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OLAMBALA WINS THE DERBY HAVING ONLY TWO OPPONENTS IN THE BIG RACE. IS FIRST CANTERING. Rain Makes the Track Heavy and Cuts Dawn the Expected Attendance — Colloquy at False Odds. Cincinnati. O.. May 2.1. — Considering the stale of tin- weather, Latonias oiK-niiijr this after noon was decidedly auspicious, an estimated attend auee i f 7..V» being present to witness .1. Q, irocii eis olamhala triumph in the twenty-third renewal of the l.aiotiia Derby. A steady ram wliieli bfltaa last night continued uninterruptedly limine Ina morning hours, convert in:; the track into a mortar bed. kept liianv race enthusiasts fnan journoving to the track and riddled one -.r the best cards of the season to an ordinarv offering. Sixteen bookmakers, including the two lb-Id books, were deluded with wanen and found great difficulty in handling the money offered them. The eastern system, in vogue ■aider the Percy-dray law. was tlie nii-tlnHl by which In itin.; was eondacted and the congestion in the ring at tin.es was icrriuc. The track, after the opening race, was in frightful condition and it reqnlred sturdy racers to rnu in the difficult -ning siiccesslnlly. Because ,.f Hie track conditions Waifbid was with drawn fr m the Derby, leaving only Olamhala. llii- Peer and Plate Uhts* to contest for the *:;. ..■ that went to the winner as his net portion. Ohun l ala. on the nlnaalli of his recent good racial w.i-aa overwhelming favorite, with The Peer mostly in •leiniinil over Plate Class. The latter gave lis backers e.iusiderahh encoi-rageineiit during the running by assuming a ten-lengths lead in the first half, but T. Rice, on Olamhala. was riding a waiting lace, and when he found tl at he could overtake the leader at any stage indulged the Young cult until in the kPN half mile, when he took eoniuian .. and. oace in front, the race was practically over as he simply entered to win bv rive lengths. Tin Ieer. struggling along gamelv after being a dista ill trailer, caught Plate Mass when a furlong out and b-d him home by ten lengths. IV three parses were pretty badly us«Kl up during the race ami slioueii distress after their trying journey. Olambaas victory was popular, and jockey ami horse were given rousing cheers on their return to tin- judges" stand. flu- opining dash was reduced by scratches tn three starters, and it furnished an upset In the do feat of Al Mnller. the heavily backed favorite. Uv Colloquy. On account of the Ix-Uef that Colloquy could not race well in the going the Imokmakers laid an outlandish price against her. .1. Lee. shew Ills old-time form, got the tilly away fully in her stride and slowed tin- way for tile others for the entile trip Madman, running in |x or form, did n t threaten Al M tiller for second place. The Cerst-Holh-Bluto confederacy, in addition to winning with Colloquy, took down panes with E i Held and Kara Avis. Kntield had an easy time of it to land his purse, hut Rata Avis was subjected to a gruelling drive to shake off Keep Moving. Smile of the best youngsters of tile west engaged in the third race and Bob Co. proved best, winning in handy fashion from Starport. with Priam Imperial in third place. The latter closed up a tremendous •gap in the last quarter of the race. Alices victory in the closing race was anticipated. Judging by the steady backing she got. and she never gave her supporters much uneasiness, winning in « canter from Miss Crittenden. Aiiio:ig todays visitors were boats Vila. "Cap" Tllbs and Edward Corrigan. Tin- trio were kept bnsv during the afternoon shaking hands with nu-• melons friends. Milt.-n Young, who is a ineiulier of the Kcutnckv State Racing Commission, was in attendance, but did not have anything to say regarding the racing .situation. .lolm Kav. IT. B. Lauderoan. Fred Cook. Charles Wallers and William Applegate were among the prominent layers who quoted prices today. The track officials adopted the same system of secrecy !iu use at Churchill Downs, and siratches. over weights and Hs-keys were not obtainable until thirti minute* before post time. This move was made in the hope of preventing the poolrooms from obtain ing advance information. It Is expected that five additional layers will lie in line tomorrow, some having signified Ihejr inte:i tion of coming here from Toronto. The management felt highly elated over the open ings success and expressed the belief that had the weather remained good there would have been a record attendance.
