St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-06
It Will Be Run on Historic
Churchill Downs Next
Thursday.
Equine Giants Entered for
This and Other Events Of
Importance.
The Majority Of Them Will
Also Compete for Twin
City Stakes.

of the Louisville Jockey club inaugu
rated. Despite the withdrawal of GER
tain stables because of the Kentucky
handicap blunder, the thousands of peo-
pie who will assemble at Churchill
Downs between May 9and Is next will
doubtless witness one Of the greatest
race meetings in the history of the Ken
lucky turf. There may not be as many
horses here this year as last, but there
will be an abundance-at least half
thousand-and there will be no lacking
in the matter of quality. The
best horses in the Western country
the majority OF which will be seen at
the Twin City meeting at Hamline i'll
July-will meet here and battle for the
rich trophies offered by the Louisville
Jockey club-equine giants from Cali
fornia. the flower of Kentucky and the
seasoned veterans of the South. Many
record has been lowered at Churchill
Downs since the day when AristideS
captured the initial Kentucky Derby,
and it is not unreasonable to expect that
one or more will suffer similarly at the
coming meeting. Ten Broeck'S great
record of mile in 1894 has remained
I'm broken for twelve years. No horse
save Stuyvesant has ever approached
it. andhe failed of reaching it by quar-
ter of a second. Old man Harper Ten
Broeck'S owner while he lived. will en-
deayOr, however, to eclipse even Ten
Brock record next week or the week
following. To accomplish or attempt
this feat he has selected that fleet
footed daughter of the dead sire, Nalu-
able. The race will be made against
time. as was the case with Ten Brock
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covered mile in 40 i'll her trials this
spring, there is excellent prospect of
her succeeding. The coming meeting
will comprise nine days racing in all
and the following review will give
foretaste of the quality and nature of
the sports to be expected:
The principal event of the first day is,
of course, the Kentucky derby. a mile
ana half, for three-year-oldS. 1t is the
blue ribbon event OF the American turf,
and while it may not in intrinsic value
equal several of the important events IN
the West and number of those Ill the
East, to it attaches greater prestige
than to any race probably run on Amer
lean soil. 1t enhances the value of the
winner as racer and as sire. Take
the derby winners from 1885 to that of
1SSS-ArIstides, Fagrant, Baden Baden,
Day Star, Lord Murphy, FonSo, Hin
doc. Apollo, Leonatus, Buchanan, Joe
Cotton, Ben Ali, Montrose aid Macbeth
U.-and 1t will be found that every
one of them were race horses
from muzzle to heel. With the excep-
ton of Fonso. who went to pieces with
lung fever shortly after the race. all
were winners again in good company.
IIindoo, Aristides, Leanatus, Fonso,
Baden Baden, Day Star, Buchanan and
Ben Ali are to-day making fame for
themselves and gold for their owners in
the stud. while MontroSe and Macbeth
III. are still on the turf, battling with
the newer equine generations. Lord
Murphy was taken to England, and is
doubtless doing stud service there to-
day. Joe Cotton is dead. So is Apollo.
who was saved the fate of the only other
geIding besides Macbeth who won the
Derby, namely, Vagrant. Poor old
Eagrant is still paying the
PENALTY OF IMPoTENCY.
by dragging buggy over the streets of
Lexington. So much for past Derby
winners. OF the horses remaining I'M
declared for the coming renewal, the
following are likely to come to the post:
Sam Bryant's pair, Proctor Knott and
Come-to-Taw; Spokane. Montana stable;
the Beverwick stable pair, Cassius and
Castaway IL; Kasson. j. j. Carter;
Harper's pair, Lee Christy and CaseIla;
Hindoocraft, Ireland Bros; Moxie,
I.aboId Bros: Robin Hood, Hearst
II Murray: Sportsman, J. 4. Megib-
ben Il Co.. Long Dance, George Rye; the
best of Baldwin's pairs, Caliente or
Ganymede; and Once Again, Milton
Young. This will give field of four
teen. which may be reduced by the
dropping of one of Harper's pair, the
.,-orct ona of tho Povarvricl- ctoI,1a noir
and, possibly. Kasson. Nothing is
known of the condition of Baldwin's
couple outside of the stable, and it is
quite possible that neither will be found
at the post when the flag fails next
Thursday. To Offset these, however,
additional starters may be found in Car
toon. Gatican and Teuton. Heron will
hardly start; it would be apt to cause
GOODNESS" between Guest and Hawkins.
Almont wont start for the simple
reason thatshe has been declared off in
side of the past three days, being sick
from the effects of his journey from the
Pacific slope. Indeed, Senator Hearst
has been peculiarly unfortunate in this
respect, his only other Derby repre-
sentative besides Robin Hood, y. i NJ,
having died since his arrival here. Kas-
son is reported a doubtful starter, but
this lacks official confirmation.
Should the first fourteen named go to
the post, Proctor Knott, of course, will
be warm favorite. The Futurity win
her has improved immensely in the past
fortnight, and developed his old time
speed. There need be no fear of his not
being able to go the route. He is bred
that way. Come-toTaW may cut some
figure. aud he may be permitted to win
by license of his stable companion, but
this is doubtful. Spokane is apt to
make ii showing. He is both speedy
and game. and has made many friends
by his creditable performance in the
Peabody Hotel stakes at Memphis. The
Blue Ribbon stakes, mile and a half,
to be run at Lexington next Monday,
will doubtless disclose the best of Har-
per'S pair, as both are entered in that
race. So is Once Again, Milton Young's
Derby Hope. now being keyed up by
Brown Dick, that veteran trainer who
handled Gallifet last year. Hindoo-
craft has been showing excellent work
in his trials, and his victory in the Dis
tillerS' stakes at Lexington Wednesday
makes him a dangerous factor i'll the
race. MoxIe is stable secret. He may
be another Montrose, but it is doubtful.
The LabOld Bros luck is not apt to run
in the Derby channel the second time.
Robin Hood was undoubtedly fit before
he left California, and is still looking
well. Bnt he has been eased up i'll his
work
NOT A VERY FLATTERING SIGN
Cassius is said to be Johnny Camp
BELLS hope, and not Castaway IL. Cas-
siuS ran disappointingly in the Mont
gomery stakes at Memphis, but the
same thing could have been said of
Macbeth last year, and yet Macbeth
won. BaldWin's pair. as before stated,
are uncertainties. The remaining one
of the fourteen, Long Dance, is re-
ported to be receiving a special training