twenty three horses arc named in the entry list some of them will be scratched but which ones will not be known anul 43 minutes before the race the bests beet array of thice acar olds will decide the sectional championship over a fast track the course may now be rated as fast and the derby distance a niile and a half will be run in if the opinion of experts can decide it savable and high chancellor gnp pair of candidates owned by john A drake of chicago were favorites in the biorn ing betting at 5 lo 10 2 the post odds will be about the same unless the fast track should induce the followers of mr drakes horses to make one more plunge the fast is regarded as slightly favorable to savable although the a second choice claud and judge will not find it against them the going will be soft and both these horses are at their best an such a course the question who will ride the favorite is only the beginning of the uncertainty as to the derby J B respess who is believed to hold a strong hand and who has nominated bernays nays Collo nade and dick welles does not know whether he will have three start ers or one it is probable hat both dickof Dick Wf and Collo nade will be leaving bernabe to carry his color there is also the intimation that early may be withdrawn jockey wink field to ride early ha shifted over to a mount on one of ed corri gane thee entries this may mean ithac early will be left in the table there will be no big battle in the ring today a marked former derbies AU of hebig ha been laid on bior jya Jy 1 abe race cloudy skies and a chilly breeza wilf mako unfavorable for the great display of fashion annually on ake washington park grounds on derby day the fact hov ever that the track will be fast will serve to draw he crowd the washington park club officiate ciale count on to people uhe crowd started to the track at 1111 following is the derby field alpar antly sl artere horse jockey odds mgt Ra vable L reiff Ws high chancellor oray 12 judge siimes II 11 booker 7 claud J daly 7 bernays knight 10 the picket 10 linguist dominy 15 gregor P phillipe 15 fore andalft an dAft crowhurst Crow huret 15 12 20 17 monsieur booker 20 au revoir sheehan 20 bad news B da vis 50 rate havel winkfield 50 mcgowan M henry maxey blumenthal S Bonner US sinner landry 75 bonnie burr batiste 75 DOUBTFUL STARTERS 15 early 30 sold bell otie t 30 J williams 50 ollo nade 30 chicago june 20 the crowd that saw the derby run today was the virgest in the history of the race numbered betten and people it wag Chi cagos greatest gath T cring of any year and carried with it an unusual display of fashion what ased to be a dismal day turned out aa be an ideal one the grand egand wae backed before 1 the crowds started as early as II 11 and there was a continual rush of people up to the time alie bugle sounded the call for tm darby the infield from the dub house to the head of the stretch wag covered by hundreds cf equipage the emar tet turnouts that the wealth of the could procure in the infield were a of all sort except a co were ban pd froin adi vere allotted depaco ne inabin he rack of ground ta accommodate the horseless machane mach Lne society gathered at the club hokit anil in the and formed the inot fashionable outdoor gathering that in chicago |
