Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1901 — WON BY WADDELL. [ARTICLE]

WON BY WADDELL.

Fourteenth American Derby Captured by Virginia Gelding. The great American Derby for 3-year-olds, a mile and a half, was won by Robert Waddell, Mrs. Bradley’s gelding, by two lengths before a vast crowd at Chicago Saturday afternoon. Terminus wnß second, half a length before The Parader. Bonnibert was fourth, half a length away. This was the fourteenth American Derby run at Washington Park, and was valued at more than $2">,000. One of the largest fields that ever started in the race went to the post, and it was a very open affair, every horse on the card having a chance to win the rich prize. A number of Eastern horses hnd been sent West to try for the honor of winning this Western classic, and much rivalry was manifested between the East and West in capturing it. But neither the East nor the West won the valuable stake, as it went to the Virginian, Mrs. Bradley’s Robert Waddell. The track was fa»t and the weather delightful, just the kind of weather to bring out the holiday crowd, and it attended to the number of perhaps 30,000. Society was well represented at the park and the bright costumes of the ladies in the grand stand made a magnificent background for the splendid scene.