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Derby Favorite Race; Record of PublicChoices CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 1. — The Kentucky Derby has been a favorites race, more or less. That is, favorites have fared exceeding well in the 78 previous running of the celebrated classic. Favorites have finished out of the money only 18 times in the entire history of the Derby. Thirty-seven have won, 17 finished second, and six came in third. Moreover, eight have run fourth to compensate their owners to some extent. During the last 12 years, five favorites carried off the capital prize. However, in the last 10 years, only three public choices have taken the top award, while only two of the short-priced gentry have smelled the roses in the past five renewals. Here is a tabulation of the favorites, prices quoted against them, and a record of how they finished each year since the Derby was inaugurated 78 years ago: Year. Favorite. Odds. Fin. 1875 Aristides 29-10 1 1876 Vagrant 9-5 1 1877 Leonard 5-3 2 1878 Himyar 1-3 2 1879 Lord Murphy 11-10 1 1880 Kimball 2-3 2 1881 Hindoo 1-3 1 1882 Runnymede 4-5 2 1883 Leonatus 1-2 1 1884 Audrain 5-3 3 1885 Joe Cotton even 1 1886 Ben Ali 7-5 1 1887 Banburg 8-5 4 1888 Melbourne Stable entry . . 5-3 2 1889 Proctor Knott 1-2 2 1890 Robespierre even 3 1891 Kingman even 1 1892 Azra 3-2 1 1893 Cushing and Orth entry . . . 10-7 1 1894 Chant 1-2 1 1895 Halma 1-3 1 1896 Ben Brush 1-2 1 1897 Ornament even 2 1898 Lieber Karl 1-3 2 1899 Manuel 11-20 1 1900 Lieut. Gibson 7-10 1 1901 Alard Schreck 7-10 5 1902 Abe Frank 3-5 4 1903 Early , . . . 3-5 2 1904 Brancas 11-5 3 1905 Agile 1-3 1 1906 Sir Huon 11-10 1 1907 Red Gauntlet 6-5 4 1908 Sir Cleges 17-10 2 1909 Wintergreen 19-10 1 1910 Donau 8-5 1 1911 Governor Gray even 2 1912 Worth 4-5 1 1913 Ten Point 6-5 2 1914 Old Rosebud 4-5 1 C 1915 Regret 13-5 1 1916 H. P. Whitney entry even 5 1917 Ticket 7-5 2 1918 War Cloud 7-5 4 1919 J. W. McClelland entry . 21-10 7 1920 G. W. Loft entry 43-1 3 , 1921 H. P. Whitney entry 11-10 3 3 1922 Morvich 6-5 1 f 1923 Whitney and Greentree entry 23-10 6 : 1924 Black Gold 17-10 1 : 1925 Quatrain 19-10 12 J 1926 E. R. Bradley entry 19-10 1 : 1927 H. P. Whitney entry 12-5 1 1928 Hertz and Lehmann entry. . 2-1 1 • 1929 E. R. Bradley entry 17-10 4 1930 Gallant Fox 6-5 1 • 1931 Greentree Stable entry. . 9-10 1 4 1932 Tick On 9-5 6 j 1933 W. R. Coe entry 7-5 4 : 1934 Brookmeade Stable entry 3-2 1 ] 1935 Nellie Flag 19-5 4 ; 1936 Brevity 4-5 2 ! 1937 War Admiral 8-5 1 1938 Fighting Fox 7-5 6 * 1939 Johnstown 3-5 1 1940 Bimelech 2-5 2 1941 Whirlaway 29-10 1 1942 Greentree Stable entry. . 19-10 1 . 1943 Count Fleet 2-5 1 1944 Stir Up 7-5 3 1945 Pot o Luck 33-10 2 1946 Maine Chance Fm entry 11-10 4 1947 Phalanx 2-1 2 1948 Calumet Farm entry 2-5 1 1949 Olympia 4-5 6 1950 Your Host 8-5 9 1951 Battle Morn 14-5 6 1952 Hill Gail 11-10 1
