The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-16
KENTUCKY DERBY.
Chant Wins the Prize i'm 2;41-PearI
Song Second.

Song Second.
LOUISVILLE. May 15-Over fifteen
thousand people assembled at Churchill
Downs to see the contest for the twentieth
renewal of the Kentucky Derby. Although
this race has steadily deprecated in i'm
portance as a turf event for several years,
the honor of taking this classic trophy is
still keenly competed for by the Ken
lucky breeders, as ii is regarded as the
highest test Of the thoroughbred colt to
take up 122 pounds over mile and a half
in racing time at the beginning of the
season, and frequently the winner and
many of the participants are broken down
and end their turf careers as a result of
the preparation for and participation in the
race.
Long before noon the free field was
packed with the nondescript, who, in ac-
cordance with old Kentucky racing GUS
toms. make a holiday on this occasion.
thunder shower at neon had no effect upon
track, laying the. dust and leaving it in
good condition, AZ the time made in other
events on to-dayfs card indicates.
not sent local champion this year TO con-
tend for TIE blue ribbon and turf stakes,
but as the Falsetto colt. Chant. came from
the Lexington meeting to this course the
Blue Grassers supported him as against
the Louisville trained horses rather than
be without a champion. This support and
the fact that practical turfmen who regard
racing as a business, and not from a senti-
mental standpoint favored q horse who
had already run and won, as against un-
known quantities who had not faced the
flag save in their two-year-old form, made
Chant a prohibitive favorite, and the result
of the race showed the wisdom of the
many as Chant won all the way he
pleased and could easily have disposed of
a much better field than he met to-day.
enough quality TO have made the race in
teresting, was drawn to-day on account of
split hoof, received in exercise work.
The horses got away at the second break,
Tom Elmore making the most of running
start, and showing half a dozen lengths in
the van for the first quarter. when Pearl
Song took UP the running and showed the
way to the stand. Here Chant drew up
from the bunch, and was in front for the
run up. the back stretch, and, running easy
under Goodale's restraining pull he kept
just in front OF his field into the stretch.
At this point, the last quarter Of the dis
tance, the bunch had become a procession,
and Chant, easily walking off the chal-
lenges of Pearl Song and Sigurd, galloped
down to the finish and by a good SIX
lengths In front of Sigurd. Al Boyer was
fourth, and Tom Elmore was so bad a
nth that he would have been distancei
had the flag been used The fractional time
was as follows: Half. :53l1; three-quarters
l1si2; mile, l:f6%; mile and a quarter,
2:l3h; mile and half, 2:il
winner is by Falsetto, dam Addie c.. and is
the property of Eugene Leigh. who also
owns the great Bramble handicap horse
Clifford Pearl Song, the second horse is
also by Falsetto- This is the first of Fall
setto's get to win a place in the Ken
lucky Derby, excepting Gallifel who ran
second to Macbeth in 1888.
The other five races on to- days card
were divided between favorite. and out
siders the second race being won by the
two-year-old imported Glenelg lilly, Elise.
She had good backing from her stable
Results:
First Race-Six Furlongs. Parolee won;
Floreana second, Vauctuse third. Time,
1:l7i2.
Second Race-Purse 500; for two-year-
olds; five furlongs. Elise won; Blasco sec
ond, Glenone third. Time. los
Third Race--The Kentucky Derby: for
three-y ear-olds; mile and half; 81 800 add
ed: $500 to second. $3.50 to third Closed
with fifty-fve nominations. Chant I2l
(Goodale), 1 to 2, won; Pearl Song. 122 fR
Williams), 10 l, second; Sigurd l22 (Over-
tom, IL to 1. third Time. 2:4l. AL Boyer
and Tom Elmore also ran
Fourth Race-One mile. VALERA won;
Professor second Ragner third. Time. :46.
Fifth Race-Four and a half furiongs.
Myrtle won; Adam second, Irksome third.
Time 81.
Sixth Race-Three-quarters of a mile.
Helen y. won; Salvation second, Imp.
Somersault third. Time l16