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OWNERS OF DERBY WINNERS Major T. C. McDowell and Others Among Those Present for This Years Race. LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 6.— Major Thomas C. McDowell, thirty years ago, won the Kentucky Derby with Alan-a-Dale and tomorrow he will be present to witness another Derby. The Lexingtonian, who is one of the few remaining horsemen of the old school, holds a Derby record in that Alan-a-Dale is the only winner to be sired by a winner of the Blue Ribbon event. Halma, sire of Alan-a-Dale, won the 1895 Derby in the silks of Byron McClelland and Alan-a-Dale was foaled at Major McDowells Ashland stud. Other owners of Derby winners that have signified their intentions of being present for the fifty-eighth Derby are C. E. Hamilton, whose Stone Street won in 1908, and J. B. Respess, whose Wintergreen won the classic the following year. H. C. Applegate, whose Old Rosebud won the 1914 Derby, is treasurer of Churchill Downs, while Tom P. Hayes, who bred and raced Donerail, the 1913 Derby winner, is training the Warm Stable horses quartered at Churchill Downs. C. E. Hamilton has a stable of horses here in charge of H. Wells, while J. B. Respess nominated Our Fancy for this years classic. When Old Rosebud won the 1914 Derby he set a record for the mile and a quarter of 2:03%, which was not surpassed until Twenty Grand reduced it to 2:01% last year. Donerail, paying 84.90 when he won from Ten Point and Gowell in 1913, was the longest priced winner in Kentucky Derby history.
