KENTUCKY DERBY 87 



THIRTIETH DERBY 1904 



Louisville, Ky., May 2. Weather fine, track fast. One and 

 one-quarter miles. Time 2:08^- Value to winner $4,850, second 

 $700, third $300. 140 nominations. 



Elwood, 117 Prior 1 



Ed. Tierney, 117, Dominick 2 



Brancas, 117, Lyne 3 



Prince Silverwings, 117, Austin 4 



Proceeds, 122, Helgeson 5 



Betting evens Proceeds, 2 Brancas, 4 Tierney, 8 Silverwings, 

 10 Elwood. Good start, won driving. Silverwings, Proceeds, 

 Tierney and Elwood ran 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th for \ l / & . Proceeds 

 stumbled at start. 



Elwood, b c, 3, by Free Knight — Petticoat. Owned by Mrs. 

 C. E. Durnell, trained by C. E. Durnell. 



DESCRIPTION OF RACE 



In the presence of one of the largest crowds ever seen at 

 Churchill Downs race track the thirtieth renewal of the Kentucky 

 Derby was decided on Monday. The winner turned up in El- 

 wood, a son of Free Knight and Petticoat by Alarm, and the 

 outsider in the betting. Elwood was bred by Mrs. J. B. 

 Prather, Marysville, Mo. Proceeds, the favorite, took com- 

 mand just after the start, but began to quit before five fur- 

 longs had been negotiated. The Talbot horse, Prince Silver- 

 wings, who had been in second place, now took the lead and led 

 the way until well in the stretch, where lack of condition told and 

 he gave way to Elwood who had trailed the field to this point. 

 Ed Tierney joined Elwood at the paddock gate, and from there 

 on the race was between the two, Elwood winning by half 

 length. Elwood was a seasoned horse and this probably gave 

 him the race. According to our way of thinking, Prince Silver- 

 wings would have won easily had he been fit. While a small 



