Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-15

| the road TO EPSON. Shop-keepers on
that day shut up their shops, the
benches Of parliament are deserted,
one-half Of the aristocracy appear on
the ground, people OF every condition
arrive In countless numbers from all
districts, and huge trains arrive every
few minutes at the station, bringing
their thousands, until the entire
Downs are covered with vast NOV
ing mass.
Louisville's Derby day is becoming
every year more popular. The popu-
lace resort en- Inasse to the jockey club
grounds and this Is truly q day when
rich and poor, high and low, can flock
together.
or course Joe Cotton Is this MORN
ing the observed OF all observers at the
track, and right well he merits the adj
miration his well.earned Victories
have secured him. Abe Perry, his
trainer, under whose care McWhirter
became famous, says the Derby is at
Joe Cotton's mercy, and that he
can 20 the distance in 2:34,
which prediction, II verified, will sure
ly place the coveted prize to Williams
credit, but, luckily, there Is a differ
ence OF opinion, and many an admirer
OF Irish Pat, without ever having seen
him gallop, swears, begorra, that he
can eclipse even these figures. Ber-
sans defeat by Ten Brooker the other
day may cost some Of the dudes rather
heavily, for Morris following explain
very plausiby that the horses reputa-
ton WAS such they INDUCED him, and
he WIS not worked for the race.
THE EVENT OF THE DAY.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May IA Never
in the history of the Louisville Jockey
club has better opening day been
known. Derby day 1t was and Louis
vile turned out In full force and visit
ors from all over the land swelled the
crowd that witnessed the races TO near
ly $4,000 The weather was pleasant
and beautiful and the track was never
in better condition.
The first race was the ladies' stakes
for two-year-old FLIES, five furlongs--
There were sixteen starters, but Bonl-
Ia, a short" horse, won easily; Pure
Rye, second; Vic, third. Time l:04.
The event OF the day OF course was
the Kentucky Derby, an event that is
famous in the racing annals Of the
country. Joe Cotton, the favorite,
hAuc ms appearances WIN heuueIbOn
on his back amid great cheering. as
did Bersan, Favor, Irish Pat, Ten
Brooker, Thistle, Clay Pat, Keokuk,
Play Fair and Lord Coleridge.
The polling was unusually heavy before
the race and the interest ana excite
ment were intense. A good start was
made out OF the chute. Favor, who
was not at all lame, took the lead and
cut out the pace, closely followed by
Keokuk, Bersan, Ten BROKER and the
rest, Cotton bringing up the rear.
The horses were al we'll bunrhed
when they passed the grand stand,
and the mile finish from that on was
one OF the prettiest races ever seen here.
Favor ran out at the three quarter
pole and, Morris other entry, Bersan,
went in 10 win, but could not.
Joe Cotton reu easily until near
the finish and passed Bersan without
much urging and won the race by
nalf length; Bersan, second; Ten
BROKER, third; Favor, fourth; the others
punched close in behind. Time, 2:37f.
The crowd went wild at the finish,
and never was such pushing, rushing
and shouting heard or seen. 1t was q
great race. The time is second only
to that OF Pat Malloy in the Derby Of
1879, when 1t was made 1897.