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Contestants for 50000 Prize LOUISVILLE Ky May 1C The named starters for the fiftysixth run ¬ ning of the Kentucky Derby are here presented together with their weights riders trainers and owners Horse HorseGALLANT Wt Rider Owner Trainer GALLANT FOX 126 E Sande Belair Stud J Fitzsimmons GALLANT KNIGHT KNIGHTTANNERY 126 H ScliutteAiilIey Farm Stable If Spence TANNERY 126 W Garner E F Prichard A Baker BREEZING THRU 126 J W Smith E R Bradley H J Thompson BUCKEYE POET 126 E Legere E R Bradley H J Thompson CRACK BRIGADE BRIGADENED 126 G Ellis T M Cassidy J Bauer NED 0 126 J D MneyG W Foreman G W Foreman HIGH FOOT 126 C Meyer Valley Lake Sta J B Partridge BROADWAY LIMITED 126 T May Three Ds StkFm Sta RYestal UNCLE LUTHER LUTHERGONE 126 C McCrosen L Stivers L Stivers GONE AWAY 126 M Garner W J Ziegler Jr W J Speirs LONGUS 126 R OBrien R C Stable F W Forsting ForstingBUSY BUSY 126 L Pichon J B Respess A Goldblatt GoldblattKtLKERRY KtLKERRY 126 P Walls Three Ds Stk Fin Sta R Yestal YestalALCIBIADES ALCIBIADES 121 L Jones H P Headley W W Taylor TaylorDICK DICK OHARA 126 N Barrett P II Joyce B B Williams Americas Famous Race at Churchill Downs Today Crowd of 50000 or More Gather at Louisville fotf fotfTurf Turf Classic Earl of Derby Scion of English Nobility and One of Worlds Leading Sportsmen SportsmenIs Is Guest of Honor and Will Present Beautiful Gold Trophy to Proud Owner of Winner In 1872 Gol M Lewis Clark visited Europe and carefully studied the system of stakes rules of racing etc of England and France He was the guest of Admiral Rous the Nestor or English racing and Father of Handicappers and was afforded every facility for the study of the turf abroad Upon his return to Kentucky the Louisville Jockey Club was organized in June 1874 and the Churchill Downs course and club house completed Later the grandstand and stables were built and the first meeting was held in 1875 with the Kentucky Derby as the feature attraction The Derby as well as the Oaks Clark Stakes St Leger and Louisville Cup were fashioned after the great races of England after a careful digest of Colonel Clarks European observations Thus began the Kentucky Derby which from a modest begin ¬ ning has now become Americas outstanding horse race Little did the fearless Colonel Clark dream that the Kentucky Derbyr child of his imaginative genius would attain the proud eminence it now holds nor that today for its fiftysixth running Lord Derby scion of English nobility after one of whose ancestors the worlds famous Epsom Derby was named and after which the Kentucky Derby was patterned would be the guest of honor at Churchill Downs and will present to the winning owner the beautiful gold trophy the symbolic emblem of victory in addition to its rich monetary prize What a beautiful tribute from the old world from the original home of the thoroughbred to the blue grass lands of Kentucky the birthplace and home of most of the American thoroughbreds and the site of the Kentucky Derby Hands across the sea England joins with America in paying homage to King Horse From near and far from every section of this broad land of ours thousands arid thousands have journeyed to historical Churchill Downs in the beautiful city of Louisville to pay their respects to our honored guest and see the superb crea ¬ tures of the thoroughbred world vie for the coveted laurels victory in the Kentucky Derby the blue ribbon turf event of the United States StatesMany Many great horses have won the Kentucky Derby The outstanding ones are Hindoo Leonatus Spokane Riley Halma Ben Brush Lieut Gibson Sir Huon Old Rosebud Regret Omar Khayyam Exterminator Morvich Zev and Reigh Count There were some wonderful horses which started and failed to win this famous race and undoubtedly the greatest of these was Ten Broeck Today another name will be added to the roster of winners with only the future to disclose whether or not he will take rank with the immortals of the past
