78 HISTORYOFTHE 



Mazo, 117 Conlev 4 4 1 4nk 4 1 4 3 3 3 3 6 8 to 1 



His Lordship, 110 



Turner 2 V/ 2 1 1 2 1 3 h 4J4 4 2 12 to 1 



Fontai'ebleu, 117 



Overton 3 2 1 2^ 5 5 5 5 50 to 1 



Start good. Won easily; place same. Post 3 minutes. Winner, 



b c by Bob Miles — Espanita. Value to winner $4,850. 



TWENTY-SIXTH DERBY 1900 



Louisville, Ky., May 3rd, 1900, weather fine, track fast. One 

 mile and a quarter. Time 2 :06^. Value $4,850, second $700, 

 third $300. 



Lieut. Gibson, 117, D. Boland 1 by 4 lengths 



Florizar, 122, Van Dusen 2 by 2 lengths 



Thrive, 122, Winkfield 3 by 1 length 



Highland Lad, His Excellency, Kentucky Farmer, Hindus 

 also ran. Betting 10 to 7 on Gibson. Good start. Won easily, 

 place same. Gibson made his field look common. 



Lieut. Gibson, br c, by G. W. Johnson — Sophia Hardy, owned 

 by Charles H. Smith, trained by Charles Hughes. 



There was little delay at the post. To a perfect start, His 

 Excellency was the first to show, closely followed by Lieut. 

 Gibson and Kentucky Farmer, with the field well bunched. When 

 all were straightened out and the race had begun Lieut. Gibson 

 took command from the momentary leader and began nodding 

 ofif fast quarters with wonderful regularity. The pace rate of 

 speed was terrific the first quarter, being run in :24^, at the 

 end of which the gallant pacemaker let out a link and running 

 the third eighth in 0:11^2 was at the seven-eighths pole in :35^4. 

 Boland now steadied the big colt by letting him rate right along. 

 The fourth eighth in :12^ carried him to the three-quarter pole 

 in :48, a heart-breaking clip of the first half-mile of a mile 

 an<1 a quarter race, 



