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EMINENT PERSONS TO VIEW THE DERBY. Senators, Governors, Lesser Officials and Leading Turfmen to Be Present in Force. Louisville. Ky.. May 5. — The attendance of prominent public personages as well of turfmen of note to see the forty - second running of tiie Kentucky Derby will undoubtedly be equal to any in tiie history of Kentucky lacing. It is anticipated that the four living men who have served in the governors seat in Kentucky will witness the Derby decided. Among other noted great public men are Flitted States Senators Mark Smith. William Hughes, of New Jersey. Senator Fall of Arizona, Ollie James of Kentucky, and ex-Senator J. N. Camden, also of this state. Leading turfmen Croat all over the country have already engaged reservations and many of the- number arc eomi:;g accompanied by parties of ten or more guests. These embrace among others, lrice McKinuey. James Corrigan, James Batter, Ihil Dwyer, Thomas Monahan. John Sanford. H. K. Knapp. Thomas Hitchcock, F. B. Hitchcock. II. 1. Whitney. Payne Whitney. A. K. Macombcr. Samuel A. Clark. W. S. Thompson, J,.hu Fox. M. Corbctt. W. B. Miller. Andrew Miller. W. H. Kowe. J. Livingston. A. Belmont. C. K. G. Hillings. Foxhall I*. Keene. rant. W. II. Fenchler. Fred Foue-hler. George- Winglield. I. K. Clark. W. K. Coe. J. K. Madden. Clarence L. Mae kay. F. J. Nolan. A. II. Hancock. K. I. Alexander. U. H. Anderson. Col. W. E. Apple-gate. J. S. Barb.-o. C. H. Berrymau. Desha Breehrari ig*. T. C. Bradley. B. If- Bradlty. Andrew Venni-. Harry I.urgoyne. Thomas A. Combes, t;. r. Hendrie. J. D. Mackenzie. Hal Price Headley. John T. Ireland. John ||. Morris. Thomas I. McDowell. .1. W. larrUh. Cant. James H. Been, J. R. Kespcs-. John W. Schorr. John G. Stoll. Charles Straus, o. H. Cbeaaalt, ft. I.. Baker, G. I». Wilson. J. Hal W Iford. Catesby Woodford. Milton Young and Woodford Clay. Tin- entire iuemb.-rship of the Kentucky State Racing Commission will also be in attendant e on Derby day. The only Derby work on the muddy track at Churchill Down* today was by Huffaker. which worked a mile and a quarter in 2:21, running the first mile in 1:47-.. Star Hawk. The Cock. George Smith. St. Isidore and Lena Uteha all gnlleacd at about a two-minute rate ami are evidently preparing for another good work-out tomorrow under improved trad; conditions. The Texan-owned Derby candidate. Bank, has arrived at the Downs from Lexington in the best of condition and probably will be sent over the full eouroe within the next day or two. Trainer It. N. Vestal announced today that Bank will surely start in the Derby. Trainer Walter li. Jennings announced today that if it i- a fast track when the Derby i- run the Vat-umber stable will be represented in the race by both Star Hawk and The Cock. Trainer Holly Hughes of the Sanford stable announced that he would send l oth Ge-orge Smith and St. Isidore to the lH»st. The fact that James Kowe is on his way here with the starv ,,r l|. p. Whitneys eastern stable-has increased greatly the uncertainty of the r.-o-c this year. No matter, however, how brilliant the Tucks he has in his care, this time he is coming to meet some remarkable three-year-olds, as the general impression prevails among giH d judges at the Downs tiial Ceorge Smith ami Star Hawk are two colts able to cue any three year -old ever saddled in America a stern battle for the money. Figuring on George Smith- race at Lexinu l-ui. JWdgcM of form seem to think that he can pick up his Derby weight and ran a mile and a quarter in i!;U8 on u last truck. While the admirer:: of Star Hawk are not claiming that he has any more speed than John Sanfords crack, they are of the opinion that he is the one colt engaged in the Derby that will not lag in the homestretch, but will finish like an old-time four-miler. It will surely be a great betting race this year and the wagering will undoubtedly tax to the limit the forty-odd machines that will be in operation at the Downs on the afternoon the race is run, an. in addition to the fottr " !tars jiuovb noted, the Lexington-trained Bulse will have a large following from Blue-Grass land. The fact that J. Loftus. James Butlers crack rider, has been engaged to ride George Smith in tin-Derby, is believed to Indicate that the Amsterdam turfman will also send St. Isidore to the post in the big race with L. Mink astride of hint. Several years ago some supposedly good judges in commenting on using Jim Gaffney. Dick I innell and King Olympian as sires, said that their owners would have done thoroughbred breeding more good by letting them go as mounts for Inited States army officers. The present year, to date, shows that no one can corner the best horses, no matter haw strong is the bank roll. Dick Finnell is the sire of the crack two-year-old Westy Hog.m: the hitters greatest rival. Sedan, is by Jim Gaffney. and King Belle, the best two-year-old development at the Downs this year, is a daughter of King Olympian. The latter horse is dead, but both Jim Gaffney and Dick Finnell are high up now in the estimation of the breeding world. King Belles dam. Hiding Belle, is by Belles Commoner and out of Gliding By. by Argyle. From there on her pedigree is all English. Gliding By being from Move On by Pell Mell. the latter horse running second to Cremorno in the Derby of 1872. when he was hundred to one shot. Cremorne was one of the few Epsom Derby winners timt was able to aftrewards win the Grand Prix de Paris, which ■haunt what a good three -year-old Pell Mell was, as he was only beaten a head in the Epsom race. Kitty Belie Brooks, the dam of Sedan, is by Clifford and out of Retaliation, by Juvenal, the next dam being Retribution by Reform. Carrie Jones, the clam of Westy Ilogan. was bred-by the late J. E. McDonnell which, with C. H. Mc-Meekin. was killed in a railroad accident in England. She is by Requital — Intermission, by the Derby winner Galopin. It is the family of Bowling Brook, that bane being cult of Vacation, the great grandma of Westy Ilogan. Bowling Brook bears the distinction of being the only horse that was able to beat Hamburg at both two and three years old.
