The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-05-23
CHANT WINS THE KENTUCKY DERBY
An Easy Victory, Worth $1,000 TO the
Faisetto Colt.

LOUISVILLE, May 15.-Over fifteen
people assembled at Churchill Downs 10
see The contest for the twentieth re-
newal of the Kentucky derby. Although
this race has steadily deprecated IN
Importance as Il turf event for several
years. the honor Of taking this classic
trophy is still keenly competed for by
the Kentucky breeders. as it IS regarded
as the highest test of the thoroughbred
colt to take 122 pounds over a mile
and half in racing time at the be-
ginning of the season, and frequently
the winner and many of the partici-
pants are broken down and end their
turf careers as a result Of the prepara-
ton for. and participation in the race.
Long before noon the free field was
packed with the nondescripts who, in
accordance with old Kentucky racing
customs, make a holiday Of this occa-
sion. The smart thunder shower at noon
had no effect upon this element. 1t prob
ably improved the track, laying the
dust and leaving it in good condition. as
the time made IL other events on today's
card indicates.
Lexington, the blue grass capital, has
not sent a local champion this year to
contend for the blue ribbon and turf
stakes, but as the Falsetto colt Chant
came from the Lexington meeting to this
course they 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 sentimental standpoint, favored
a horse who had already run and won
as against unknOw qualities, 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 judgment Of
the many. as Chant won all the way"
as he pleased and could easily have
disposed of a much better field than he
met today Pat. the ScOggans colt,
which is of good enough quality to have
made the race interesting, was drawn to-
day on account of a split hOOf sustained
in exercise work.
The horses got away at the second
break, Tom Gilmore 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
sion and Chant easily stalking off the
challenges Of Pearl Song and Sigurd,
galloped down to the finish and won by
a good six lengths from Pearl Song, who
was ten lengths IN front OF Slgurd. Al
Boyer was fourth and Tom Gilmore was
so bad a fifth that he would have been
distanced had the flag been used.
The fractional time was as follows:
Half, :521s; e-quarters, 1:1812 mile,
1:463< mile and a quarter, 2:13A mile
and One-half. 2:41.
The value to the winner was 81 .020.
The winner is by Falsetto, dam Addie
c.. and is the property of Eugene Leigh,
who also owns the great Pamble handi-
cap horse Clifford Pearl Song, the sec
ond horse. is also by Falsetto. This is
the first of Falsetto's get TO win place
in the Kentucky derby, excepting Gal
lifel. who ran second TO Macbeth i'm 1883.