KENTUCKY DERBY 49 



free day the inner field presented one mass of humanity from 

 the head of the stretch nearly to the first quarter pole. Derby 

 only brought four to the post. The race for the first mile was 

 merely a big exercising gallop, the first mile in 2 :01. They ran 

 from the half mile pole home in 51^4 seconds, and Isaac Murphy 

 had to ride Kingman hard to win by a length. This is the 

 slowest time a Derby has ever been run in. 



The Kentucky Derby for three-year olds, foals of 1888; $100 

 entrance, half forfeit, $10 if declared on or before May 1, 1890, 

 $20 if declared on or before May 1, 1891 ; money to accompany 

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

 $150 to third. \y 2 miles. 83 noms. Value to winner $4,680. 



Jacobin iStable's b c Kingman, by Glengarry, Patricia ; 122 

 lbs., Murphy 1 



T. J. Clay's b c Balgowan, by Strathmore, Trinkitat ; 122 

 lbs., Overton 2 



Eastin & Larabie's b c High Tariff by Longfellow, Christine; 

 122 lbs., Williams 3 



Bashford Manor's b c Hart Wallace by Longfellow, Ste- 

 phanie ; 122 lbs., Kiley 



Time— 2 :52K 



Betting — 2 to 5 Kingman, 3 to 1 Balgowan, 10 to 1 High 

 Tariff, 6 to 1 Hart Wallace. 



EIGHTEENTH DERBY 1892 



The eighteenth Kentucky Derby was run in the cold. The 

 weather did not check the crowd, and fully 10,000 people watched 

 the race from the grand stand and free field and cheered Azra 

 and Huron as they passed under the wire. It takes more than 

 bad weather to dampen the enthusiasm over the Kentucky Derby, 



