The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-30
Classic At Downs Renowned For
 Thrills
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

LoulSVllle, Aprll 3U-(UP)-FOr little over two minutes Saturday af- ternoon the hosts of the turf world will thrill to America S greatest horse race-the 62nd run ming of the Kentucky Derby.
 In those two minutes and a few seconds will be packed more sheer drama and breath taking emotion than in any single event in the sports whirl.
 From the time the strains of My Old Kentucky Home" float over picturesque old Churchill Downs, as the thoroughbreds par ade to the post, until the winner comes pounding across the finish line, every heart in the vast throng will beat to the tempo of thunder ing hoofs.
 Millionaires and mendicants, Park Avenue debutantes, gamblers and governors all in the breath less crowd will lose their identity forget their trouble and woe of the work-a-day world, and meet on a common ground of understanding as they are enthralled by a daz- Zling array of horsef1esh.
 Cobb Describes Event
 In the immortal words of Irwin s. Cobb, until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold a Derby, You ain't never been mo- where and you ain't never seen nothin'."
 The first Derby was run on May IT, 1875, before 10000 persons It was won by Aristides, the little red horse, from a field of IA others His time for the mile and half, the Derby distance until 1896, was 2:37%. The winning purse we $2,850, smallest in Derby history.
 A sports writer of the day de- scribed the first Derby as follows:
 Fifteen finer, handsomer young sters never faced starter. When they were marshalled into line, Col onel Johnson tapped drum to one of the most capital starts have ever seen. Before they had reached the quarter, Aristides had gone to the front, and opened a gap of two lengths. From that point, the result Was never in doubt"
 Since that day 61 years ago, the Derby has grown into an Amer ican institution. It has survived war, depression, good times and bad times, reformers, political battles not only survived but steadily mounted in popularity until for brief moments each May day it commands the atten- ton of the entire nation.
 Drama in Turf History
 From Aristides to Omaha, first to latest Derby winners, has been packed much turf history. Some of the high spots of Derby drama fol- low:
 Hindoo winning the seventh Derby in 1881 with his head pulled sideways, looking back at those trying to catch him Isaac Murphy, the great Negro jockey who shares with Earl Sande the honor of having ridden three Derby winners, riding his first one in 1884 astride Buchanan . Spokane, a 10 to l shot, beating out Proctor Knott, the 1 to fa- voritc, by a head in the mile and half record time of 2:341z in 1889. Isaac Murphy riding his second winner on Riley in 1890 and his third on Kingman in 1891. Ben Brush winning the 1896 race by his whiskers from Ben Eder, one of the most thrilling fin ishes in Derby history. Elwood winning the 30th Derby in 1904, the first won by a woman owner, Mrs. Laska Durnell.
 Stone Street plodding through the mud in 1908 to win and pay $123.6O for $2. Donerail, a Kentucky horse, gailoping home first in 1913 to pay the longest Derby price in history, $l89.90 for $2. Old Rosebud, one of the most popular horses ever to win the Derby, finishing eight lengths in front in 1914 in 2:03 2-5, the Derby record until 1881.
 Filly Won in 1915
 IldLL W NAAbAACJ D AlIIJJ 1bC- gret, cantering home first in 1915 and becoming the first and only fil- ly ever to win the Derby. Ex- terminator, who afterward became one of the greatest horses on the American turf, winning over a mud dy track in 1913. Sir Barton, owned by the Canadian, J. K. L. Ross, galloping to victory in 1919 |. Col E. R. Bradley winning his first Derby in 1921 with Behave Yourself, which beat Black Savant, the horse Bradley had bet on in the winter book Earl Sande winning his first Derby on Zev in 1923.
 Bradley seeing his green and white silks run one-two for the second time with Bubbling Over and Bagenbaggagc in 1926 Reigh Count beating the biggest Derby field in history in 1928, when 9 started |. -. Lord Derby from Eng land presenting the winning trophy to William L. Woodward, owner of Gallant Fox, ridden to victory in 1880 by Earl Sande Twenty Grand running the fastest Derby of all time, winning the 193l race in POI 5. Bradley winning his third Derby with Burgoo King in 1881. .. And his fourth in 1883 with Brokers Tip, which finished a nose ahead of Head Play after a whip ping, brushing finish in which the rival jockeys, Don Meade and II. W. Fisher, engaged in a fight |. Cav alcade putting on great stretch drive to beat Discovery in 1884 Omaha, offspring of Gallant Fox,