The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-15
MACBETH THE SECOND.
The Winner Of the Lexington
Derby.
AND $4,000 FOB HIS OWNER.
Details of the Great Turf Event of
Monday-The Victory for the
Chicago Stables.
Nd $4,000 FOB HIS OWNER.
The Turf.

LOUISVILLE, May 1.-THE chief turf
event of the year in Kentucky never
had a more dissgreeable day. Heavy
black clouds hung overhead, and e
chilly wind chilled the spectators to the
marrow. The field, however, presented
Its w0nted aspect and was black with b u
| maDity and vehicles of all descriptions.
| The ladies stand was filed with Ken
tucky's famed beauties, and the grand
| STAND and betting booths were packed
| and iammed when the saddllng bell for
| the first race was rung.
Alter one Ialse start, Chevalier,
(Lewis) got off first, the others well up.
Coming into the stretch out OF the
chute, Col. Zeb Ward led by two lengths,
Alexandria second, CheValIer tnIrd,
Macbeth fourth, Gallifet fifth and Au-
tocrat sixth. Passing the stand, Alex
andria was in the lead, Gallifet second,
| CheValler third and the rest punched
up. Up the stretch Zeb Ward dropped
way back, Gallifet setting q pace, fol-
lowed with gap of two lengths, and
Macbeth, ChevaiIer, White, Autocrat
Rounding into the stretch, Mac beth
ington handling him beautifully: Nc
arty on Gallifet was second and whip
ing hard, White third, the rest strung
out. Time, 3S1S. Macbeth easily r.
tanned first place to the wire, passing
under first by q full length, without q
touch OF the whip, LOOKING ready to go
another quarter; Gallifet was second
and working hard and badly pumped
out, a length and q quarter in
front of White, the others full
three lengths behind. Writer'S rode
White. Macbeth is magnificent look
ing brown gelding and won this great
race in style that places him up with
the very best in the land. It was stated
after the race that Hawkins, his owner,
had won $40 600. 1t WAS great victory
for the Chicago stables, as after con.
sideration ii is rather astonishing thai
ODDS Of eight to one were obtainable
against him, looking 4t his 6rst-class
performances i'll the south, Macbeth
Second started fr quentiy as two-year.
old, doing most of his run
ming at Louisville and Latonia. At
the latter place in the fall he won the
Kim ball stakes, three-quarters of mile.
Beyond this, bis performances at
tracted but little attention until this
year, when his winning OF the one and
one-eigbth mile handicap at Memphis
in 1.55, with White Rose second and
Panama third, and subsequently the
Gayoso Hotel stakes from Lona Chauce
and Fredericia, brought him into prom
hence as Derby candidate. He ran
second in the Merchants stakes, at
Memphis, winning in 2.10. He was
beaten at Nashville in the Troubsdnur
stakse, by Cruiser, Emperor of Norfolk
and Volante, and also by Leo H. II
another race, at the sane place, Poteen
heat him at Lexington, in
the DIstillers' stakes, he running
second and his time being 2.08.
He ran second in the Chevalier aud
Phoenix Hotel stakes. White started
six Or eight times as O two year-olu,
running second a number OF times in
only ordinary fields. and not winning
nor doing anything worthy of note. He
ran second to the Emperor of Norfolk,
at Nashville, in the Lawyers stakes, t. g
first part of this month, Cruiser being
third. The distance was one and
quarter miles, and the time O91<.