KENTUCKY DERBY 29 



DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE OF WINNER. 



Apollo is a chestnut gelding, bred by D. Swigert, Preakness 

 Stud, Lexington, Ky. He stands 15 hands half an inch high, 

 and the only white is on the left hind pastern. He has a rather 

 heavy, plain head, wide jowls, good stout neck, which fills up 

 his shoulders well, mounts high on the withers, deep chest, good 

 length, arched loin, long quarters and hips, with excellent, clean 

 and bony legs. Apollo is by Imp. Ashstead or Lever (no doubt 

 by the latter), out of Rebecca T. Price by The Colonel, her darn 

 by Imp. Margrave, out of Rosalie Summers by Sir Charles, her 

 dam Mischief by Virginian, out of a mare by Imp. Bedford, &c. 



NINTH DERBY 1883 



If the prospects of a successful meeting were somewhat damp- 

 ened by the heavy fall of rain for three days previous to its 

 inauguration, ample amends were made for the postponement by 

 the bright and genial sunshine that ushered in Wednesday morn- 

 ing, and the large and brilliant crowd that was in attendance on 

 Derby Day. This was more to be wondered at for the reason that 

 the weather had been so unseasonable, great coats and a fire feel- 

 ing remarkably comfortable. Indeed in looking at the vast sea 

 of upturned faces, to be seen in the Grand Stand, the lawn and 

 the field, we were reminded of witnessing our first English Derby, 

 when Umpire, the first American candidate who had ever appeared 

 for this classic event, failed to obtain a place, and the race was 

 won by Thormanby, a son of the renowned Alice Hawthorne, and 

 what is remarkable, it happened on the same day, just twenty- 

 three years ago. 



At the first attempt the seven went away to a good start, Leon- 

 atus in the lead, Raglan second, Chatter third, followed by Kellar, 

 Pike's Pride, Drake Carter and Ascender. Before reaching the 



