KENTUCKY DERBY 61 



of which $300 to second and $150 to third. -One mile and a half. 



Closed with 55 nominations. 



Leigh & Rose's b c Chant, 3, by Falsetto, Addie C. ; 122 lbs., 



1 to 2, Goodale 1 



C. H. Smith's ch c Pearl 'Song, 3, by Falsetto, Pearl Thorn ; 



122 lbs., 3 to 1, R. Williams 2 



Bashford Manor's ch g Sigurd, 3, by Pardee, Lady Salyers ; 



122 lbs., 20 to 1, Overton 3 



Anderson & Gooding's b c Al Boyer, 3, by imp. Deceiver, 



Bayadere ; 122 lbs., 5 to 1, Ray 



S. K. Hughes & Co.'s br g Tom Elmore, 3, by Julien, Ems; 



122, lbs., 20 to 1, Irving 



Time — 2:41. Won by six lengths, fifteen lengths between 

 second and third. Value to winner $4,020. 



TWENTY-FIRST DERBY 1895 



The Kentucky Derby this year went to a Lexington owned 

 and trained horse. Halma, the black son of Hanover and Julia 

 L., owned and trained by Byron McClelland and ridden by Per- 

 kins, won the classic event Monday, in the easiest kind of style, 

 going the mile and a half journey in 2:2>7 l />. It was the slowest 

 rjace of the day, and it looked like Halma could have gone the 

 distance at least a second and a half faster had he been pushed 

 to it. 



The association was especially favored with good weather 

 Monday, and a lovelier day for racing could hardly have been 

 made to order. 



The story of the Derby is quickly told as there were no 

 sensational features about it. Only four horses started, Halma, 

 Basso, Laureate and Curator. Halma was a 2 to 5 favorite, but 

 even at this short price he was pretty heavily backed. Mr. Nick 

 Finzer's colt Laureate, was heavily played for the place at 3 to 5, 

 especially by the Louisville contingent, who were patriotic and 



