-10 HISTORYOFTHE 



Chinn & Morgan's ch c Harrodsburg by Fellowcraft, dam 

 Bonnie May; 118 lbs., J. Riley 



Time— 2 :36V 2 



Betting— Ben Ali $500, Free Knight $370, Blue Wing $260, 

 Jim Gray $115; field $140. 



THIRTEENTH DERBY 1887 



The morning was cloudy and threatening, and it rained all 

 around but fortune seems to favor the Louisville Jockey Club, 

 and only a few drops of rain fell during the day. The attendance 

 was very large, the Grand Stand, hettmg grounds and inner 

 space were packed with people, so much so that navigation was 

 almost impossible ; the inner field was full of people and vehicles 

 and the crowd lining the inner fence extended from the head of 

 the stretch down past the Grand Stand and for an eighth oi : 

 a mile around the first turn. 



The Derby was a fairly good race, as the track was slower 

 than many supposed. In our issue of last week we selected Ban- 

 burg, Jacobin and Jim Gore as the three placed horses, and at 

 the same time stated that the form shown by Montrose at Lex- 

 ington was not his true form, but was unable to say what was the 

 matter with the colt. We expressed the opinion that we thought 

 Jim Gore would win the Derby if he did not break down in 

 the race, and unfortunately his leg gave away at the half mile 

 pole, so his jockey, Fitzpatrick, stated, and that he could not 

 have lost the race except for the accident. Banburg could not 

 extend himself in the race to-day ; he neither had speed or bot- 

 tom, ifrom some cause, and did not begin to show the form he 

 did at Lexington in the Phoenix Stakes. Montrose took the 

 lead as the lot entered the main stretch, and was never after- 

 wards headed. Taken as a lot the Derby colts this season were 



