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TRIUMPH FOR CHICAGO Anita Peabody First Home in the Debutante Stakes Leona Farm Stables Colors Are Carried Successfully in Time Honored Feature at Downs LOUISVILLE Ky May 13 Anita Pea body the comely daughter of Luke McLuke La Dauphine by the The Tetrarch racing under the silks of the Leona Farm Stable the property of Mrs John Hertz of Chicago scored a notable triumph in the thirtyfourth running of the Debutante Stakes the feature of Fridays good program at Churchill Downs The Bloomfield Stables Miss Fire was second and the Foxcatcher Farm Stables Pink Lily finished third thirdAnita Anita Peabody made her turf debut Thurs ¬ day and won in a manner that stamped her as a young racer of much promise She gave urther evidence of high quality by coming back today and annexing the timehonored stake for fillies The big delegation from Chicago here for the Derby displayed un ¬ bounded enthusiasm over the result and many handsomelyThe profited handsomely The opening race brought out a field of fifteen and was decided in a driving rain ¬ storm resulting in an unexpected success or Watchful an extreme outsider ridden by X Huff He was kept well up from the start and finishing with good speed in tho stretch disposed of the tiring Dusty Mary and easily held Kindred and Busy Day safe Kindred was the leader for the first three eighths and although under restraint while following the pace of Dusty Mary for the next quarter was not good enough Isostasy enoughIsostasy on which G Johnson had the mount proved an easy winner over Cleora Glaechfals and twelve other maiden two yearolds in the second race This was the irst contest at five furlongs in Kentucky his year for juveniles and the finish found them well strung out Isostasy had sufficient speed to race with Cleora and Glaechfals rom the start and upon entering the stretch egan to draw away from his followers and inished with four lengths to spare over DIeora which outstayed Glaechfals by a head for second place placeDARK DARK ANGLE EASILY EASILYThe The rain liad abated and faint rays of sunshine shot across the course as Dark Angel raced to an easy win in the third race She sprinted away from her opponents in the first quarter of a mile and although swerving badly while in the stretch was not hard urged to retain two lengths advantage over Florenda with Efeldee a distant third Florenda was always in closest pursuit of he winner and finished fast Efeldee fin ¬ ished fast in the center of the track trackWith With 7930 persons making the trip from Chicago in Pullman and private cars the Windy Citys representation at the Kentucky Derby is expected to exceed 12000 Regular rains and automobiles reaching this city Friday increased the Chicago delegation no small number and the numerous special trains scheduled to arrive tonight and to ¬ morrow will bring the bulk of the large migration migrationChicago Chicago has almost since the introduction of the Kentucky Derby sent the largest num jer of visitors to this city to witness the race The estimated Chicago delegation for this year is about 20 per cent larger than that of 1926 1926Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is another central states city sending a large number of devotees The city will be represented by special train loads and the several hundred others making the trip on regular trains or by motor motorAmong Among the prominent railroad officials with Derby reservations are L W Baldwin president of the Missouri Pacific with a party from St Louis T A Roberts gen ¬ eral agent of the Pennsylvania System with a large party from Detroit including the governor of Michigan and Harvey Fire ¬ stone tire manufacturer George Le Boutil lier vice president of the Long Island Rail ¬ way with a party from New York J T Loree vice president and general manager of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad with a party from Philadelphia J B Hill presi ¬ dent of the Nashville Chattanooga SL Louis Railroad with a party from Nashville Fitzgerald Hall vice president and general manager of the same road with a party from St Louis Otis Mousser chairman and H L Miller president of the Interstate Railroad with a party from Big Stone Gap Vt F H Hamilton of St Louis vice presi ¬ dent of the St Louis San Francisco Rail ¬ road and James M Kurn prominent railroad official of St Louis LouisMANY MANY NOTABLES PRESENT PRESENTAmong Among other notables who are now en route to Louisville are Walter McLucas chairman of the Commerce Trust Company Kansas City William S Martin of Memphis president of the Arkansas and Memphis Bridge and Terminal Company Clarence C Hamlin editor and publisher of the Colorado Springs Gazette J Will Johnson of Chicago president of the PyleNational Electric Head ¬ light Company Governor Austin Peay of Tennessee Mayor James M Walker of New York City Edward H Carle of New York City Paul Guiser president of the Yellow Cab Company E G Beichler of Dayton Ohio president of the Frigidaire Corporation Herbert Pulitzer New York publisher James C Brady New York financier Mrs W H Hamilton daughter of S M Vauclain president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and others othersOf Of the six imported horses nominated for the Derby only one J E Wideners Kiev will be among the starters The other foreign breds that were among the 102 nominations were The Satrap Kentucky II Enthusiastic Edward Bucephalus and Justice F FA A victory for H P Whitneys Bostonian in Saturdays Derby would win him distinc ¬ tion enjoyed at present by a single horse That honor is the winning of the Preakness and Kentucky Derby a task accomplished only by J K L Ross Sir Barton a maiden at the time of the Derby running runningJockey Jockey W Crump tore several ligaments in his right leg when thrown from the two yearold King Star while at the post for the second race and had to cancel his other engagements for the afternoon
