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LoiiisvIJle Ky May SpecialTo realize trie magnitude of ratin1 durii tbecomingjsurjtiaiiufifc Hug artliurchiH Downs whlGh TxJgUii next Satur ¬ day May 8 the date of the running of the Ken tuck Derby it is necessary to go buck fortyone years when the first Derby was decided pa the soil of old Keutueky The great race is still run over the track where it was first decided though today the finishing post is ou the V opposite side of the track to where it wa locateSjiin the early years of the running of this ftuwone of the greatest races decided upon the American turf turfTlie Tlie Churcliill Downs track was first opened for racing in the spring of 1870 It is the only Amer ¬ ican truck now in existanee with as long a history of continuous racing as no year has passed since It was lirst opened that one or more race meetings have not been held during the season The spring meetings have come otf as regularly as the year rolled around and there have been few lapses hi the autumn season at this great racing plant The first Kentucky Derby day which inaugurated rac ¬ ing at tills great course was on Monday May 17 1875 and the program card consisted of four races only Below will be found the record of that days racing followed with the program announced for the same day tills spring springFirst First Race Purse 00 for threeyearolds and over one mile and a quarter The winner of this race was Bonaventure with Capt Hutchiusoii sec ¬ ond and Vauderbilt third Time 2KJij 2KJijSecond Second Kace The Kentucky Derby for three yearolds with 1000 added one mile and a half halfII II P McGraths ch c Arlstldes by Leam ¬ ington Sarong by Lexington 100 O Lewis 1 1G G II Itices b c Volcano by Vandal Iodine by Sovereign 100 II Williams 2 2Charles Charles AV Lewis ch c Verdigris by Ver ¬ sailles Hello Brandon by Hugh L French 100 11 Cliamhers t tistringnVd istringnVd X Chtys gr e Enlister by Enquir ¬ t er Ciownlet by Australian 100 U Holloway 1 1F 1 F B Harpers b e Ten Broock by Phaeton Fanny Holton by Lexington 100 M Kelso Z ZGen Gen A Bufords ch c McCreery by Knqulrer Ontario by Bonnie Scotland 100 D Jones 0 0J J B Ilodes br c Searcher by Enquirer dam by Bonnie Scotland 100 K Oqlston 7 7II II 1 McGraths b c Chesapeake by Lexing ¬ ton Itoxana by Chesterfield 100 U Swim S SStringlield Stringlield Clays ch e Warsaw by AVar Dance Sister to Charity by Knight of St George 100 W Henry 0 0J J A Grinsteads ch f Gold Minn by Austra ¬ lian Income by Bcvenue 17 C Standford 10 10S S J Salyers br e Bill Bruce by Knqulrer Aurora Kaliy l y Australian 100 M Jones 11 11Robinson Robinson Morgan Cos br c Bob Wooley bv Leamington Item by Lexington 100 W Walker 12 12A A B Lewis Cos b c Vagabond by Van ¬ dal Gem by Cbilde Harold 100 J Houston 13 13W W Cot trills ch f Ascension by Australian Lilly Ward by Lexington 07 W Lakeland 14 14Jen Jen A Bufords b e Baywood by Enquirer dam by Vandal 100 J Carter 13 13Time Time 237vi 237viThird Third Race Purse 500 for threeyearolds and over mile heats 2 in o The winner of this race was Fair Ilav witli Vlcksburg which won the lirwt heat second and Harry Felter third Time 144 144 144 144Fourth Fourth Raw Purse 150 for threeyearolds and over one mile This race was won by Aaron Pen nlngtou with Egypt second and Georgia Bowmau third Time 144 144It It will seem from the above that the amount of monev added to the Derby and purses that day only totaled 1050 1050Ou Ou Derby day this season at the Downs the horses1 running in the seven races are racing for the sum of added mone of 13800 The program for the great day Saturday May S at this course is as follows followsFirst First Kace Selling purse 000 for threeyear olds and over threequarters of a mile mileSecond Second Kace Purse 000 for maiden lillics two yearsolds onehalf mile mileThird Third Kace Purse 700 for threeyearolds anil over live and onehalf furlongs furlongsFourth Fourth Race The fortylirst running of the Kentucky Derby with 10000 