The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-16

Chanss The Hsvesfss, Wsne ~ 90
Lengths - 1:A1.
LeUIsvILL1 Nay H.-Ovsr 1900 psopls
asssmblsd ~ Churchill Downs % - the
coHtsss Tor the tventisth renswa Of the
Asnsucky Dseby. Although this racs hes
sssedaiy dsprscsatsd IN importancs q .
suri svsut for several years, the honor Of
sskink the blus trophy of this class i ssill
.ssnty eompsted Tor By the Kentucky
breeder. - Il u regarded @ the hiehest
tsst 81 thoroughbred colt 70 take IN Il2
pounds over mile and half In racing
TINE . the baglnning q the season. and
Hsqusntiy the winner md many Of the
pafttclpeuts are broken down and end
sosar turf career - . result Of the prepara-
saon Tor participation In the vaoe.
Long before noon the Tree field vas
packed With the noAdsscripss. Who. IN 40
cordancs with old Kentucky racing Gus
Toms. take . holiday on this occasion. The
smart thunder shower at noon had no
ensct upon this clement Il probably Inn
proved the track, laying the dust and leay.
inG u IN good condition, - the time made
IN other events on today's card indicates.
Lexington. the Blue Grass capital, had
ssnt local champion here TO contend for
the oius ribbon and turf stakss, but q the
Faisetto colt Chant came from Lexington
TO this courss they supported him q
against . good Louisville trained
nome, rather than b without
champion. This support and
the fact that practical turfmsn, Who re-
gard racing - . business and not from .
sentimental standpoint, favored . horse
who bad already run and Won against
unknown quantities who had not faced
the nag saSs In their 2-ysar-old form made
Chant prohibitivs favorite. and the
result Of the race showed the wisdom OF the
Judgment Of the many. - Chant "won all
the way" - he pleased. aud might have
easily dispossd Of . much bsttsr field than
he met today. Pat, ScoRgan's colt, while
OF good enough quality to have made the
race interesting. was Withdrawn today ON
account Of split Oh sustained in sxer-
cising.
The horsss got away ct the second
break, Tom Rlmors making the most Of .
running start and showing half dozen
lengths in the van the 6rst quarter. when
Pearl Song took mp the running and
showed the way 70 the stand. Here Chant
drew mp with the bunch and WAS in front
for the run mp the hack strstch, and running
easy under Goodals's straining pull, he
kept Just in front Of his Geld into the
stretch. At this point, the last quarter Of
the distances. the bunch had become pro-
csssion, and Chant, easily leaving
Pearl Song and Gisurd, galloped down
70 the finish, and won by . good
Six lengths from Pearl Song, Who was
ten lengths In front Of 6igurd. Al
Boyer was fourth and Tom Elmors was
20 bed . iifth thai he would have been
distanced had the dag been used. The
thrss-qusrtsrs, l:lsx; mile. 1:46s<; mile
and quarter. 2:l3H: mile and half. 2:4l.
The value of the stake to the winner was
5000. The winner il by Falsetto and Is
the property OF Z. Lee, who also owns the
great Brooklyn handicap horse Clifford.
Pearl Song. the second horse, 10 also by
Fslsetto. This II the FIRST Of Falsssto's get
10 win . place In Kentucky Derby, ex-
cspting Gaiifsl. who ran second to The
Macbeth In 1883.
The other i've races on today's card were
divided between favorites and outsiders,
the second race. won BY 2-year-oid imp
Glenei FLY Elisabeth. proving 10 b the
good thing" Of the day. ~ she received
good support from her stable. Summaries:
Six undergraduates won, Florean Sec
ond, Vauckluse third. Time, 1:17k
Five furiongs-EliEabsth won. Blasco
second, Gienons third. Time, Los.
Kentucky derby, for 3-vear-olds, one and
half miles, s., 500 added: $500 TO second;
$50 to third--Chant won, Pearl Song
third. sigurd third. Time, 2:4l.
Eight furiongs--Vallera won, Professor
second, Ranger third. Time. l 40
Four aud half furlongs-Myrtle won.
Adams second, Irksome third. Time, ISL.
Six furiongs-Heisn N. won, Salvation
second, Somsrsauit third. Time, l:l6.