HISTORY OF THE 



Amur and Alard Sheck also ran. Betting 10 to 7 Scheck; 

 3 His Eminence. Good start. Won easily, place same. 



His Eminence, b c, by Falsetto — Patroness. Owned by F. 

 B. Van Meter. 



DESCRIPTION OF RACE 



His Eminence, a beautiful bay colt by Falsetto-Patroness by 

 Pat Malloy, foaled in the Blue Grass and trained at Churchill 

 Downs, won the twenty-seventh renewal of the Kentucky. Sanna- 

 zarro, the brown son of imp. Pirate of Penzance — Roseola by 

 Duke of Montrose, was second, while Driscoll, Woodford Clay's 

 bay colt by Dixon — Merry Maiden by Virgil was third. The 

 time was 2:0724- Alard Scheck, the odds-on favorite, the prop- 

 erty of John W. Schoor, of Memphis and the pride of all Ten- 

 nessee, finished absolutely last, five lengths behind Amur. It 

 was a truly run race and His Eminence outclassed his field. 



Twenty thousand people saw the Derby run. The grand stand 

 was a monster hillside of beautiful costumes and shining faces. 



They were at the post only a short time — four minutes. There 

 was a little jockeying for positions, one false break; they were 

 called back and lined up again. Then there was a flash of 

 yellow and red, a long hoarse roar from the thousands packed 

 in the stand and here they come, five good colts closely bunched, 

 with the black nose of Alard Scheck showing slightly in front. 



Before the colts had gone fifty yards Winkfield had moved his 

 charge up to first position and as they passed the stand His 

 Eminence was half a length in front of Scheck, while Driscoll 

 had also moved up and was only a neck behind, with a length 

 between him and Amur, Sannazarro bringing up the rear. They 

 ran the first eighth in :13, and passed the quarter in :25^. 



His Eminence was beautifully rated by Jockey Winkfield, the 

 colored bov. He carried his field to the three-eighths in :38 



