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t f I INTERESTING INCIDENTS RECALLED IN BRIEF SKETCH OF j ■ THE FORTY-THREE WINNERS OF KENTUCKY DERBY I f L — ■ 1 I , , 1 ; 1 : 1 1 . 1 i - i , r : 1 I a i ,- - f — ■ Louisville. Ky.. May !. — We who love the thor- t oughbred horse and the- sjiort he provides know i that Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby in 1 IN75 and that Omar Khayyam won the forty third i " running of that coveted race last year, but how many of us remember the thrilling incidents of i the races in between at even the names of the- 1 other forty winners? "Tndav will ivr Is historic in the turf annals 1 of Kentucky aa the first Derby Day. " prophet! - I • ally wrote the late B. G. P.ruce as the opening ; a expression of a concise account of the inauguration 1 of the sport at Churchill Downs on Monday. May i 17. 1X75. "That pertion of the grandstand devoted to the ladies was one grand boquet of beauty, re- I finement and intelligence. Tiie ladies in the various ; costumes looked like so many parti-colored butter- t flies aaaaaeant themselves on their wings iu the i slanting rays of the bright sun," he told us be- 1 fore ha entered his description of how II. 1*. ! McGraths Aristides, afterward famous as "the lit- i tie red boss," won "the best race at the weights ever run by throe-year olds in this country." Aris- i tides stood only 15.3 hands. He was a son of Lea- in ing ton, one of tlie greatest horses ever brought to this country from England, whither he sent i back a son, Iroquois, to win that classic of classie-s. the Derby at Epsom Downs. Aristides was named | for lieamingtous owner. Aristides Welch of Phil- 1 adelphia. Aristides, coupled with a stablemnte, Chesapeake, which finished fourth, was favorite. Bidden by Oliver Lewis. Aristides went to the front at the end of the first half mile and from i there to the finish of the race was never in doubt. He won by two lengths from Volcano, with Verdigris third, the time for the mile and a half being -Sli. There were fifteen starters and they were sent away without delay by Col. W. EL Johnson, c while Col. M. Lewis Clark, president of the club. which had been organiz-d by him after nine years i of turf decadence in the Falls City, as the presiding official of the stand. | YAGRAKT SECOND WINNER OF DERBY. A Lexington horse. Vagrant, also won the second running of the Kentucky Derby. He was a sou of Virgil, son of Vandal, sire of Volcano, and was owned liy Cant. T. J. .Nichols aud ridden by Bobby Swim. Staiming nearly sixteen hands, he was n dark bay gelding that was so unattractive as a yearling that he was sold for 150. However, he had a graceful way of running and was what in those days was termed a daisy cutter. Favorite at evens. Vagrant "galloped along at his ease in his big stride" and never left the result in doubt, winning by a length, with Creedmoor second and Harry Hill third, eleven starting, the drum having been tapped by Col. Bobc-rt Johnson. Daniel Swigerts Baden-Baden, a big chestnut, with nothing particularly striking about him, won the third Derby in an exciting finish with II. P. McOraths Leonard, the margin being a length. while a head only separated Leonard and King William. The winner, ridden by William Walker, was sold for 00 against 30 for the field. He, like Aristides and Vagrant, was trained at ington. Baden-Baden was a son of Australian — Lavender, a daughter of Wagner. There were eleven stirters. Day Star, winner of the fourth Derby, was 15.25. with an extraordinary short, stout back aud well coupled. He was bred at Ashland by John M. Clay, who sold him to T. J. Xichols as a yearling for .». and it was in his colors that he scored the second triumph in the race for that well-known citizen of Bourbon County. He was a son of Star Davis and was ridden by Carter. Day Star sold iu the field for 10 against 05 for the favorite Hini-yar, from which he won easily by two lengths., llimyar was miserably ridden by Kobinson. Lord Murphy, winner of the fifth Derby, was bred iu Tcuueisee, being a son of Pat Malloy. and was owned by Ceorge W. Darden and O. H. Bice, of Xashville. He was an overwhelming favorit-and, ridden by Shaucr. he won by a length aud a half from Falsetto, aft r an exciting race. The sixth Derby was won by