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DERBY LESSON OF BLUE GRASS STAKES Expert Thinks Donnacona Is to Derive the Most Benefit from the Race IY KXILK KXILKPIue PIue Grass Stakes day gave the best days racing Lexington ever had The piece de resistance at ¬ tracted a field of seven Of these Peace Pennant Donnacona and Damask are held in high esteem for the Kentucky Derby The ISIue Grass as you know was won by Peace Pennant in really taking Mylu and the McGee colt ran for the first time in blinkers and did not as before evince any desire to bolt for the outside fence nay he stuck close to the rail racing past the pacemaker Golden Proom while rising the hill and here too Donnacona began to race in earnest and once half way down the stretch I thought him the win ¬ ner but he was unable to maintain his pace on account of lack of condition Damask too raced well and I think he momentarily headed Donnacona in the straight but he is hardly of Derby caliber for he and the winner were the most fit horses in the race Peace Pennant ran the race of his life and I doubt his being made better Golden liroom as last year showed exhilarating si eed but failed when the pinch came and cannot be clean wound tip by Derby day Donuacona however can be made a ten pounds better horse and should be greatly benefited by this his first race in public this season The Prince Palatine colt too corded up Slightly after the race anil if he comes out free from soreness he holds all of the threeyear olds hereabouts safe enough for the Kentucky Derby DerbyAVilliam AVilliam Garth who was a visitor in Lexington today reports the safe arrival of Ilazis and Paul Jonus in Louisville and tells mo he is unite unable to account for Klazes last race for the son of AVrack as is Paul Jones is in the best of health and spirits so it is best to throw Blazes last race out entirely from the reckoning Anyway unless one of the AAhitney trio is something unite out of the common the Kentucky Derby of 120 will be worth going many a mile to see so evenly matched appear the horses of the prospective field nnd it is the next thing to impossible except by the pedi ¬ gree route to spot tlie wiiiuer
