Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-15
KENTU NY OERBYs
zach 18th Carries on tho Honors at the
Opening OF he Lou sviIie Spring
Meeting.

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LOUISVILLE, KY, May 14.-Thls was
the opening cay Of the Louisville spring
meeting. The weather was cold and dis
agreeable, attendance very large, the
great event beirg the Kentucky Derby.
The first event of the day wss five
iurlorg dash, which WAS won b7 Mad
stone by neck, SAINTS Cruise second,
Liberty third. Time, :024.
Second rece-C.ub pursD $500, one and
a half miles. Terra Gotta won by s
length, Bsrrister second. JacOoin third,
fine, l: so. ~
Fourth rsce-Selling allowances forsll
sges; Francis City Brewery purse. $1,000;
tnree quarters OF mile heats. Perslm-
mon took the first heas, Luis Nav Sec
ond, and Ida L. third. Time, :l54.
The second heat and the rsce was won
by P rsimm IN in gsllop, with Luis Nay
second, and Ida L third. Time, l :16
The event of the dsy was the third
race, the Kentucky Derby, with $4,000 sd
ded, of which $500 wss to second
ard $500 to third. There We're
fifteen entries for this great
event, but only seven starters as follows:
Autocrat, Zsb Wsrd, Galiia', M.cbeih h.
Cleva.ier, White and Alexander
Gallifit aud Alexander belong TO the
Melbourne stables, and were sold TO-
gether IN the pools Auction pools sold,
Melbourne st. bles, $50; CbevAlier, $27;
Macbeth, Sl4; White, 50; field, 81
With the bookmakers the Melbourne
stsbles sold 4 TO l.; Chev.lier, 8 10 l !;
Autocret, 10 to L; White, 6 to /; Mac
beth, to l; Zsb Ward, 10 TO l.
After one false start Chevslier got off
first, the others we'll up. Coming into
the stretch out of the chute Zeb Ward led
BY two lengths, Ale xsnder 8. cond, Cneva-
lier third, Macbeth fourth, Gallift fifth,
Au'ocrat, sixth.
Passing the stand Alexandria was In the
lead, Gall a. second, Cnevalier third, and
the rest punched.
Up the back stretch GalHft was setting
the psce followed with gap of two
leug hs with Macbeth, CnevalIer, White,
named.
Rounding into the stretch Macbeth
moved forward like mighty one taking
the lead, Covipgton handling him 'eauti-
fully. Mccarthy on G.llift was second
and whipping hard, White third, the
rest strung out.
wire passing hrst by full length with not
touch of the whip and looking ready to
go another qusrter. Gslliit wss second
and working hard was badly pumped out
q leng and q qusrter in front Of White,
the others full three lengths behind.
Time, 1854
Macbeth is 3 magnificent looking brown
&c ding, and won this great face in s
style that places him up with the very
bes, in the land. 1t was stated after the
race that Hsnk.ns, his owner, won $1,000
on him. 1t was great victory for the
Chicago stable. As an af:er considera-
ton Il isssr.ther astonishing tina. odds OF
eight to one were obtainable against hiu,
looking 81 his flrst-class performances in
the south. Macbeth started frequently
as a TWO year cid, doing most Of his run
ming st Louisville and Latonia. At the
latter place IL the fall he won the Z mbsll
stakes, three -fou.ths Of q mile. Beyond
this his performances attracted little at
tention until this year when
his winning the one and one
eighth mile handicap at Memphis
in :55a with White Nose second and
Parsmore third, and subsequently G
Gsyoso hotel stakes, one and one-six-
teenth miles, In al from Lorg Chance
and Frederics, brought him into p.omi-
hence as Derby candidate. He ran
second in the Merchsnts' stakes a. Mem
phis, Little Minch running in 2:10. He
was beaten 81 Nashville In the Troubsdour
stskes by Cruiser, Emperor Of Norfolk
ana Volsnte, and also by Leo Fl in an
other race at the same place. Poteen
be.t him at Lexington in the Distillers'
stakes, he running second, the time being
2:0s He ran second to Chevalier In the
Preaix hotel stakes.