Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-15
LOUISVILLE DERBY.
An Immense Crowd Gathered to
Witness the Derby at the
Louisville Races.
1t was a Tame and Uninteresting
Affair, Compared With
Other Derbys.

LOUIsVILLE,k KY. May l3-Aithough
the Derby proved stale, fiat and uuin-
teresting, the regular spring meeting of
tue Louisville Jockey club was most
auspiciously inaugrated at the Church.
i'll downs to-day. The city was over
run with strangers, attracted hsre by
the democratic state convention,
" hich assembled at noon and adjourn
ed in honor Of the occasion. Attracted
by the races, people followed the horses
from Nashville and Lexington and
the whole s'ate emptied itself into
Louisville, where the coming equine
champions were to meet in q heart
breaking test Of stamina and speed on
the turf. Scotch-Irishmen from all
over the United States where to at
tend their convention, and Of course
they helped swell the crowd. An ad.
vance delegation ofElks, Q day In ad-
vance OF their national meeting, were
here, and there were thousands OF
strangers from southern Indiana, north
and central Tennessee and West Vir-
ginia and Ohio who came in just to see
the Derby. The attendance was fully
40, 900. OF cOurse the Derby was the
attraction, and the public took what
luck gave them in the preliminary
races with the greatest good humor.
II had been announced that the starters
in the Derby would be Hart Wallace,
Nellers, Georgetown, Balgowan, King
man and Easton and Lsrabie's pair,
High Tariff and Poet Scout. Hon.
Bill Owens Of Georgetown, owner Of
GeOrgetowD, concluded his colt was
not fit and refused to subject him to
the trying ordeal and he was an
nOunced as a non-starter. The four h
race wss the Derby aud the horses
were given the flag at the first attempt.
"They'er off" from the thousands OF
tbroats came next, the seventeenth
Derby was making, and there was
such erOwding and battling for the
/ first view OF the racers. Slowly pace
was set with High Tariff making the
running; Balgowsn at saddle girths
and KiDgman and Hart Wallace well
up. The psce was slow and at half
positions were unchanged, a long way
from the wire. They pa ssed the stand
in the same order, but on the hack
stretch Hart Wallace and High Tariff
Joined strides with Balgowan at his
same old place. The gap opened up "a
two lengths, but the motion o
Murphy's arm let slip 9 little more
head room that Kingman had been
asking for and the gap was slowly
closing. The pace was quickened a;
the mile was finished. KiDgman'i
strides was regular and shead was In
the air, although Murphy had beer
gradually improving his position
Rounding the last turn before th'
straighteDing out time, Kingman'i
head was down, but he seemed no
anxious to put the pace at livellel
speed. He had the others beat at any
time and the only one that made 1
show against him was 8algowan. A
furlong from the post Klngman wa
on even terms with Balgowan; thu
rest we're beaten back. The struggll
brief. Another klnk Of Murphy's line
went out, the whip descended and tn
colts response was a burst Of spee'
that shook the hard-whipped An'
hard-Tidden Balgowan off and sen
him winner OF the Kentucky Derby o
1891 by an open length. Bolgowal
was second, a length from High Tarif
and Hart Wallace half length in tn
rear. Nobody expected fast lime, 70
there was nothing 70 make Kingmal
run, and, with the track heavy will
dust, there was no disappointment whe'
Can't. williamson hung out from tn
stand the figures 2:52l. The distanc
was the regular derby route, one AM
one-had miles, and each carried l2
pounds Spokane's time With Procto
Knott in the 1889 Derby was 2.S4l
J There was but little enthusiasm, 70
the Others seemed out elassed b.
Kingman. The pecnniary value G
this years derby is about 81, 200.