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* — . — — .+ CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE LATOIMIA DERBY +— _ 1 The Lalonia Derby will be run Monday afternoon for the twentv eighth time so as racing goes in tin-west it is truly a t hue lion., ivd event. In its tirst four years of running it was called the Hindoo Stakes in honor of one of the grandest horses of American turf hlstorv. It Is a raee of vicissitudes and while it has been won by some of the real giants of racing, it has also fallen to some of the most ordinary of selling platers. Its tirst winner. Leonatus. was a racing jewel of the first water. As a three-vear-old he started in ten races and won them all. In succeeding years such magnificent thoroughbreds as Bersan Silver loud. Los Angeles. Kingman. Lazzaroii". Halma. Bin Brush. Ornament. Hand FOr Lieutenaut Glbaoa Hernando. Pinkola and Oiamhala carried ofr its honors. On the other hand such commoner* us Harrv New Woodlake. The Im-ciiiai and The Abbot succeeded iu gaining a place in its list of winners Los ngeles and White ran a dead heat for tirst place in 1888 and Los Angeles won the runoff. Lieutenant Gibsou -cared away all npixisition in BMKl and walked over. There is one thing to the credit of the Latonii man airemeiit and that is that the Derby has Iteon maintained at its legitimate distance of a mile and a half A good race is in prospect for tomorrow and the record of the race is as follows: Year. First. Jockeys. Wt. Second. Wt. Third. Wt. Val. Time. 1883 Leonatus I. Murphy. .110 Drake Carter 107 Lord Raglan ...110 $ 2,850 2 401 1884 Audrain Fishburn. .110 Fallen Leaf 105 Buchanan 110 3 800 2 12 1 8S5 Bersan 1. Murphy.. 118 Lepanto 113 Lord Coleridge. .US 4J080 2423 1888 Silver Cloud 1. Murphy. .118 Blue Wing 118 Montana KegentllS 3 810 2 40 1887 Libretto I. Murphy. .IIS Jim Core 121 Montrose 121 4.190 8:381 lSSS*Los Angeles Armstrong. .110 White 112 Gallifet 121 4270 2:39i Los Angeles Armstrong. .110 White 112 .... 2:39 1589 Hindoocraft Hollis..ll5 Come to Taw 118 King Kegent...l12 4 300 241 1590 Bill Letcher Allen. .115 Riley 124 Avnmlnle 112 n380 2:43 1591 Kingman I. Murphy . .128 Dickerson 117 Poet Scout 112 4,540 1892 Newton Clayton. .117 Ronald 117 3 700 3i-i" 1893 Buck MeCanu Thorpe. .117 Boundless 128 Midway 112 4450 2:44 1S94 Lazzarone W. Martin. .117 Pearl Song 117 Selika 120 0*555 2-51 1895 Halma Thorpe. .127 Free Advice 117 Basso 117 0 720 2 341 1890 Ben Brush Simms..l22 Ben Eder 122 Loki 122 12 290 2401 1897 Ornament Clayton.. 127 F. F. V 114 Endurance 114 8,740 2:351 I89S Hand dOr Conley..ll4 Plaudit 127 7 020 2 °»2i 1899 Prince McClurg Beauchamp. .122 Peering 114 Wavs and Means. 115 6*825 2:.ic| !900tLieutenant Gitison Boland..l27 4,715 1901 Hernando J. Winkfleld. .114 Caherls 110 Judge Redwlne.114 4*9X3 t*ffj ia8S Harry New Otis. .114 South Trimble 114 Martin Burke... 110 4*390 2 38 1903 Woodlake Crowhurst. .114 Bad News Ill Tailored 114 7 035 2-301 1904 Elwood Prior. .127 Bi Tierney 117 Lonsdale 112 5*730 2:421 1905 The Foreman Treubel . .110 Hamhright 110 McClellan 117 5950. 2-3S 1900 Sir Huon Troxler. .127 Lady Navarre 122 6095 2:36!l 1907 The Abbot J. Lee. .114 Kedgauntlet 114 Beau Brunimel.l 11 4.410 2 4i.it 1908 Pinkola Minder.. 114 Ozar 114 Ordono 114 8.886 235* 1909 oiamhala T. HUe.114 The Peer Ill Plate Glass 110 :.;095 2:39* 1883, 1884, 1885 and 18SG was run as the Hindoo Stakes. Dead heat with White, t Walkover.
