16 HISTORY OF THE 



Smallwood & Co.'s ch c King William, by Foster, dam by imp. 

 Albion, 100 lbs., Bailey 3 



J. T. Williams' b g Vera Cruz, by Virgil, dam Regan, 97 

 lbs., Murphy 



J. J. Merrill's b c Odd Fellow, bv Longfellow, dam Magnolia, 



100 lbs., Williams 



A. Buford's ch c McWhirter, by Enquirer, dam Ontario, 100 



lbs., H. Moore 



Geo. H. Rice's br c Malvern, by Melbourne, jr., dam Mag- 



netta, 100 lbs., S. Jones 



F. B. Harper's gr f Earlv Light, by Longfellow, dam Fannie 



Wells, 97 lbs., W. James 



Johnson & Mills' b g Dan K., by imp. Bonnie iScotland, dam 



Jennie June, 97 lbs., McGrath 



D. Swigert's b c Lisbon, by imp. Phaeton, dam imp. Lady 



Love, 100 lbs., Douglass 



L. B. Field's b c Headlight, by Bayonet, dam Olivia, 100 lbs.. 



iShelton 



Time— 2 :38 

 Betting— Leonard, $400; Field, $430. 



FOURTH DERBY 1878 



No better evidence would be wanted of the popularity and 

 growing interest in racing than was the case to-day, the opening 

 of the Spring meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club. The club 

 have struck the keynote of success in throwing open the inner 

 field free to the public, which was graced to-day by some six 

 or eight thousand people, as well behaved and orderly an as- 

 semblage as has ever been seen collected together. They came 

 on foot, in every sort and kind of vehicles, and the grand stand 

 and every other available space was full to overflowing to wit- 

 ness the first day, which gave one of the best races ever witnessed 

 in America. But we must not anticipate our report. The sport 



