KENTUCKY DERBY 53 



The Kentucky Derby for three-year olds, foals of 1889; $100 

 entrance, half forfeit; $10 if declared on or before May 1, 1891, 

 $20 if declared on or before May 1, 1892; money to accompany 

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

 $150 to third. 1^4 miles. 3 starters. 68 subscribers. 



Bashford Manor's b c Azra, by Reform, Albia; 122 lbs., 

 Clayton 1 



Ed. Corrigan's b c Huron, by Iroquois, Brunette; 122 lbs., 

 Britton 2 



Ed. Corrigan's b c Phil Dwyer, by Longfellow, imp. Encore; 

 122 lbs., Overton 3 



Fractional time— :2S%, :51$4, 1:17*4, 1 :45^4, 2:12, 2:41J/ 2 

 Betting — 3 to 2 Azra, 20 to 11 Corrigan's pair. 



NINETEENTH DERBY 1893 



Never since the Spokane-Proctor Knott Derby, in 1889, was 

 there such a crowd gathered at Churchill Downs as that to-day. 



The weather and the far-famed Kentucky Derby were the 

 cause of it, greatly augmented by the fact that the field was free. 

 It is a time-honored and commendable custom of the Louisville 

 Jockey Club to give a free field on Derby and Clark days, and 

 the association lost nothing by it to-day, as every inch of space 

 on the grand stand side of the track was filled, and no more 

 could have been accommodated. 



The weather was simply delightful, and this with a strong 

 attraction on the programme is what is required to draw a large 

 crowd to a race-track. It is no easy matter to estimate such a 

 gathering with any degree of accuracy, but there must have 

 been at least 25,000 people on the grounds. They began to 

 arrive before 11 o'clock, and from that time until 3 o'clock in 

 the afternoon the streets leading out to the track were lined with 



