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r. ...... .......... .... i Kentucky Derbys of Past Charts and Future Books -1919 u , Remember Commander J. K. L. Ross? He was a multi-millionaire from Montreal who had gathered together a powerful racing stable with the veteran but eminently successful trainer, H. G. Bedwell, in charge of his horses. He had high hopes of winning the Kentucky Derby of 1919 with the sturdy and redoubtable Billy Kelly, one of the most popular and successful little horses of that period. Commander Ross did win the Derby but instead of Billy Kelly turning the trick it was the maiden racer, Sir Barton, which carried the Canadian turfmans silks to a gloriously achieved victory, Billy Kelly finishing second. J. W. McClellands Eternal opened in the 1919 future books on the Derby as the favorite, but he was only one point lower than mighty little Billy Kelly. Eternal was 4 to 1, Billy Kelly, 5 to 1. Dunboyne was also popular and was quoted at 8. Billy Kelly was about as small a horse as War Admiral and, like the Riddle star, he had tremendous speed. Sir Barton, a maiden in the J. K. L. Ross string, whose colors Billy Kelly also carried, was 30 to 1 and, as late as JVIay 3, could still be backed at 20 to 1. On that date Billy Kelly had supplanted Eternal as favorite, being backed down to 2 1-2 to 1, while the McClelland colt remained 3 to 1. Be Frank attracted considerable support as the date of the race approached and went down to 10, but Vindex, because of brilliant training moves, was slashed from 30 to 6 to 1 and was third choice to Billy Kelly and Eternal. Vindex, however, made a poor showing and trailed home every other starter in the race. Sir Barton won his maiden victory in the Derby, being the second non-winner to achieve premier honors in the great Louisville race. Little Billy Kelly, one of the shining lights of American turf history but, unfortunately, from a breeding standpoint, a gelding, finished second to his stablemate, with Under Fire third. Dunboyne did not get to the post like so many other prospective Derby stars held at short odds in the futures. Fans may be puzzled to see the name of St. Bernard in the 1919 Derby field, but the name was claimed for a recent good horse because the St. Bernard of 1919, a gelding by Ivan the Terrible Beatrice K., passed from the turf picture a sufficient number of years ago to permit the Shaffers of Chicago to claim the name for their Bull Dog colt, which was a six-year-old. Eternal and Sailor, the McClelland entry, were mutuel favorites over the Ross pair, with Regalo third choice on Derby Day. Following is a reproduction of the Derby chart of 1919 : FIFTH RACE 1 1-4 MILES. Old Rosebud, May 9, 19142:0353114. Forty-Fifth 423 05 Running KENTUCKY DERBY. 0,000 Added. 3-year-olds. Allowances. May-10-19-C.D Net vaue to winner 0,825; second, ,500; third, ,000; fourth, 75. Index Horses Eqt A Wt PP St 1 Str Fin Jockeys Owners Equiv. Odds Strt 395832SIR BARTON wb 112i 1 1 l2 1 l2 Vs 15 LoftusJ JKL Ross 60-100 42081 BILLY KELLY w 119 11 8 3 3 23 2 21 SandeE JKL Ross t 422272UNDER FIRE wl22 7 11 9 9 6 3 31 GarnerM P Dunne 1915-100 42227 VULCANITE wllO 6 10 10 5n 4 41 4C HowardC W F Poison 7000-100 422273SENNINGS PARK wb 122 8 9 62 4J 5i 51 51 LunsfordH 0 A Bianchi 1410-100 422223BE FRANK w 119 2 6 7h 7 7 6 6 ButwellJ C M Garrison 2745-100 41177 SAILOR wb 119 10 12 12 102 10 8 Is MclntyreJ J W McClelland 210-100 42227 ST. BERNARD w 119 4 2 5and 61 91 72 82 PoolE B J Brannon t 42227 REGALO wll7 9 7 82 8 81 92 9 MurphyF Gallaher Bros 605-100 41798 ETERNAL wl22 5 3 2 2 3 105 1010 SchuttgerA J W McClelland 38508 FROGTOWN w 119 12 4 ll2 11 ll2 llill2 MorysJ W S Kilmer 2245-100 42137 VINDEX w 122 . 3 5 412 12 12 12 KnappW H P Whitney 815-100 fMutuel field. Coupled as J. K. L. Ross entry; J. W. McClelland entry. Time, :24, :48, 1:14, 1:41, 2:09. Track heavy. , MUITJZLS PAID , , OFFICIAL BOOKING ODDS . J. K. L. ROSS ENTRY $ 7.20 $ 6.70 S 6.00 260109 235100 200100 UNDER FIRE 10.80 440100 Winner Ch. c, by Star Shoot Lady Sterling, by Hanover trained by H. G. Bedwell; bred by Messrs. Madden and Gooch. WENT TO POST 5:10. AT POST 4 minutes. , Start good and slow. Won easily; second and third driving. SIR BARTON raced into the lead at once and, well ridden, led under restraint until reaching the stretch, where he was shaken up and easily held BILLY KELLY safe in the last eighth. BILLY KELLY held to his task well, was under restraint in the early running and finished gamely. UNDER FIRE gained steadily from a slow beginning and finished fast and gamely. VULCANITE ran well and finished close "up. ETERNAL was done after going three-quarters. REGALO ran disappointingly. SENNINGS PARK tired in the stretch. Scratched 42257 Corson, 122; 42142sClermont, 122. Overweight Sir Barton, 2 pounds. The Future Book prices with the opening quotations follow: April May Horse. Opening 19 3 Odds Odds Odds Sir Barton 30 30 20 Billy Kelly 5 4 2 Under Fire 50 25 25 Vulcanite 100 200 200 Sennings Park 50 30 100 Be Frank 20 20 10 V Sailor 50 30 25 St. Bernard 50 30 30 Regalo 50 50 100 Eternal 4 4 3 Frogtown 100 100 200 Vindex 30 30 6 Dunboyne 8 8 15
