The sun., 1888-05-15
MACBETH WINS THE DERBY.
A CHICAGO COLT CAPTURES THE BIG
TURF Event or KENTUCKY.
He Sold Low In the Betting bat Won an
Easy Victory In et3s 1-e-Tse Favorite,
GaiIifet, Beaten Four Lenrths-BiR Win
ninrs Tor Macbeth's Owners and the
Roek kmnkers-Story of the Race.

rinrs Tor Macbeth's owner. and the
BosN sNnakers-story Of the Race.
LOUISVILLE May 14.-The Kentucky Der
by Of 1883 is over, and once moro an outsider
has secured the coveted prize. The Chicago
| stable colt Macbeth. who started at the price
OF 10 to l against, WIS returned tho winner.
His victory was hollow one us he had every
thing beaten shortly after entering the straight,
and he won in canter by two lengths Little
George Covington. his rider. had only to give
him one kick with his heel during the race.
| Gallifet. the favorite ran prominently through
| out and led for great part OF the way, but he
| was no good when the son OF McDur chal-
| lenged him.
| The morning broke dull and 1t looked like
rain, but the weather prophets said 1t was too
cold for that, and they were right. The down.
fall which had threatened the night before
ended in n few drops and the track at the early
morning work was as dusty as ever. There
was nothing of any consequence done at early
exercise, and those who went to the track
might have saved themselves the trouble. Tho
morning trains brought in large contingent
| OF visitors, especially from Chicago. among
| them being Messrs G. s. Chaplin, John Gore,
DR.. Chamberlain and party, Kirk Gum, Tom
Sheedy, ]. II. Fenton. Charles Stiles. Mat
Hogan, L. V. Rodden, G. P. Titus, J. ]. Moss. J.
W. Pearson. S. H. Thomas. J. $. Brewster w.
Woodward. John and James Burke, AL Hankins,
Fred Gardner. NJ. NJ. Mills. John Brennick, j.
Coughlin, and others.
Tho business of the day commenced with the
selling of pools at the Louisville Hotel. and the
first sensation of the day was the scratching of
Prince Charlie, who, rs has been stated, pulled
| up lame on Sunday morning. The Melbourne
Stable was strong favorite, the first pool on
| the Derby being:
sIe White, SIS; zeb Ward $40 and the fed sons.ting
three pools had been sold, Autocrat and Long Roll SILL
There was not much variation during the
morning. Shortly after ! o'clock people began
weather was still dull and cold but large num-
bers wended their way to the Downs in car
most popular and convenient conveyance Tho
first race was set for 2,s, and before that hour
Brighter appearSnce appel @ The eI Grand da"d' stand was
we'll filled. and the ladies' portion wasoccupied
women. w me- The field. Which was SIR free, was COW
cred by q large crowd. and it extended five and
six deep from the eighth pole to the upper turn.
Senators Dudley and Black burn, Can't S. S.
R.oEn Col Green Gt st Lppis Col GrSsby By, Of
The Judges w were Re- Col Lewis Clark Gen J. F.
timers stand were Major Thomas W. S. Barnes
and John A. Logan. Mr.. J. +. Caldwell ofilci-
For the first race, for maiden wo-year-olds,
five furlongs, there were thirteen starters. and
Crawford and Rich's bay cslt Liberty by Leon
orite. Maidstone and Santa Cruz being next in
demand a. A curious mistake was made in the
furlong pole, and Liberty who made al the
run over again. and after half an hours wait
@ god start Liberty 's again mad: & I lie running
tili the M sixteenth pole, where, Maidstone Ma M and
winning q fine race by n noSe with Liberty
third; half 1 q length behind Santa Cruz. The
Five came to the post for the second race one
mile NIL and Las sixteenth, and I Terra re Gotta was a
HS fell Whessr went to the front S
way to Barrister; but Hamilton brought Terra
the stand, going under the wire an easy winner
BY an open Length; Baarrster second, and Jaco-
These two races being out OF the way all at
was paa PE s @
1000 people on the % srounds w The Betting le ring ring
resepblsd hive; and It was with difficulty way
SoIld DO made S through the strugGlinG mass;
and tho and the
In on %
bs bss bsabPs the SOON T"s the
and Antocra MacSeth a. and d leb Ward 70 '1 10
each. Long Roll was scratched. so that there
Ga Jones steersd
5S: 5jsP: %sS %AStSScrss; Williams White and BlayocE,
friends noticed that he looked 1t tt and IN fi m.ved
race. White was, the i next ext to show. With vii
liams gorgeous in the orange jacket with q
closed to the stand and moved Of QUICKLY. % saa and
then cheer went up AS the Melbourne Stables
aas ooEed se i'rs, we and his chest
nut coat ,shone like satin. Yet Ward
The wefs ae bS no ana r ae
that have started for the Derby. The conf;
betting. Macbeth went back a point or two
the beots They & % had f ali er 'p money '%r ssa we
invested long before and were contentei with
"I It was after o'clock when Mr. coldwell took
o S @ of false fhs
Kentucky Derby Of 1883 was under way. The
start was good one Ant9crat 5sng lhs Fst
Sna %h a.b ra xsTs xs hf saas xi I AZ Hs
snt sannE hss sss''s$tr fR0%se
vi aafss lh MssSsih 5 sistS
Alexandria and Zeb Ward. Going around the
turn Leb Ward was beaten, and Mccarthy evi;
up ON Gallitet. AS they passed the quarter
. pole Alexandria Just had his head in front OF
Gallifet, then came Chevalisr, followed BY
; White. Macbeth. and Antocrat.
, Along the backstretch Alexandria fell back
3 and Galliiet was left to cut but his own work
, Covinuton commenced to improve his position
on Macbeth and White fol- back. Around the
:, on Galliiet and the Chevalier but before this
mile and quarter was reached the Cheyaliel
! had enough OF i and commenced to fall back
, led by three-yuarters Of a length, with Auto
), crat and Macbeth pretty nearly on even terms
. Coming around the turn into the straight
: Gallifet was still In front and going so we'll tina
! the shout won't up, The favorite wins" Il
. was only momentary.
At the head OF the straight Autocrat dropped
back beaten. and Covington brought up Mac
beth to feel Gallifst. Mccarthy drew his whip