added for three rearolds one mile and a quarter quarterFifth Fifth Knee Purse 000 for twoyiarolds four and onehalf furlongs furlongsSixth Sixth Race Selling purse 700 for threeyear olds and over one niilo niiloSeventh Seventh Rare Pur 1100 for throoyonroW and over ono mile and a sixteenth sixteenthIn In the description of Derhv Day In 1ST tin nt tendnnro wan estimated at 10000 and the money wagered on the four races run one of whicli re ¬ quired three heats to decide was 50000 The mode of bettlng then employed was auction pools and mutucl machines the latter devices used in betting Tlie biggest auction pool sold on the lirst Ken ¬ tucky Derby only totaled 544 It was as fol ¬ lows McGraths entries Aristides and Chesa ¬ peake 103 Searcher 3 Verdigris 30 Bob Wooiey Bill Bruce and Volcano 25 each Bufords entries McCreery and Bay wood 15 rest in the lield 34 34This This season not less than from forty to fifty thousand people will witness the Derby Day sports at the Downs as unquestionably the greatest crowd in the history of Kentucky racing is certain to be on hand In fact in the betting enclosure alone next Saturday there is certain to be more people than was on the entire grounds when Aristides scored his Kentucky Derby victory in 1875 This season the club house attendance iu brilliance will far overshadow that of other vears The enclosure even at this point of the course has been consider ¬ ably expanded and made far more roomy than here ¬ tofore In the old days 250 society members of both sexes made an imposing showing on the club house grounds whereas this spring there will lie not less than 3000 personages of note within this enclosure giving it all something of the ap ¬ pearance of Ascot in England or Longcbamps in France in times of peace The peaceThe box reservation and sale of reserve scats in the grand stand this spring exceeds that of ail other years in spite of the fact that in the past under the present management there have been some enormous gatherings to see the big race run But as enormous as the crowd is sure to be on next Saturday the new improvements made at the Downs this spring will give room for 10000 more people than were ever before on the grounds any one afternoon afternoonThe The Hold this season will conic from the following sixtyeight eligible Horse Weight Owner Peebles 117 James Butler Last ButlerLast Coin 117 James Butler ButlerCommonada Commonada 117 U J Austin Emerson AustinEmerson Cochran 117 R L Baker Co Pif CoPif Jr 117 R L Baker Co Dortch CoDortch DardenChalmers 117 W W Darden Chalmers 117 J S Hawkins Irojnii HawkinsIrojnii 117 Qulncy Stable StableDouble Double Eagle 117 Quincv Stable Koyal StableKoyal II 117 J Livingston Norse LivingstonNorse King 117 F B Lemaire LemaireLeo Leo Kay 117 J T Loouey LooueyLittle Little String 117 M B Grubpr Manager GrubprManager Waite 117 T C McDowell McDowellFor For MillerEd Fair 117 G M Miller Ed Cruinj 117 J W Schorr SchorrLindenthal Lindenthal 114 J W Schorr SchorrGoldcrest Goldcrest Boy 114 J W Schorr Sharpshooter SchorrSharpshooter 114 S L Parsons Regret ParsonsRegret 112 II P Whitney WhitneyOf Of this number those reckoned as sure starters at the present time are Pebbles Emerson Cochran Pif Jr Chalmers Trojan Royal II Norse Kltis Leo Ray Manager Waite For Fair Sharpshooter Llndenthal Goldcrest Boy and Regret With such a Held the Derby this teason will be undoubtedly the western race of the year and it will take a champion threeyearold to capture the rich prize Aside prizeAside from the Kentucky Derby the twelve days sport at the Downs this spring is marked with big feature events Both the Clark Handicap and Ken ¬ tucky Oaks are as old in racing history as the Derby having been annually run off this course since 1S75 and the other stake events to be de ¬ cided are of general interest No matter what may come in great racing in America in the future the meeting at Churchill Downs this spring will set a high water mark on the running turf iu Old Kentucky