Fonso, son of King Alfonso, bred at Woodnurn, owned by J. S. Shaw-Baa, of Bourbon County, trained at Icxington. ridden by Lewis and third choice in the betting. Fonso "cut out the work at a good pace." and "won a splendid race, a little over a length," in front of Kimball, the favorite, with Quito, the second choice, last of five and carrying the colors of Dwver Brothers. Colonel Milton Youngs Bancroft was third and Boulevard was fourth. HINDOO WINS FOR DWYER BROTHERS. The colors of Dwyer Brothers were carried to victory in the Derby of 1SS1 by that sturdy progenitor of the blood of his line. Hindoo. An odds-on favorite and ridden by Jimmy McLaughlin, the son of Virgin moved up from second position as they entered the stretch and won easily by four lengths, Leiex second and Alfambra third, McCraths Sligo, son of Tom Bowling, being last of the other three. Dwver Brothers had paid Danied Swigert 5,000 for Hindoo as a two-year-old. Daniel Swigert likewise was the breeder of AikiUo, son of Ashstead or Lever, which won the Derby of 1SK12 in the colors of Morris and 1atton, after it s-emed in the stretch that the favorite, Buiinvmede. ridden by McLaughlin for Dwyer Brothers, had the race at his mercy. Kunnymede quit and Apollo, niloted by Hurd, "coming with a wet sail after a driving race, won by a length." Ascender, carrying the colors of Col. Hob Pate, the man who made a fruitless attempt to put the City of Mexico on the racing map, was favorite for the Derby of 1SS3. which fell to the handsome Leouatus. running in the colors of Chinn and Morgan, the Chinn being Colonel Jack, father of Phil T., and author of the law creating the Kentucky State Bating Commission. Leonatus was second choice and won in an easy gallop by three lengths, with Drake Carter second and Lord Raglan third. W. Donohue rode tlie winner , , Buchanan won the Derby of „OD, 1SS4 under „ the pilotage of that wizard of the saddle, Isaac Murphy. I.uchanan was a magnificent looking son of P.uckden end was foaled the joint property of Capt. W. Cottrill of Mobile, and J. W. Guest, of Danville, Ky., who sold his half to his partner. Captain Cottrill later sold a half interest to Capt. S. S. Brown, of Pittsburg, and he ran as their property, winning easily by a length and a half from Loftin, with Audrain third, and the favorite. Bob Miles, fourth, However much of a disappointment had been Itob Miles to Capt. Jim Williams the previous year Joe Cotton made amends by winning the Derby of 1*85, for which he was favorite, and was ridden bv Henderson. Morris and Patton, who were the owners of Drake Carter in 1883, were again second with Bersan and Col. Milton Young for the second i time got third money, his colors having been car- ri-d bv Ten Booker. It was a beautiful day and the largest crowd ever seen on a race course in Kentucky, with the exception that which had wit- nessed the match between Ten Brocck and Mollie ■ McCarthy, was present. It was the consensus of opinion that the field of ten that ran for the Derby iu 1886 was "the best since Aristides year." Ben Ali, son of Virgil, the i t i 1 i " i 1 1 I ; a 1 i I ; t i 1 ! i i i | 1 i c i | i ■ i third by that sire to mark a success in this prize, was the favorite, carried the colors of James B. Haggin. was ridden by 1*. Duffy and won by three parts of a length after a driving finish with Blue Wing. The time, :3tii, was a new record for the Baea, the previous best having been Lord Murphys 2:37. Fr -e Knight was third. . Montrose, at odds of 10 to 1, ridden by Isaac J Lewis, wearing the colors of Col. Alex Lahold and his brother, won the Derby of MR by a length and half from Jim Core, which pulled up lame, a length better than Jacobin, the favorite, Banburg fourth. Derby Day in MM, the day that starter J. F. Caldwell made the mistake and sent the horses away for the first race at the half mile post in tlie chute instead of the five-"ighths post, causing the race to lie run over, was cold aud raw and the track was deep in dust and the Melbourne Stables pair. Alexandria and Califet. were favored I in the betting. Macbeth II.. at odds of 10 to 1. carrying the colors of the Chicago Stable Haukius • and Johnson, and ridden by Covington, won handily. Califet second and W. O. Scullys White third. The next yea;- Derby Day was insufferably hot and the "oust was so thick gathered that you could cut it with a knife." yet the largest crowd gathered that had ever been present to see the DeTby. There was free entrance to the infield. It was, notwithstanding the day and tracks, great racing, and the field that went to the post in the 1 I -rby put up a brilliant contest, Xoah Armstrongs 1 SiHtkane. at 10 to 1 and ridden by Tom Kilcy. 