St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-16
CHANT WON EASILY.
Eugene Leigh's Falsetto Colt Cal
Ioped In Six Lengths Ahead.

loped In Six Lengths Ahead.
people assembled at Churchill Downs to
see the contest for the twentieth re-
newal of the Kentucky derby. Although
this race has steadily deprecated in
importance as turf event for several
years the honor of taking this classic
trophy is still keenly competed for by
the Kentucky breeders, as 1t is regarded
as the highest test of the thoroughbred
colt to take up l22 pounds over mile
and half in racing at the beginning of
the season, and frequently the winner
and many of the participants are
broken down and end their turf ca
reers as a result of the preparation
for and participation Ill the race. Long
before noun the free field was packed
with the nondescripts. who, in accord
ance with old kentucky racing customs,
make holiday of the occasion. The
smart thunder shower at noon had no
effect on this element, and probably
improved the track, laying the dust and
leaving it in good condition, as the time
made indicates. Lexington. the blue
grass capital, had not sent local cham
pion 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
champion. This support, and the fact
that practical turf mental standpoint
favored a horse who
HAD ALREADY WON
as against unknown 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 judgment of
the many as Chant "won all the way"
as he pleased, and he could easily have
disposed of much better field than he
met today. Pat. the Scoggan's colt
which is of good enough quality to have
made the race Interesting, was drawn
today Oh account of split hoof, sus.
tanned in exercise work. The horses
got away OH the second break. Tom
ElmOre making the most of running
start, and showing half 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 i'll front of his field into the
stretch. At this point, the last
quarter, the bunch had become a
procession and Chant easily stalling
off the challenges of Pearl Song
and Sigurd, galloped down to the finish
| and won by good six lengths from
Pearl Song, who was ten lengths in
| front of Sigurd. Al Boyer was fourth,
and Tom EImore was so bad fifth that
he would have been distanced had the
flag been used. The fractional time was
as follows: Ralf. :5211a; three-quarters,
1:lsH; mile, 1:44ssl: mile and a quarter,
2:13I mile and half. 2:41. The value
of the stake to tile winner was $4,000.
| THE WINNER
| Is by. FalSetto, dam Addle G, 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
| Falsetlo's get to win place in the Ken
] lucky derby, excepting Gallifet, who
ran second to Macbeth in 1858.