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...Steuer asks one venireman after another: Is he prejudiced against bankers? Against the payment of large bonuses to executives? Has he had dealings with National City? Has he lost money in the bank? Several men are excused. John Barry, venireman No. 5, white-haired employe of a Wall Street broker, admits that he does not think Lawyer Steuer would have been retained unless Mr. Mitchell were "in serious difficulty...
...last week, won the Derby three times and finished in the money two other times. Last week the axiom seemed a little less pertinent than usual. Col. Bradley's Burgoo King won a year ago but this year his only entrant was a horse called Broker's Tip who had failed to win in four starts as a two-year-old and placed second in his only race this spring. Odds on Broker's Tip were 9 to i. The favorite was William R. Coe's Ladysman. son of Pompey who was beaten by Col. Bradley...
...most exciting Kentucky Derby finish that anyone could remember. A dark brown horse with a jockey in white silk with green hoops had cut in ahead of the field as they turned into the stretch and was gaining on Charley 0 and Head Play. The dark brown horse was Broker...
...Broker's Tip's jockey was Don Meade of California. With spur and whip, he got his horse up to Charley 0 and passed him, went for a narrow opening between Head Play and the rail. For a few moments in the last furlong of the mile and a quarter distance the crowd saw the two of them locked together at close quarters, their jockeys' boots rubbing. As they reached the finish still jammed together at the rail, in the immense uproar of a crowd that wanted the Bradley horse to win, Broker...
...figure in bright orange silks, waving both arms. The judges-aware that both jockeys had ridden roughly-turned their backs. Jockey Fisher sat down, buried his face in his hands. (Both he and Meade were later suspended.) On the score board, the word "official" appeared beside the results: 1st Broker's Tip. 2nd Head Play. 3rd Charley O. Ladysman was fourth, a length ahead of his stablemate Pomponius. Broker's Tip's time-2:06 4/5-was fair for a muddy track. In the last 20 years the Kentucky Derby, started in 1875 when Aristides won a purse...