1 winning by a short head from Proctor Knott, the 1 to 3 favorite, which lost the race when he I swerved with Pike Itarnes at the head of the ] stretch. For the third time Col. Milton Youngs col- 1 ors wen third, once again finishing a head in front ! of Hindoocraft. Proctor Knott ran as the property of Scoggiu and Bryant. The time was 2:34% and that stands today as the record for the race at out-mile and a half distance. ltiley, at 4 to 1, ridden by Isaac Murphy in Ed Corrigans colors, won the Derby in 1SJHI from Bill Letcher and Robespierre, the favorite, the track being muddy. Isaac Murphy rode his third winner of the nice when he scored with the 2 to 5 favorite Kingman after a hard ride over a track deep in mud. doing the mile and a half in 2:52i. the Derbys slowest time, yet before the most immense crowd ever at the course. Kingman raced in the colors of the Jacobiu Stable, of which Kinzea Stone, of Georgetown, was the principal owner. DUEL OF AZRA AND HURON IN 1892. The race of 192 produced the duel between George J. Longs Azra, ridden by Lonnic Clayton, and Ed Corrigans Huron, guided by Tom Britton. which so frequently has been recounted as one of the most stirring contests of the last quarter of a century. Huron, coupled with Phil Dwyer. tlie only other starter, was odds-on, but Azra beat him by six inches. The next year Lookout, trained by Will McDaniel and ridden by Kunze. won iu a canter for Cushiug and Orth, while his stable companion. Boundless, was beaten a head for second place by George J. Longs Plutus. The Cushhig and Orth pair were favorites. Chant, son of Falsetto, who had not been able to win the Derby in Ixird Murphys year, carried the colors of II. Eugene Leigh and George Bose to victory in MM. Chant was ridden by Goodale and was a strong favorite. He led all the way and won without great effort. Pearl Song, second and Siguard third. Halma, Byron McCicllands black son of Hanover, ridden by "Soup" Perkins, and favorite at 2 to 5, wou easily in 1S95 from Basso, Laureate and Curator. The next year, the year in which William Jennings Bryan had the sagers all stirred up over the question of free silver at tin- ratio of li to 1, Ben Brush v.on the Derby by his whiskers from Ben Eder anil it was heralded as tlie greatest race for the evtnt since Si« ka!e- beat Proctor Knott. Simms rode the winner for Phil Dwyer and Tabor was on Ben Eder for "Inibrella Bill" Mctiuigan. It was the opinion of many that had the riders lteen reversed the son of Bramble, not as fit as Ben Eder. might not have won. Ben Brush was favorite at : 1 to 2. The succeeding year saw another duel for the Derby when J. 0. Cairns Tyhoon II. Garner defeated lleadley and Xortons Ornament A. Clayton, the favorite, by a neck. The winner was a son of Top Gallant. John E. Maddens Plaudit, son of Hirayar. ridden by Simms. beat Liebcr Karl, the 1 to 3 favorite, owned bv John W. Schorr and ridden by T. Burns, a length after a hard drive in the race of 1898. The following year the prize again went to the I east when Manuel, ridden by Fred Taral. favorite at 11 to 20, won for A. II. and D. II. Morris. Man uel was a son of Bob Miles. The second horse iii 1 this race was Corsini, which Ed Corrigan had I shipped all the way from California, but T. Burns I was not skillful enough to get closer than two » lengths to the winner at the end. LIEUT. GIBSONS RECORD BREAKING DERBY. ■ Lieutenant Gibson, son of G. W. Johnson, owned by Charles Head Smith, trained by Charles H. Hughes, ridden by jockey Poland and favorite in 1 the betting, had no difficulty in showing his. heels 1 to Florizar and Thrive and those behind them in 1 the Derby of 1900. Be ran the mile and a quarter [ in 2:0»Hl. which stood for ten years after that 1 as the record for the race at that distance, the redaction from one milt- and a half having been 1 made in P.en Brushs year. Ben Brushs 2:07% was. j the