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THE TENNESSEE DERBY OP 1896 1896The The first race near Derby proportions is run at Memphis next week It is short of the 14 miles by three furlongs and has a ten pound maiden allowance But the Tennessee Derby is an early Westervi Webster classic and its history abounds aboundsi abounds i sharp raciiitfi urr burr i as tlie lie tabJe table below shows Tl rae will co the club ahunt aunt SiuOO Sunoco with eiirlit edibility tartars It tis Otis prsfot presort ligiblew eligible and is r rUUO Bruno UUO DUO guaranteed ir value Intead Instead of as usual the Derby will be run on the first and not the seventh day Going to the present whereabouts an 1 form of thn than 25 eligibles eligible about 11 can be iliaiissM militarism in calculating the chances about the ti Tennessee Derby These are EdCorrigans Sectarians TnonicaaiKl Adolph Spreckels Speckles Charter Oak S tables Midland E F McLeans CLeans Rookwood Ironwood Birclair Circular and Preside Red Bird Stables Papa Specht Speech andiGretchen antigrowth S Cliff PorterVTradition R A Smiths Cotton King and Walter Sho Shod walters Cochise Cochins This leaves fourteen and of them a second sifting shelves seven more Blue Ribbon Damieu Damien Whisper Loki Falcon Cant Da ace and Tenacity TenacityOuly Tenacity Ouly Foully seven are loft They with their doings in a racing way last season are tabled below Horses Wt S 1 2 3 Diis Dais Tk Wt Time TimeFrontier Impersonate Frontier 12214 631 54f Oak 113 108 aptive captive 122 17 6 7 3 1m Lat 954 143 143Beau Beau Ideal 11122 19 8 1 2 64 St L 100 121 121Ben Ben Eder Edger 122 22 875 4m Lvle Vale 118 48 48Lady Lady Inez Cine 117 24 12 4 2 64f St L 103 121 King Willm122 2110 4m Mem Memo 108 50 Rewarderl22 6211 5f Lat 115102 115102One One or two in the compilation above might be classed below Sidkel Side who was smart injthe inter fall and ran a St Louis five furlongs in 10154 or Rondo who under light selling weights won his last four races and beat fair colts Whisper Utopia and Sumatra are all about the same notch but their class isnt isn't that of the original seven Neither is that of the Corrigau Corrigan trio Cant Dance Tenacity and Adolph Spreckels Speckles Only the former raced in the East Old Center was the best he beat His California victories will not do for a Derby Tenacity is better He beat Highland Baldwins Baldwin Ramiro and Miss Maxim a mile in the mud and shapes to a dis dais ¬ tance stance yet can be thrown out King William is Kingstons Kingston brother Mr Levy paid 6500 for him He ran but twice at Memphis Marsian Marian beat him and then he beat an ordinary lot But his report is high So is Captives Reward ers is as strong Both were good early young ¬ sters steers last year and Captives last races were his best Frontier was an honest colt of the second class He is doing well Still the form of the race is about E C Headleys Headless Beauldealll and the McGuigans Michigan pair of which Ben Eder Edger should be best at a route From reports the Tennessee Derby should get out a better field than usual despite the 100 starting fee feeThere feathered There are but six maidens eligible for the race and ten pounds allowance They are Damien BerclairRookW d Papa Specht Speech J ponira phonier and Blue Ribbon One ol them the Pepper colt Blue Ribbon is far and away thebest thebes
