72 HISTORY OF THE 



ing it. The wire is reached. Garner is still climbing and coaxing, 

 Ornament is still fighting a neck back, and Typhoon II., is 

 winner of the Kentucky Derby of 1897." 



For three-year-olds (foals of 1894) ; $5 to accompany the 

 nomination; $15 to be paid May 1, 1896; $30 to be paid March 

 1, 1897; $100 additional to start. The club to guarantee the value 

 of the stakes to be $6,000, of which $700 to second and $300 to 

 third. Colts to carry 122 pounds; geldings (at time of starting), 

 119 pounds; fillies, 117 pounds. Those not having won a three- 

 year-old race of the value of $1,500, allowed five pounds; maidens 

 ten pounds. One mile and a quarter. Closed with 159 nomina- 

 tions. One mile and a quarter. 



Index Starters Jockeys St. ]/ 2 ?4 S. F. Betting 



(325)Typhoon II, 117.... Garner 1 13 12 12 lh 11 to 5 

 ( 186) Ornament, 117.. A. Clavton 5 22 26 28 2 25 7 to 5 

 (404) Dr. Catlett, 117.R. Williams 6 41 48 4 10 34 4 to 1 

 Dr. Shepard, 117. .J. Hill 4 3 4 3 6 3/ 2 4 30 15tol 



(336) Goshen, 117 Wilhite 2 6 6 6 5 15 to 1 



(284) Ben Brown, 117. . .Ballard 3 5352516 6tol 



Start fair; won with first 2 driving hard. Time— 2:12^4. 



J. C. Cahn's ch c Typhoon II, by imp. Top Gallant-Dolly 

 Varden. 



TWENTY-FOURTH DERBY 1898 



Kentucky is happy. The Kentucky Derby on Wednesday last 

 was won by a Kentucky horse, bred, owned and trained, while 

 Memphis and the Southern talent are clothed in sackcloth and 

 ashes. The gallant Plaudit lowered the colors of the hitherto 

 invincible Lieber Karl. 



The day of the great event opened gloomy and showery, and 

 the weather, therefore, reduced the crowd which would have 

 otherwise been perhaps the greatest in the history of this famous 

 race. Before the races began, however, the rain ceased and a 

 brilliant assembly saw the 24th Kentucky Derby, and even in 



