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annals of other days as the trainer of Roseben, one of the 

 champion sprinters of all time. 



"This was surely a great day, and the Kentucky Derby this 

 season eclipses all records," said President Charles F. Grainger. 

 "'Old Rosebud and Hodge are two three-year olds the like of 

 which perhaps never met in a Derby race. To beat a performer 

 like Hodge as handily as he did to-day makes Old Rosebud one 

 of the champion three-year olds of all time. Hodge beat the 

 previous Derby record far a mile and a quarter as well as Old 

 Rosebud, and the race was run over a track more than a second 

 slow. Had the Downs course been at its fastest undoubtedly 

 Old Rosebud would have beaten the world's record for the 

 Kentucky Derby distance on a circular track had he been pushed." 



Judge Charles F. Price stated that he had never seen a greater 

 day of racing. "There was not a single happening to mar the 

 great pleasure of the afternoon, and the Derby of 1914 was the 

 most remarkable race ever run in the long history of this classic 

 event," said the presiding official. "It was not only a track 

 record for the Downs, but it was a remarkable race in every 

 particular and wonderful to relate, the two starts of the con- 

 test, Old Rosebud and Hodge, are both geldings. It is ques- 

 tionable if in a life-time two such horses as these three-year 

 olds will be seen in any Derby race together." 



SUMMARY 



Saturday, May 9, 1914. Track good. Derby 1 and J4 mile. 

 $10,000 added, value to winner $9,125. For 3-year olds. Time 

 1:384/5, 2:03 2/5. 



Old Rosebud, 114, McCabe 1 



Hodge, 114, Taylor 2 



Bronze Wing, 117, J. Hanover 3 



