The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-05-16
MACBETH WINS THE DERBY
ANOTHER SURPRISE FOR HoRseMEN.
The Chicago Stable said to Have Made
$4,000 on the Great Race-The Finish
Easy One With GaIiifet Second
"A Waiting Game Succeeds.

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/ LOUISVILLE, May 14.-Another Kentucky
derby has been run and the fayorite beaten
and another thoroughbred crowned with the
/ laurel wreath of victory and excellence, bes-
towed where superiority in horse-Aesh is best
understood, leaps into fame and brings his
owners fortune. Macbeth III, the great dark
son of MacDuf, dam Agnes, belonging to the
we'll known Chicago stable of Mr.. Hawkins, is
the equine hero in Kentucky tonight, and
] though the choice of the sons Of the blue grass
was the fnelooking chestnut son of Falsetto
! Gallifet, they tip their glasses to the Chicago
winner with the plaudit that it was well and
nobly done.
The first day of the Louisville spring meet
! ing was cold, threatening and disagreesble, but
! the chilling western wind did not prevent the
attendance of an immense throng at Churchill
Downs. If anything, the crowd was larger
! than last year, and when the sun shone out
shortly after the first race, its beams
fell gratefully upon the black mass of humans
which filled the grand stand, lawn,
betting booths, the field and every spot from
! which a sight of the track obtainable. We
hicles of every degree and description, the tops
/ covered with black forms, filed the free derby
field and the fence along the track for quar-
ter of a mile on either side of the timers stand
was surged against by pushing, eager mob.
/ The ladies' portion of the grand stand was
! packed with the fair ones who had braved the
weather TO witness one of the great sights of
the year in this horse-race loving common
wealth.
Such a crowd on such a day speaks more
| than can words of the estimation in which the
| derby is held. The track was about as fast as
it ever is, being considered by trainers a second
/ or two slow. The judges We're: Gen. James
| F. Robinson, Col Il. L. Clay and Col. Lewis
| Clark; the starter, Mr.. James Caldwell.
The first race fige-furlOng dash for maiden
! twO-year-olds, was won by Maidstone in ;0234,
| after 1t had been run and won by Liberty
! After LibeTty's win it was discovered that the
start had been made from the half instead OF
| the tve-eighths pole. The halt-Inile run was
| Liberty's In O:49.
miles, was won by Terra Gotta, Murphy
Barrister running second, Jacobin third and
| Wheeler fourth. Time 30.
The third race was the great one of the day
and the meeting-the derby. Gallitet and
| Alexandria, composing the Melbourne stable
4 entry, sold big favOrite, and lots and lots of
/ good Kentucky sheckelS went up at odds OF
! to ). Cheyalier was next IN favor at 3 to l,
the odds against the others being: Autocrat
| II to l; White, 6 to l.; Macbeth, 10 /. Long
! Roll, the Harper entry, was scratched half an
hour before the race. Gallifet and Alexander
! were the first to show on the track, and they
were greeted with cheers as they swung by the
stand in a half-mile spin together. The Cheva-
| ier magnificent. looking black colt, received
/ an ovation as he leaped past the stand, indlcat-
ing, what was known to be q fact, that his
| hackers were numerous and enthusiastic
! White received some recognition, but Macbeth
comparatively little. Zeb Ward and Autocrat
were quietly admired
After one false start they got off up In the
chute in great style, and fun began. The
! Chevalier led away with Autocrat and Gallltet
! close up while third and others were not far
| of. Into the stretch they swerved out OF the
unpopular chute, Col. Zeb Ward holding IN
front for what was to be only shOrtliyed
| glory, Alexandria second White third, Cheval-
Ter fourth, Gallifet fifth, Autocrat sixth and
! Macbeth last. CoYington, on the winner Of
the Gayoso hotel stakes at Memphis and other
leading southern events, was playing most
| admirably q waiting game which he kept up,
and which, If McCarty on Gallifet had better
adhered TO, might have led to more interest
| ing finish. Passing the stand, Alexandria
moved to the fore to the music OF the thousands
of threats, his stable companion second,
| Chevalier third, while Macbeth, Ward and
| AutOcrat were back in bunch. Rounding the
turn into the back stretch GallifefS jockey
seemed to become inpatient and let the chest
nut have his head, running FIRST by length
almost the entire way 10 the next turn, the
| Chevalier second and Macbeth third. Ward
| had dropped way back, and Alexandria and
AutOcrat had also appeared TO weary OF the
rapid pace set by the fleet son OF FalsettO.
As they approached the turn COvingtOn was
| seen TO give Macbeth more head and the colt
answered like the staying one he proved him
self to be. BY the time the lead OF the long run
! home was reached he had collared Gallifet and
was running easy. NcCarty began TO
use the lash on the favorite, but
at the eighth pole it was evident
| to all that it was no use. Macbeth was running
easy with head up and without the least bit OF
urging Gallifet was working hard and as
Macbeth passed under the wire length in
| front of him he looked severely punished and
ready to quit White was third, two lengths
behind Alexandria, bad fourth; Chevalier,
| fifth; AutOcrat, sixth, and Zeb Ward last The
time was 2:3SZ, and compares fayorably with
that made in former Derbies. Macbeth
won in a gallop and seemed ready
to 90 another quarter. 1t was
stated after the race that the Chicago stable
had certainly won $4,000 on Macbeth if not
more. They closed the winter books on him in
New Orleans, this city, and probably other
places. That the big dark colt will be heard
from again is assured by this performance, as
indeed was indicated by his first class running
in the south. Many now think that he was not
allowed TO win at Nashville and Lexington as
he might have, in order TO secure the big odds
that were to be had to-day, s TO !.