The Indiana State sentinel., 1891-04-22
VALERA WINS THERACE
The Great Tennessee Derby
Run and Won.
Scoggan Brothers Mare
Captures the Prize.
A Beautiful Day and an I'M
nense Crowd.
The Track and the Time Were
Both Very Fast.
Silverado Was the Tip But Did Not
Have the Pace.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 1.-THE annual
spring meeting of the new Memphis
jockey club was begun today in blaze OF
glory. The immense new iron grand
stand was crowded with fashionably
dressed ladies and gentlemen. The club
house piazza was filed with the wives,
sisters and relatives of the members
and on the greensward in front
OF the grand stand was pushing, ex-
cited, enthusiastic crowd of sports" and
citizens. The attendance was estimated
at 5000. The track was in fine condition.
There were five races on the card The
event of the day, the Tennessee derby,
worth between $500 and $1,000 to the
winner, was won by Scoggan Bros chest
nut colt Valera, by Springbok, dam Be
lasco. Britton, the colored jockey, piloted
three horses to victory. Following are
the details:
First Race-Three-quart of a mile !;
purse, S400; for all ages. Virge dor won
from Bankrupt by a nose; Rolly Bolly
third. Time, III.
Second Race-For the two-year olds;
half-mie; purse Si00. Buckhcund won,
False B. second, Ray ). third. Time,
2:52t.
Third Race-Tennessee derby, $500
added one and one-eighth mile, Starters:
Silverado (1I5l, w. Hill, 8 to ]: Valera
11S), Britton, 5 to ,; Tom Mackin (llS),
Moore, 10 to l Faithful (l15), Barnes, Is
to l; Bonnie Bird (1l0), Bum, 10 to l !;
Chimes Q1S), H. Penny, 10 to l; Ethel
Q17), Over!on, to l.
Roseland and Lithgow were scratched
at the last moment and in the place Cf the
latter Ethel, with Overton up, was substi-
tuted. There was strong tip OF Silverado
early in the day, as it was ascertained that
Jock Hill had been brought here for the
express purpose of riding this horse. In
consequence the odds went down rapidly,
until he was an equal favorite with Rose
land and Valera. Faithful, who from her
good preliminary work. was the next
favorite in the betting although last night
she was on par with the three other
favorites. The fact that Britton rode ex-
tremely well and landed his horse a winner
in the second race no doubt caused con-
siderable money to be placed on Valera
to win with Silverado second.
The cracks were greeted with tremend-
Gus applause as they cantered by the
grand-stand on the way to the post. The
second effort was the go, and they came
away to a fine start. Bonnie Bird was
first to show, with Silverado and Faithful
pushing her hard. AS they thun-
dered by the grand:stand Bonnie
Bird was still at the fore, Silver
ado second and Faithful third; Val
era last. At the quarter the hot pace was
too much for Chimes, and he fell back to
third, Silverado taking second place and
Bird still leading. They ran in this order
around into the stretch, where Valera, by
a magnificent burst of speed, came through
the crowd like rocket and landed under
the wire two lengths ahead of Silverado /;
Bonnie Bird third. Time, 200.
Fourth Race-For two-year-olds; half 4
mile; purse, S400. Helen \. won; Zan-
tippa second. Maggie Lebus third. Time,
% seconds.
Fifth Race-One mile; purse, Si00.
Hawk Eve won; Cashier second, Ban
March third. Time. l.45.