Three-Year-Old Form is Complete Tangle

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 724, 25 July 1929, Page 12

Three-Year-Old Form is Complete Tangle

AMERICAN DERBY RESULT CLYDE VAN DUSEN QUITS The American Derby came back to Chicago today and the twenty-first renewal of the famous fixture was Chicago's Derby (says the San Francisco “Chronicle” of June 16). Windy City was the winner. Could a more appropriately named colt have won the great classic? He carried the purple silks of Fred M. Grabner, of i Chicago, to victory when he beat Naishapur by a length and a-half. African, second to Blue Larkspur in the Belmont Stakes just a week ago. was third. Clyde Van Dusen, the son of Man o' War, which won the Kentucky Derby after he had splashed mud and water into the eyes of Naishapur. Blue Larkspur and even Windy City in that rich race, was eighth in the field of nine. He was beaten leaving the back stretch and he just missed finishing last by inches. The race was run over a slow drying out track and Windy City’s time for the mile aid a-quarter was 2.10. The son of Upset-Allivan was always in a contending position, and when jockey McDermott started driving him down the stretch he first raced past the wilting early pacemaker. Black Diamond. Then he flew on past African. A sixteenth of a mile from the line of finish he went past Dr. Freeland and kept going at a steady gallop on past the judge’s stand. A Big Crowd Windy City was a long shot in the betting. He paid good double figures to win. The stake itself was worth £IO.OOO. A crowd of 40,000, the most representative that has gathered at a Chicago race course in recent Chicago turf history, watched Windy City race to his victory. It was a Chicago crowd, and 4 while most of those in the audience had bet on Clyde Van Dusen. or Naishapur, they gave Windy City a great hand of applause as he came in to victory. Clyde Van Dusen all but collapsed when it became apparent that he was whipped. He might not have liked the going, although he was noted as a heavy or slow-track performer. Some thought he might have suffered injuries or broken down, but when beaten Jockey Gardner took him up and no effort was made to beat off the other trailers. When the barrier was lifted Dr. Freeland broke in front with Clyde Van Dusen second and Black Diamond third. But they had not taken a dozen strides until Black Diamond raced to the front with Van Dusen lapped on him as they rounded the clubhouse turn. Silverdale, the great sprinter from the McLean stable, was running third and strung out in the wake of the leaders were Windy City. Minotaur, Dr. Freeland, Paul Bunyan. Naishapur and African. At the quarter Black Diamond was leading Clyde Van Dusen by a length. Silverdale was third and Windy City, running easily next to the rail, was fourth. Quitting They ran in this order until they hit the lower bend. Clyde Van Dusen was quitting and the crowd was groaning. I-Ie did not look like the same proud Clyde Van Dusen that galloped around so stylishly in the Kentucky Derby. Clyde was quitting and the crowd, while it might have backed him, did not care for a quitter. A streak of purple was moving up. on the outside of the track. It was Windy City. He came on. With McDermott urging him he drove past one after another until he had taken the lead. There was nothing to it from there until the finish. McDermott was shouting and whipping. He came right home as Grabner, the ex-carpenter, and his trainer. Jake Lowenstein, also 1 of Chicago, slapped each other on the backs and bowed to the shouts and cheers of the South Siders. Difficult to Pick Best Horse Whether this Derby can be taken into consideration as far a& settling the three-year-old championship is ■ concerned, will be a much mooted question. Dr. Freeland won the Preakness: ' Clyde Van Dusen won the Kentucky Derby: Karl Eitel won the Fairmount Derby; Blue Larkspur won the With- i ei*s’ Stakes and the Belmont: and < Windy City won the American Derby, i Blue Larkspur no doubt can beat all the eastern three-year-olds. rt’s hard to tell who is the best in the west, although Windy City’s race in the American Derby stamps him as a topnotcher.

RACING FIXTURES

JULY 25, 2?—Gisborne R.(j 25 —South Canterbury J.C. 2?—-South Canterbury Hunt. AUGUST j—Christchurch Hum 3 Poverty Bay Hunt 13 16. I >—Canterbury J.C. 24 Pakuranga Hum (at Ellersiie). 24 Hawke's Bay Hunt 2S —Dannevirke Ft C. 29 Dannevirke Hunt 4, s—Alar ton J C 31—Taranaki Hunt SUPTEMBETi I, s—Alar ton J.C. 7—Otago Hunt 12. 14—Wanganui J.C. 21—Ashburton K C. 21—Napier Park R.C. 2t. 23 Avondale J.C. 26, 27—Geraldine R.C. 3S—Hawse’s Bay J C. OCTOBER 3—Alanawatu Hunt 2—Birch wood Hunt. o-Kuiuw J.C. 5, 7—Auckland K.C. 10. 12—Dunedin J C 17, 19—South Canterbury J.C. 19 Alasterton K.C. 24,26 —Poverty Bay Turf Club. 26. 2S—Wellington K.C. 26, 30—Waikato R.C. 2S— Waverley R.C 28—Waikato Hunt 25 Waipawa R.C 28—North Canterburv R.C. 28, 30—Gore R.C. 30— Birchwood Hunt NOVEMBER 2—Carterton R.C. 2—Banks Peninsula R.C. 7, 9 Whangarei R.C. 11, 13. 16—Canterbury J.C. 20. 21 Winton J.C. 21, 22—Otaki Maori R.C. 23—Levin K.C. 23. 25—Te Kuiti K.C. 30, Dec. 2—Takapuna J.C. 30. Dec. 2 Feildins J.C. DECEMBER 7—Taumarunui R.C. 7—Ashburton R.C. 11. 12—Woodville J.C. 14—Waipa RC 26 Waipukurau J.C. 26 —Westland R.C. 26. 27—Taranaki J.C. 26, 28—Dunedin J.C. 26, 27, 28—ATanawatu R.C. 26. 30, Jan. 1. 2—Auckland R.C.* 28, Jan. I—Greymouth J.C. JANUARY 1 Waikouajti R.C. 1 —Wyndham R.C. 1. 2—Wairarapa R.C. 1. 2—Hawke’s Bay j.c. 1. 2—Stratford R.C 1. 2—Marion J.C 2. 3—Southland R.C. 7, S— J C. 9, 11—Thames J.C-