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SIXTEEN TO START Gallant Fox With Sande Up Overwhelming Favorite Bradley Pair Tannery High Foot Footand and Gallant Knight Held Heldin in High Esteem LOUISVILLE Ky May 16 The Kentucky Derby its fame and importance reaching throughout the world tomorrow comes up for its fiftysixth annual renewal since Aris jtifles the little red horse defeated Vol ¬ cano Verdigris and twelve others for a purse of 2S50 in the first running back in 1875 Aristides gained his Derby conquest over a route of one and onehalf miles while tomorrow for a prize of more than 50 000 and a 5000 gold cup to the winner six ¬ teen of the leading threeyearolds will match speed and stamina over one mile and a quar jter of that same Churchill Downs course over which Aristides won everlasting fame Tomorrow over 50000 enthusiasts will as ¬ semble at the historic local course where records indicate 10000 gathered for the ini ¬ tial staging of the premier of Americas iiturf fixtures a vivid reflection of mounting popularity as the race progressed through more than a half century centuryTomorrow Tomorrow the attending throng called from the world over will include nobility and descendant from that lofty rank through to the humblest of Americans AmericansSURE SURE OF THIRTEEN STARTERS STARTERSBefore Before the high and low of that colorful and representative multitude at least thirteen andpossibly fifteen of the foremost three yearolds will vie for the glory and gold of jthe unapproached far famed classic Cer tain starters for the exacting sinew straining test are William Woodwards Gallant Fox reigning king of the divisidn and generally regarded as the strongest favorite since 1922 when Morvich after being installed at six to five raced to victory E E Prichards Tan ¬ nery E R Bradleys Breezing Thru and Buckeye Poet T M Cassidys Crack Brigade B B Jones Gallant Knight Nash and Part ¬ ridges High Foot W T Waggoners Kil Jcerry and Broadway Limited W H Hoff ¬ man Jrs Longus G W Foremans Ned O William Ziegler Jrs Gone Away and iuther Stivers Uncle Luther That brilliant array together with H P Headleys Alci tiiades the only filly to accept Patrick H Joyces Dick OHara and J B Respess Busy all doubtful starters made up the accep ¬ tances at the entrybox this morning Only unforeseen developments can prevent any of the thirteen assured colts and geldings from reaching the post while Dick OHara vhose owner is inclined to have his colors In the race has the best chance of the three doubtful acceptances to answer the bugle call Busy will be started according to A Gold ¬ blatt his trainer while Alcibiades owner is awaited before a definite decision can be reached It is believed that she will be re ¬ served for the impending renewal of the Ken itucky Oaks two weeks hence henceGlorious Glorious weather today indicates a fast track and perfect overhead conditions for the morrow and this notwithstanding a forecast p showers by the government bureau To days radiant sunshine beamed upon thou ¬ sands of early arrivals and the incoming streams of visitors spread into a blanket of Kumanity over the city as the day wore on Continued on twentieth page C1YTEEM CTADTMAlctit TA CTADT MAlctit 1U olAKI Continued from first page All hotels were packed to overflowing last night and the special trains and coaches already on hand taxed the capacity of all terminals This with the largest proportion of the Derby throng due during the night and Saturday morning left little doubt that a crowd of from 10000 to 15000 larger than the greatest in the record of Derby Day will witness the impending renewal renewalBreezing Breezing Thru and Buckeye Poet aspirants of E R Bradley starred in the final blow ¬ outs of the Kentucky Derby hopefuls this morning when they breezed threequarters in 113 Going together they went along at a faster clip than trainer H J Thomp ¬ son prescribed but E Legere and J Smith their pilots found it impossible to restrain them to a slower pace once they got under way wayThey They whizzed over the opening quarter in 23 and after running a half mile in 47 reached the fiveeighths in 1 rOO1 Their con ¬ cluding preliminaries were exhibitions of sizz ¬ ling speed over the deep cuppy track and left no room to doubt the fine condition in which they reach the race raceBroadway Broadway Limited the maiden son of Man o War which with Kilkerry will carry the colors of W T Waggoner also came through most impressively when he flashed unsus ¬ pected speed in his final opener over a half mile for which he was timed in 48 He ran the quarter in 23 and threeeighths in 35 and was well in hand throughout Kilkerry finished up with a lengthy gallop at a slow pace and is reported in better physical condition than in some time timeTrainer Trainer Kay Spence sent Gallant Knight fiveeighths in 102 the quarter in 24 and half mile in 49 while Luther Stivers Uncle Luther breezed threequarters in 117 He went the first quarter in 26 and the half mile in 51 51Gallant Gallant Fox the favorite and sterling colorbearer of William Woodward had his last conditioning in a test of his speed at threeeighths Accompanied by Wrattler ha covered the short distance under hard driv ¬ ing by Earl Sande his Derby rider in 35 which well pleased both Sande and George Tappan assistant to James Fitzsim mons trainer of the colt who did not ar ¬ rive here until after the drill drillGallant Gallant Fox just managed to outspeed Wrattler through the opening quarter which he ran in 23 as again 23 for his stable companion and while Wrattler did a trifle better during the final eighth Gallant Fox added a little to the lead amassed during the opening two furlongs in running the closing eighth in 12 as against 12 for Wrattler WrattlerNed Ned O G W Foremans good gelding was jogged fiveeighths in 1 20 and High Foot galloped two miles milesForeman Foreman who also looTts after the train ¬ ing of Ned O is especially well pleased with the condition in which the gelding en ¬ ters the Derby He is of the opinion that he reaped much benefit from his race in the Trial Purse here last Tuesday and is confident that in his present condition he is better than at any time this year yearJ J B Partridge trainer and part owner of High Foot had the son of Prince Pal out early and barring bad racing luck prom ¬ ises to have no excuse for the colt which at one time ruled one of the winter book favorites and lost many admirers when he suffered defeat under colors here a few days back backHundreds Hundreds of private coaches nearly 500 Pullmans and more than forty special trains as well as regular trains dropped their cargo of human flesh in this city during the last seventytvo hours and this gathering of visi ¬ tors had but one purpose in view the fifty sixth running of the Kentucky Derby DerbyAlmost Almost 150 airplanes carrying nearly 500 passengers have arrived or are due at Bow ¬ man Field the local airport This and the train service is little compared with the many automobiles which came over the highways with this city as their destination destinationPersons Persons from all walks of life from a lord down to a humble cobbler will be in the gathering For the first time since its ini ¬ tial running the Earl of Derby in whose family honor the race was named will be present He arrived in Louisville last night and has been entertained since his arrival John Portridge of Kettle Creek now in his eighties and who has witnessed every Derby is the cobbler who lays away his last yearly savings to be present for the classic classicTwelve Twelve special trains arrived over the L N Railroad Four came in from New York Thursday morning while scores of others came in last night and early this morning Three special Pennsylvania trains also came in this morning and four others via the New York Central lines linesFor For the first time in the history of racing here the Louisville City building will be closed all day Derby Day this year in honor of the visit to the city of the Earl of Derby DerbyBy By proclamation of Governor Flem D Sampson Derby Day is made a legal holi ¬ day in Kentucky in honor of the distinguished visitor who is visiting Kentucky as the guest of Joseph E Widener
