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Clay & Woodford's br c Admiral by Vedette, dam Regatta; 



110 lbs., C Taylor 



R. A. Johnson & Co.'s b c Powhattan III. by Glenelg, dam 



Florence I ; 110 lbs., D. Williams 



Wooding & Puryear's b c Exploit by Enquirer, dam Fanny 



Malone ; 110 lbs., Conkling 



R'. M. McClellan's b c Boreas by Billet, dam Maggie Morgan ; 



110 lbs., O'Brien 



Time— 2 :40*4 



Betting— Bob Miles $440, Audrain $400, Buchanan $400, 

 Loftin $160, field $240. 



ELEVENTH DERBY 1885 



A more beautiful morning could not have been made for the 

 opening day of the Louisville Jockey Club. Not a cloud was 

 to be seen, and the genial rays of the sun made the day most 

 charming. The Kentucky Derby grows in interest with each 

 recurring year, and this was its eleventh renewal. There is 

 more ante-post betting on it than on any race in this country, 

 and the winner is generally awarded the highest honor as a 

 three-year old. 



The track was in splendid order, except the chute, which has 

 not been galloped over and was deep and dusty. The grounds 

 looked neat and clean with its holiday suit of whitewash, which 

 was a pretty contrast with the emerald green of the grass on 

 the inner field. 



The attendance was immense, the largest ever seen on a race 

 track in Kentucky save the Ten Broeck-Mollie McCarthy match. 

 The inner field was full of all kinds of vehicles and conveyances, 

 while the training track was packed full of people from the 

 head of the homestretch down past the grand stand and well 

 around the turn, nearly half a mile of people almost solidly 



