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Blue Grass Classic Has Been Run on Each of Six WeekDays WeekDaysCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 3 The Kentucky Derby now a tra ¬ ditionally firstSaturdayinMay event has been run on every day of the week except Sunday of course courseThe The inaugural Derby in 1897 was held on Monday May 17 Churchill Downs di ¬ rectors intermittedly tried Mondays Tues ¬ days Wednesdays Thursdays and Fridays through 1900 1900In In 1901 the Run for the Roses was conducted on April 29 a Monday MondayThe The first time the famed event was run on Saturday was in 1902 May 3 The Derby was 28 years old then It again was held on Saturday May 2 in 1903 But then it reverted in rotation to a Monday Wednes ¬ day twice Monday Tuesday Monday Tuesday schedule for the next seven years through 1910 1910Ever Ever since 1911 the big race has been held on a Saturday in May the sole ex ¬ ception of the war year of 1945 when the race was delayed until Saturday June 9 9Since Since 1938 excluding 1945 the Derby has been run on the first Saturday of May
