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The prospective starters in the Cleveland Derby include the following together with post positions weights riders owners and trainers PP Horse W Eider Owner OwnerA Trainer 1 Dixie Lad 114 A B Letellier A Thomas 2 Miss Bess 101 IV S Dudley T P Hayes 3 Keveille Boy 123 JFKose J A Best JLPaul JLPaulW 4 Bark Sea 114 F Coltilelti W SKilmer W A Crawford Sydney 123 T Dell J tf Camden IL Stearns C Plucky Play 114 D Trivett Jfortlnvay Stable L Fitzgerald FitzgeraldIV 7 fCesare 114 J Kedding IV 11 Coc B Creech 8 Gallant Knight 123 II Schutte Audley Farm K Spence SpenceW 9 fMaya 119 J Inclone W R Coe B Creech fW 11 Coe entry First Running of Cleveland Derby Nine Named to Start in Thistle Downs 15000 Attraction Gallant Knight Second to Gallant Fox in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby and Winner of Fairmount Derby DerbyFavorite Favorite for Todays Race CLEVELAND Ohio June G Nine threeyearolds including one filly were werelisted listed in the overnight entries for the first running of the Cleveland Derby at atThistle Thistle Down Park Saturday afternoon The conditions of this contest are much muchthe the same as govern Derbys other than the Kentucky The distance is a mile and a quarter The added value is 15000 and this has attracted a representative field fieldGallant Gallant Knight the Bright Knight Ethel Gray colt which finished second to toGallant Gallant Fox in the Kentucky Derby and then won the Fairmount Derby seems to torule rule a very pronounced favorite Trainer Spence has high hopes of this colt run ning up a string of Derby successes as he is also eligible for the American Derby to be run next week at Washing ¬ ton Park ParkReveille Reveille Boy and Sydney no doubt will be the second and thin choices These two are weighted equally with Gallant Knight each of the trio carrying 123 pounds It was Reveille Boy which finished second to Gallant Knight in the Fairmount Derby Since coming to Thistle Down the Last Rev ¬ eille colt has trained in the most satisfactory manner and he will not lack support by many who believe in his chances to reverse the decision over the Fairmount winner winnerSydney Sydney also went in the Fairmount Derby but did not fare so well It is recalled that as a twoyearold Sydney outran Gallant Knight in an important race the Chicago Juvenile Handicap Sydney won that stake and Gallant Knight was third He is figured to be a very dangerous contender tomorrow if he runs one of his good races racesThe The East is well represented in todays Derby by W R Coes Maya and Cesare and W S Kilmers Dark Sea Maya was a contestant in the recent Withers Stakes at Belmont Park finishing fourth to Which one Swinfield and Starpatic and beating out Black Majesty and Sarazen II He will have up only one pound more tomorrow than he carried in that event Cesare was a win ¬ ner over good ones at Jamaica JamaicaDixie Dixie Lad owned by A B Letellier prob ¬ ably will come in for some support as he has made a good impression by his work ¬ outs here He is a gelded son of Sporting Blood BloodPlucky Plucky Play of the Northway Stable and W S Dudleys maiden filly Miss Bess com ¬ plete the field Plucky Play has been a very consistent money colt He recently ran two very good races against older horses at Wash ¬ ington Park Track conditions will not be all that could be desired as todays races were run over a heavy track but weather indications are favorable and it is expected that by far the largest crowd ever in attendance at Thistle Down will see the Derby DerbyJockey Jockey PL Schutte will be on hand to ride Gallant Knight as he has done in all of his engagements this year yearM M Rose has been engaged to ride Reveille Boy BoyThere There were several new arrivals today from various points including F Byer from New York with three head two of them twoyearolds
