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company declarations; with $2,500 added, of which $300 to second 

 and $150 to third. V/ 2 miles. 115 noms. 



E. Corrigan's b c Riley, by Longfellow, Geneva; 118 lbs., 

 Murphy I 



W. R. Letcher's b c Bill Letcher, by Longfellow, Ida Lewis; 

 118 lbs., Allen 2 



G. V. Hankins's br c Robespierre, by Jils Johnson, Agnes; 



118 lbs., Francis 3 



Prince Fonso 118, Palisade and Outlook 118 also ran. 

 Time— 2 :45 



Betting — Even Robespierre, 4 to 1 Riley, 4 to 1 Bill Letcher, 5 

 to 1 Prince Fonso, 10 to 1 Palisade, 20 to 1 Outlook. 



SEVENTEENTH DERBY 1891 



A cloudy and hazy morning, but still spring like day, lending 

 the Louisville Jockey Club an aspect brighter than it has ever 

 worn since its inauguration in 1875, combined with the great 

 improvements made during the past winter and spring, there 

 seems every hope of a pleasant, brilliant and successful meeting. 

 We have had a remarkable season, rainy and wet during March, 

 and when winter broke summer came upon us with a burst, there 

 being as usual no intermediate season between winter and sum- 

 mer. The country is dry; and the track deep in dust, still the 

 country wears a hue of green, the trees are in full leaf, and the 

 pastures clothed with a carpet of emerald green. The crowd 

 to witness the seventeenth renewal of the Kentucky Derby was 

 the largest and most immense ever assembled on the course, 

 except at the Ten Broeck and Mollie McCarthy race, and many 

 thought the crowd larger. During the years of this race men 

 have written lovingly of Louisville and its track, and sounded 

 the praises of the great three-year old event. The crowd was 

 so great that locomotion was almost impossible, and being a 



