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and paddock and overflowing to the field. Eighteen thousand 

 people were in attendance. 



It was an exciting finish. Early, with a length and a half 

 to the good, was ridden down the stretch as though the race 

 had already been won, when within the last sixteenth H. Booker 

 brought up Judge Himes and in a merciless finish Early who 

 had lost his stride by the overconfident Winkfield, was beaten 

 three-quarters of a length by the practically neglected colt. The 

 day was perfect. From the South drifted an invigorating breeze, 

 bearing the fragrance of sprouting foliage on the nearby hills, 

 of which the green slopes of Sugar Loaf and Iroquois afforded 

 a delightful rest to the eyes bewildered by a maze of gorgeous 

 costumes and myriads of beautiful faces, banked tier upon tier 

 in the grand stand and club house terrace and representing the 

 fairest of Kentucky's womanhood. 



The track was fast. The six colts were not kept long at the 

 post, and after some ten minutes consumed in getting them in 

 line, the flag went down and the Derby was on. When Starter 

 Holtman gave the word the colts were almost at the fretful line 

 and the jockeys found Woodlake of the McDowell entry hug- 

 ging the inside rail with the others well bunched and Judge 

 Himes a half length away. They raced in this position past 

 the stand, Bad News being third, Early fourth and Bourbon fifth, 

 while Treacy brought up the rear. When they made the lower 

 turn it was evident that Helgesen on Woodlake wanted to make 

 a runaway race of it, for he had increased his lead to two 

 lengths. Bad News had moved up to second position with 

 Judge Himes a neck away, while Early still maintained his 

 position of fourth, Bourbon being fifth and Treacy a half dozen 

 lengths in the ruck and out of the race. 



