The Washington herald., 1919-05-11
Sir Barton's Kentucky Derby,
Worth $2O,825; Billy Kelly,
Also Ross Entry, In Place
Chestnut Son of Lady Sterling Captures
Greatest Turf Classic With Ease-Had
12-Pound Maiden Allowance -Vindex,
Touted Whitney Candidate, Is Bad Last.
Record Crowd at Lexington Track.

Louisville, KY. May 10-Sir Barton,
chestnut son of Lady Sterling. owned
by Comdr. J. X. L. Ross. today cap
tured the forty-fifth Kentucky Derby
in easy fashion. Back OF him five
lengths at the finish was his stable
companion. Billy Kelly. Under Fire.
a seasoned campaigner OF the winter
tracks. landed third money. The
value OF the race to the winner was
so. SIS. making II the richest Derby
ever run in Kentucky.
The race was truly won. and the
best horse won beyond all question.
However. Sir Barton was i'm receipt
of a lz-pound maiden allowance. which
favored him materially in the heavy
going. Sir Barton is the first maiden
ever TO win a Kentucky Derby.
Eternal Doesn't Last.
Eternal chief reliance OF the Nc
Clelland stables. kept close pace with
the winner for the first seven fur
longs. but then began dropping back
1t was plain TO be seen that he is
not mud runner At the finish he
was tenth.
VindeN. n much touted whitney
representative. was another horse
which could not untrack himself in
the difficult going. finishing a badly
blown last.
The case with which Sir Barton
won will be a strong argument against
excessive allowances in future der
bies
The largest crowd. by at least 5.ooo.
ever assembled at Churchill Downs
witnessed the running. Trainer Guy
Bedwell represented Owner Ross and
received the derby prize. II was the
first prise in the history Of the derby
that an entry ran one-two. IL also
was the first victory for Canadian
owner
Lotus Again Rides winner.
Jockey LOTUS, who won the derby
on George Smith in 1916. again show
ed that he can ride with any boy in
the country. LOTUS had been train
ing down to l12ik pounds. SO that the
winner carried 2Iz pounds overweight.
Before a c>5NTd that had assem-
bled from all parts of the United
States. the first spring meeting held
under the auspices of the Kentucky
I
Churchill Downs this afternoon
with the forty-fifth running of the
Kentucky Derby as the feature. II
was a vast assemblage that thus
paid honor to the race that is the
foremost feature of the American n
turf. Men prominent in every walk
of life were there.
The crowd looked TO be in the
neighborhood of $4,000.
Break in Clouds.
Shortly after . o'clock there was
an apparent breaking down Of the
cloud barrier which had cast gloom
over the hearts of many race fans.
and the sun peeped through the
clouds. but there was little promise
OF blue skies.
There seemed more animation and
hrilliancy to the derby scene of this
season than to that of former run
ninGs of the principal American turf
events. Persons prominent i'm the
countrys social sphere, public life
and financial circles were more abund-
antIy in evidence. They were holiday
bent and evinced keen interest i'm the
proceedings unmindful of any dis
comforts.
Sir arton paid 500 to 81 Mutuel
prices Sir Barton so: $50 and Sc
Billy Kelly. $50. $500. Under Fire.
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