Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-05-28

race was won. The time, 2:10, was
nothing out of the common, but it was
grand race, and men, women and chill
dren, perfect strangers to each other,
shook hands and .swore there was
nothing in the world to compare to a
frst-class horse race. Barnes, who rode
the winner, was placed in floral horse
shoe after he had weighed out and was
carried to the dressing room. He has
won the futurity, junior champion and
Brooklyn, and says his ambition is now
to ride the winner of the suburban.
The Louisville Derby.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 13.-Although
the Derby proved stale, fiat and uninter
esting, the regular spring meeting Of the
Louisville Jockey club was most aus
piciously inaugurated at the Churchill
downs to-day. The city was overrun
with strangers, attracted here by the
democratic state convention, which as
sembled at noon and adjourned in honor
Of the occasion. Attracted by the races,
people followed the horses from Nash
vile and Lexington, and the whole state
emptied itself into Louisville, where the
coming equine champions we're to meet
in heart breaking test of stamina and
speed on the turf. Scotch Irishmen from
all over the United States were here to
attend their convention, and of course
they helped swell the crowd. An ad-
vance delegation of Elks, day in adj
vance of their national meeting, were
here, and there we're thousands of
strangers from southern Indiana, north
and central Tennessee and West Virginia
and Ohio who came in just to see the
Derby. The ATTENDANCE was fully 10000.
OF course the Derby was the great at
traction, and the public took what luck
gave them in the preliminary races
with the greatest good humor. It
had been announced that the
starters in the Derby would be Hart
Wallace, Vellera, Georgetown, Balgo- :
wan. kingman and Easton and Larabie's.<
pair, High Tariff and Poet Scout. Hon.
Bill Owens of Georgetown, owner Of
Georgetown, concluded his colt was not
fit and refused to subject him to the try
ing ordeal and he was announced as
non-starter. The fourth race was the
Derby and the horses were given the
flag at the first attempt. "They're off,,
from the thousands of throats came next.
the seventeenth Derby was making,
and there was such crowding and bat
ting for the first view of the racers.
Slowly pace was set with High Tariff
making the running; Balgowan at sad
die girths and Kingman and Hart Wal
lace we'll up. The pace was slow and
at half positions were unchanged, a long
way from the wire. They passed Che.
stand in the same order, but on the
back stretch Hart Wallace and High
Tariff joined strides with BaIeowan
at his same old place. The gap opened
up to two lengths, but the motion of
Murphy's arm let slip little more head
room that Kingman had been asking for
and the gap was slowly closing. The
pace was quickened rs the mile was fin
lshed. Kngman's stride was as regular
and his head was in the air althouph
Murphy had been gradually improving
bus position. Rounding the last
turn before the Strengthening out
time, Klngman's head was down, but he
seemed not anxious to put the pace at
llveller speed. He had the others beat
at any time and the only one that made
show against him was Balpowam. "A
furlong from the post Kingman was on
even terms with Balgowan; the rest were
beaten back. The struggle was brief.
Another kink of Murphy's lines went
out, the whip descended and the colts
response was burst of speed that shook
the hard-whipped and hard-ridden Bal-
gowan off and sent him winner Of the
Kentucky derby of 1891 by an omen
length: Balgowan was second. a length
from High Tariff, and Hart Wallace a
half length to the rear. Nobody expect-
ed fast time, for there was nothing to
make kingman run, and, with the track
heavy with dust, there was no disap-
pontment when Capt williamson hing.
out from the stand the figures 2:52L.
The distance was the regular derby.
route, one and one-half miles. and each
carried Up pounds. Spokane's time with
Proctor Knott in the 1889 DERBY vac
2;4A. There was but little enthusiasm.
for the others seemed out classad Nv
kngman. The pecuniary value Of this
years derby is abo ut Zoo.