Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-05-11
KENTUJKY'S DERBY
Haio1a Won the Classic Event
IN a Romp.
GREAT THR0NG WAS PRESENT
steve O'h0nrelll Knocked Out lake aiI
rain at Coues Island III twenty
One Rounds.

Louisville. May 6.--F'air ladies wave
y their handkerchlefs and sturdy mel
= joined in the lusty cheer that greetet
- the son of & great sire when Hahn:
q passed under the wire winner of tn,
e list Kentucky derby this afternoon.
a Such rejuvenated activity and Ell
: thus1asm was never before witnessed
g III q race course, for the historic
s Churchill Downs presented scene thai
e VIII go down to posterity The Ken,
lucky derby is an event to which al
hentneklans look forward to with q
! Just pride and this afternoon the new
7 Louisville Jockey Club established a
new era in the history of racing in
Kentucky, the home of the thor0ief1
, | bred.
: 1t viii never be known just how MANY
pairs OF eyes centered upon little Soup,
Perkins, as he guided Halma under the
WIRE an easy winner, but the most con-
tive place the number at % 900
AT the downs there was a scene never,
before witnessed in the history Of thar
| grand old course. The magnificent new
| grand stand, which has a sea atines cana
city OF nearly 10000, was Inadequate 10
hoId the vast throng. Every place Of
vantage was occupied. Men jostied
against each other and essayed to elbow
| lhelr way through the throng iu the
e1ioIt 10 place their money. but the Is
DooAIeS VINO We're there 70 accommodate
1l9 pu0lc could not handle the money.
dalma Won the derby as he pleased
and not once did Perkins find II n4cps-
| sary to use the rawhde. for the colt as
| sun2ed the lead from the very fall of
| the tt1 C and sat f}44
I " hen lie passed the stand for the last
! time there were four good lengths of
! daylight between the son OF Hanover
| tnd the hard-ridden Basso, who was
second. Halma's odds were to tn
win and to for the place.
Ihey lined up and a t the first a attefonf
were sent away well punched, with !
fialma showing in front by a neck /
Basso second, Laureate third and Cure
atoi last. There was not a lengths diff
| ference, however, between the four
norses At the half Halma led by a
neck, with Laureate second and Cure /
atof thifd. Halma and Laureate went
meek ana neck around the lower turn
ana at the three-quarters IIalma led
3y a neck At the finish Halma showed
N front by four lengths, with Basso
second and Laureate third by the same
distance, and Cureator last by Ave
lengths.
The Kentucky derby, for 3-year-olds,
colts and filIies, closed with seven nom
nations; stake worth Sc, 800; one mile
and half. Byron McClelland's black
colt Halma, by Hanover and Julia L..
won, Basso second, I-,..reate third.
time, 2;37za.
G'D0NNEIL ENCCKTD Ol.T K5;RA1~
The Baltimore PugIlIst LASTED Twenty
One rounds.
Coney Island, May G-The fact that
Jake hIlrain and Steve O'Donnell were
to meet here tonight at catch-weights
N zo-round go. attracted a large crowd
OF sports. Young Corbett of San Fran
cisco and Jim Holmes Of New York
met at l25 pounds for eight rounds.
Young Corbett showed himself clever.
but his blows lacked steam. He was
Knocked down in the third round and
Holmes fell over him. Coibett led in
the fifth and sixth, and in the latter he
Holmes right and left on the
body and face at viii. Holmes was :
very groggy. He stopped after Corbett q
had smashed him twice in the face,
and Corbett was announced the win .
ner.
The event of the evening was then in +
order. There We're about 5000 In the
house when the announcer gave out the \
1alnes Of the seconds. Champion Cor ;
oett was not in the house. O'Donneu A
climbed through the ropes at $50 Kill /.
rain arrived a minute later, and in +,
comparison with his tall opponent, he .
ooked an elephant. O'Donnelps weight 6
vas said to be $50 pounds and kilrain's +
80 pounds more. The men shook hands i.
and kilrain looked very beefy when q
stripped. -
FIGHT BY ROUNDS. $
III the first round both men SPARED ir
carefully for a minute. tilrain led his !,
eft on the neck and O'Donnell went to n
lis knees. ODonnell jabbed Ikilrain on =.
he chest. kilrain punched his left in
o O'DOnnelFs chin and got away from Q
| swing. He repeated this a minute
alter. g
In round 2, O'DonneIl led his left, but
allied, and Kilrain sent his left in once
more on the chin. O'DCnnell put his VI
eft on the nose three times. Kilrain II
anded his left on the neck and chin. IL
Donnel led his left. but <ilrain threw F
off. As the gong sounded Kilrain | c;
3nded on the chest with straight left
IN rounds to I things We're lively and u
onors evenly divided n
IN the eighth kiIrain stopped a hot cl
Ae with his nose and it bled In the "
inth O'Donneli smashed Kilrajn on tl, ef
heck twice without a return aud they q
ncled. In the 14th o pOlaol iabLed s.
llain three times III the wind, ana v
.llrain was badly winded. The 18th a:
as all O'Donnelrs. Iii the 10th 0'Don- NJ
ell slapped kilrain's face and after a OF
ght interchange he put his right heay- e.
y on hilrains Jaw Kilrain tapped him hs
, he neck. and while O'D0nneu kept
4ttoo on the face with his left he E[
laced his right frequently Oh the ribs
nd stomach q
The l7th and 18th We're all O'Donnelrs
4 the 18th both jabbed with their Iefts
Il the face. O'Donnel landed his left SO
n Kiratn's face four times. kilrain I
Ut his left back on the neck once in re p1
lrn O'Donnell sailed in and punched 70
ard without return until the end of It
le round. ns
In round 20 E<ilrafn sent in his left ye
vice for the face, but was easily stop st
ed, and ODonnell planted a right nc
wing On the ribs. He kept jabbing Kill tie
lin, who attempted to set back. but re
: 'i-CtIL EiL-tt iAili sliGi NGJ EEIS SEDS | ID
y when the gong sounded. B,
kilrain's face showed evident signs of
is punishment, but he was still very VI
anne IN the 2lst. ODonnell fought him =
round the ring. When at close quar- "
rs he put his right on the body and
mt his left over on the jaw. kilrain
Il like Il log to the floor, and although CO CO
: managed to get up within the re- Il h.,
Tired 10 seconds, the referee, Tim vi
ufst stopped the bout at the request
the police. Jake would have been put
1t with one more punch. The time Of s
e last round was enc minute and 19 da
2onds; time Of the fight one hour and Ge
minutes and 20 seconds. lde
Although Kilrain arose within the a. a.
fpulated 10 seconds, O'DonneIl was ee
Karded the decision, the bout virtual un
ending in a knockout. raj