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TWELVE NAMED FOR DERBY FAIR WEATHER AND FAST TRACK PROMISED FOR GREAT LOUISVILLE RACE TODAY RecordBreaking Crowd Expected at Churchill Downs DownsTins Tins Afternoon Notable Visitors Arrive from fromDistant Distant Points Much Enthusiasm Prevails Louisville Ky May t Nothing has apparently been loft undone that would cuntrlbuto to u suc ¬ cessful opening of the racing season tomorrow it Churchill Downy Interest in the siwrt liero this year is certainly greater than ever anil it is the Kcncral opinion that one of the largest crowds In the history of the sport will witness the running of the Derby All the hostelrics are tilled and every additional train is swelling the number of visitors It is predicted that the crowd that will view the great threeyearold race will number close to 50000 Ideal weather is predicted and will be a factor in the attendance Of course interest centers in the Derby Twelve arc named to go in it but opinion as to the likely winner is generally confined o Ten Point Yankee Notions and Founda ¬ tion The latter is the hope and mainstay of the Kcntuckiaiis and will be supiMirteil loyally The smart set as a rule predict that Ten Point and Yankee Notions will be lighting it out for the win ¬ ners iMirtion of the stake II K Kuapps son of Yankee and Fairie Queen has gained extensive sup ¬ port Hiring the past few days His sparkling dead heat with Kndolfo at Lexington entitles him to con ¬ siderable respect and if Ten Point and Foundation hlionhl essay fast paceinaking tactics tomorrow it is the general idea that Yankee Notions would be vastly benefited Some mystery seems to surround Lcoehares and there is some doubt even now if his owner will decide on starting him John W Schorr his owner is of the opinion that the colt is a sprinter but young Schorr believes him to be of Derby calibre and his advice may prevail when it comes to deciding the question as to whether lie will start Those entered for the big race and the jockeys engaged Mo pilot them are Horse Jockey Wt limniie Wtlimniie Jill C Borel I 110 Floral 110Floral Park J Kederls t 1J2 Gowell 1J2Gowell M Biixton 112 112Lcfwlmrwi Lcfwlmrwi C Peak 114 flying 114flying Tom E Taplin 114 114amHIrPch amHIrPch C Gross 114 ftiince 114ftiince Heiuiis C Ganz 117 Lord 117Lord Marshall B Stecle 117 117Donerail Donerail II Goose 117 117Foundation Foundation J Loftus 117 117Ten Ten Point 117 Yankee 117Yankee Notions J Glass n If these twelve should go to the post the Derbv will be worth 700O gross Of this 700 goes to the second horse and fWO to the third With the entrance and starting fees deducted the event will lie worth 5S75 net to the winner This would make it the richest Kentucky Derbv ever run All runAll the probable starters in the big event were out for exercise today at Churchill Downs and Douglas 1ark Ten Point Leochares and Donerail are quartered at Douglas Park while the rest are housed at Churchill Downs All of them were breezed but the only two that went better than a twominute gait were Jimmie Jill and Gowell The latter worked five furlongs at the Downs in lUl4f running the first half in J8Js while Jimmie Gill went an easy mile in 147 147There There will be a greater sprinkling of eastern turf ¬ men on hind to see tomorrows Derbv than ever before gathered on a race track in Kentucky Among the visiting turfmen of national reputation are ClubF August Belmont chairman of the Jockey Club F K Hitchcock Phil J Ihvyer II K Knapp J JG G Folhtnshee M H Sanford James Butler S Street B Cochran and William Bird This is Mr Belmonts first appearance for Derby day at Churchill Downs and he will lie accompanied by Mrs Bclmoni With Mr Bullet will come Price Mc Klnney These two are the heaviest stockholders in the Juarez track trackAll All the members of the Kentucky State Racing Commission will be in attendance including Chair ¬ man Milton Young J N Camden George J Long 1 Hart Talbot and Charles F Grainger who is the president of he New Louisville Jockev Club and racing steward for the meeting Secretary J Pel ham Johnston of the organization will also be in attendance Mr Grainger will represent this racing commission during the racing at the local track this spring springThe The parimutnel machines already In place at the Downs are divided up us follows followsThree Three 25 machines one straight one place and one show three 10 machines one straight tme place and one show seven 5 machines three straight two place and two show and twentyone 2 machines eight straight six place and seven nhow Three of tlie latter machines will be in operation only on the Derby One straight onv place and one show machines will be ready for iiuslness at one oclock tomorrow afternoon to sell 2 tickets on the Derby and after that race these three machines will be out of commission The remaining twentyseven machines will be operated during meetingThere the entire meeting There will two money changing boxes in operation for the accommodation of patrons of the pari mutueis ami twentyeight cashiers will be in line to cash winning tickets ticketsThe The first race will be called at 2oO p m sharp each day daySuperintendent Superintendent Frank Keegan is hard at work sillinkling and rolling the track and the indications now are that it will be in recordbreaking condition at the hour the Kentucky Derby is run tomorrow afternoon afternoonProminent Prominent among the arrivals to see the Derby run oft is the wellknown eastern bookmaker I Hum and the veteran turfman George Morgan The latter owned with Col J P Chinn Leonatus which won the Derby of IfcS IfcSIt It C Itenson the Kansas City trainer who has been engaged to handle the big racing string of James Butler will be here on Derbv day with Mr Butler lie is coming here to engage fifteen men and twelve boys to take the thirtyeight year ¬ lings Mr Butler bought from the Kcene estate to Long Island where he will train them at the Butler farm He already has four horses there anil is also taking along his own till Odeiia which will make fortythree horses that he will have in training T trainingT P Hayes sent fourteen of his horses from Lexington to Douglas Park including Jabot and Destiiio The vest of his string will come today from that place placeI I N Prewitt Is an arrival to see the Derby He owns T M Green Mack B Eubauks and other hoiMS in trainer James Evermans stable He r ports that Evergreen the dam of the two racer mimed recently foaled a handsome brown filly by Knight of the Thistle the sire of Worth the Kentucky Derby winner of last season Prewitt will mate Evergreen this spring to Dick Finnell tlie Ins of II C IlallenlKHks good threeyearold Frederick L LI I J Miles arrived today with his selling plater He Jockey Frank Tcahan came with Miles His old performer Falcada will ° be shipped here from Lexington within the next few days daysThomap Thomap Campbell headed a big delegation that came from New Orleans to see the riming of the Derby DerbyWalter Walter O Parmer arrived tonight from Nashville Lon Jones lias reached the Downs from the Na ¬ tional Stock Farm with three horses Jones is a local turfman who raced the speedy Azyiado as a twovearold National Stock Farm was once tlt property of the noted local racing firm Scoggan Bros who owned in partnership with Sam Bryant the famous Proctor Knott Jones for a time mated his thoroughbred mares to breed mules lie Is noy breeding to thoroughbreds This season his mares went to tlie court of Sempronins and Sir Iluon at George J Longs Bashford Manor Farm
