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DERBY FAVORITE WINNERS Forty-Six Per Cent of Public Choices Successful in Fifty Years of Famous Race. Fortv-six per cent of the favorites for the Kentucky Derby have won. Only eight times duiinc, th fifty years of its history have the public choices been unplaced. The hors. s of Harry Payne Whitney have been the bic;- Rest disappointments as favorites in the race. I Five times since 1915 Regrets year have , the racers carrying the "light blue, brown , | cap," been held in the highest regard by the public and four times they have fail. .1. I Regret being the only one to make good. [From 18113 to 1896 were the best years f .r j favorites, four consecutive choices finishing j in front. Lookout was the first. Then in order came Chant. Halma and Ben BruFh Before and after that period two favorites winning in a row was the best record. The latter years of the famous rata of the Blue Qraaa region have been the hardest, from the standpoint at the first choices. After 1!» 15. when Regret won. the favorites were failures until Morvich broke the ice in 1922. | Below is given the name of the favorite far each year of the Derby, and where they finished : I Ye;T. Horse. Fjn, 1*75 Aristides w,in MM Vagrant V,*n 1S77 Ioni.nl n.l 1S7S Himyar 2nd 1S79 I.or.l Mnrnliy Won lo ~0 Kimball "„., -" Hindoo Wm lvv- Kiiimj, mede ■• 1 MM l4-on;itU9 Won is 4 Audrain g»j ls.", Krr ian •_ „ j ISM". lien AH «/M 1S87 ltanburg Vli]l MM JnHifut ._.I]l ivs Proctor Knott nl T-D Robespierre ;;r,i 1M1 Kincni-in Won i1*-; **ra ...m»m 1S03 nsliine; and Ortlt entry I Boundless and Ix kout tv. t 114 Pliant .....Iw«a 1SJI5 Halma V n MM Hen Brush ...... W,„i 1*97 Ornament - tl,[ 1W S I.ieber Karl T„,i l«t» Slanuel Won 1 IKK Lieut, libson Won lJtll Alatd Sclireek Tail llxiL AN. Frank 1 , , 1J03 Early 2a«l ■304 llrnnean ~rd "•- Kile W..ti 190d Sir Huon w t l:i7 lied launtlet ....lH|i liHIS Sir leges ojj.j IMS Wintergreen Waa 1"10 IK.natl ....Wm Ml Covernor Gray *i,| «3 W.rtl, .... W„n 1913 Ten Point o„.| 1914 Old Itoschud w i l.l.". ferret Won Ill: Uliitniy entry Tliunderer and llem.nantl .Iiiji. •0" Ticket e,.,, 1018 War loud vn|,. 1919 Ml I. Hand entry internal and Sailor .. .Uup. 1920 Whitney entry tpaet, llainask and Wildair ;ni 1921 Whitney entry Prudery and Tryster . . .3rd 1921! Morvich Won 1923 Whitney , reentree entry I Enchantment Rialto. Picketer and Cherry Mel.... Inp. 1924 Black lold w.n a
