KENTUCKY DERBY 



dried out considerably and was in fair condition when the 

 bugle called the Derby candidates to the post. 



The crowd waited patiently for the Derby, which was the 

 fourth race on the card and at 15 minutes past 4 o'clock the 

 three colts passed from the paddock out into the broad, heavy 

 path. A cheer that is almost a roar goes up from the crowd. 

 The parade takes but a few minutes and they passed on up to 

 the turn, where Starter Dwyer gives the boys a few words of 

 instructions and almost before the crowd has had time to 

 realize it, they're off to a beautiful start, and here they come 

 on the trip that means so much to the admirers of both star 

 performers. 



Jockey Martin has his orders regarding Agile, and obeying 

 these instructions to the letter, he starts out to show Ram's 

 Horn a merry time, because it is a well-known fact that the 

 son of Bute is unable to do himself justice in the mud. They 

 pass the stand with Agile a length in front, while Jockey Lyne, 

 on Ram's Horn, is trying to rate his colt and keep him within 

 striking distance of the leader. Even at this early point in the 

 race Layson is hopelessly beaten and even to the most inex- 

 perienced, he is merely running for the money that goes to the 

 third horse. The cherry jacket and blue cap which is on Agile's 

 back bobs up and down like a cork in a choppy sea. The black 

 silk on Ram's Horn's back moves through space with very 

 little motion. A long roar like the snarl of a multitude of bulldogs 

 comes from the stand and spreads itself over the crowd in the 

 infield and reverberates from the whitewashed barns on the 

 other side of the beautiful course. This is the cry of the 

 people from the Blue Grass land, friends of Ram's Horn, the 

 poor man's horse. The real race has only begun. 



As they round the first turn, Martin lets out a wrap and 

 Agile shoots forward like an arrow from a bow. Ram's Horn 