fastest previous record. His Eminence, another son of Falsetto, owned by F. B. Van Meter and ridden by Jim Winkfield, ! tlie colored jockey, who afterward distinguished i himself in Russia, won the Derby of 1 M1 quite easily from Will Hayes" Sannazarro. piloted by ■ Winuie OConnor. John W. Schorrs Alard Scheck. odds-on favorite, was last of five and Tennessee j was sick at heart. Thomas Clay McDowell s Allau-a-Dale. son of f Halma. bred at Ashland, ridden by J. Winkfield. won the 1U02 Derby, while his stable companion, The Rival, ridden by Xash Turner, was third, Thomas W. Moores Inventor, piloted by K. Williams, . splitting them. Last of the four was the j. boasted Ttnnesseaii Abe Frank. It was a thrilling . race and a close finish. McDowell the following year put Dick Crow-hurst on Bourbon and llelgerson on Woodlake and 1 made another essay for the prize, but a couple of f Chicagoans beat him to it. Judge Himes, ridden by H. Booker, at odds as high as 15 to 1. winning I under the colors of Charles K. Ellison after a drive e with the favorite. M. II. Tichoiior and -0.s Early, ridden by J. Winkfield. The winner was by j- Esher. Elwood, a son of Free Knight, mounted by - jockey Prior, running in the name of Mrs. La sea a Durnell. wife of "Boots" Durnell. who at the out- break of the present war was in Roumania, an out- - Continued ou second page. HISTORY OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY Continued from first page. sider in the betting, won the 1104 Derby, Ed Tior-ney second ami Drain as third. It was a" insir field. Only three started over the muddy track I lie following year, when Capt. S. S. Erowns Agile, by Sir Dixon, ridden by J. Martin, won at 1 to 3 easilv from W. S. Williams and Co.s Bains Horn and T. P. Hayes Laysou. I Charles It. Ellison made another try for the Derby in lSMNi ami succeeded in getting second and • third inone with his pair. Lidy of Navarre and Janus Roddick, tin- winner lioiug the favorite. Sir" Hiion. bred and owned by George J. Long, saddled by Pete Coyne and ridden bv Rosi-oc Troxlcr. He was the third son of Falsetto to triumph in the I raco. though he was a tired horse at the end of his I .ourmy. J. Hal Woodfords Plat Slar. son of Pink Coat. 1 winner of the American Derby, trained bv W. H. Fizer. and riddeu by Andrew Minder, at odds of i 15 to 1. won in 1!»07 from Zal and Ovclaudo. In Puis, the year of the institution of the pari-mutuel system for a second era in Kentucky, the track was muddy ami C. E. Hamiltons Stone ] Stint, paying JJ123.C0. won easily, with Sir Cleges. t the fan.rile. Duuvegan. Synchronized and Bauridge. heads apart. It was a bad band. .1 Next year Wiiitergreen V. Powers won for | Boine Ki-s|m-ks and he was lii.il in Ohio. lioiug a i •-.n of Dick Welles, and the only horse foaled in 1 the Backer* Slate to win the race. Then came J in sui- s-inn Mi., winners Donau. sou of Wools thorp.-, owii.-d by William Gorst of Nash* ill--: i Meridian, bj Br astir*, carrying the colors of It. i F. I arman of Now York at that time, now of ,] Marx land: Word. .uue.| by 11. C. Halhuhcck of l New ork. and sued by Knight of the Thistle; Doii.r.ul. : ii i-«I by MeC. ••. owned by T. P. Haves j, of Islington; old Uosebud, son of Incle. owned n by II. C. Appl-gate and Co.. of r—twllp . Secret, the only filly ever to win it. daughter of Rroom- p ■tick, •■and by Harry Payne Whitney of New . lorb: George Smith, sou of out of Roach, owned 1, by John Sanfoid of Amsterdam. N. Y.. and last year Omar Khayyam. the first foreign bred to ever t to win the evt-nt. Omar Khayyam carried the colors of Billings »v Johnson. Shortly afterwards the coll r was sold to W. Yiau. the Montreal turfman. Jockey t Herbert rode Donau. George Archibald piloted Mori t diau. Carroll Shilling. Worth: Boscoe Goose Don- 1 erail; John McCnbc. Old Ros-hud; Joe Notter. Regret. J. Loftus, George Smith and C. Borel, Omar g Khayyam. f Each year the crowds at the Downs on Derby day w have increased and each year the Dace has been w most eagerly sought after by owner, in all parts $ of the land, but in no year in its history has the a race si i in. .! so open as now. whin a number of its $ eligibl. s are foreign-bred ami the coolest has an V international aspect such as Colonel Clark dreamed a of forty odds j ears ago. h
