KENTUCKY DERBY H7 



John Gund, 117, Byrne; Old Ben, 114, Turner; Surprising, 

 117, Peak; Watermelon, 112, French. 



Winner bay geld, by Uncle— ilvory Bells. Owner H. C. Apple- 

 gate. Trainer F. D. Weir. 



FORTY-FIRST DERBY 1915 



Regret, a chestnut daughter of Broomstick — Jersey Lightning, 

 to-day overcame tradition that has withstood since Aristides, 

 the "little red horse," triumphed in the inaugural running of the 

 Blue Grass State classic in the spring of 1875, and gained for her 

 owner, Harry Payne Whitney, the Eastern sportsman, the sum 

 of $11,450 and what is infinitely more to him the honor of 

 winning The Kentucky Derby. 



Regret, the scion of illustrious thoroughbreds, achieved an 

 easy victory, and, while she may not be the greatest horse that 

 ever won the Derby, the daughter of Broomstick and the grand- 

 daughter of Ben Brush frunished a spectacle for more than 

 40,000 persons at Churchill Downs that will not soon be for- 

 gotten. Dashing to the front with the rise of the barrier, she 

 made every post a winning post and came on to laurels that 

 were rightfully hers. 



Behind Regret trailed the greatest field that has ever worn 

 silks in this premier turf event. Pebbles, also carrying the colors 

 of the Eastern invasion, straining aching muscles, pursued the 

 flying leader to the wire. In his wake were Sharpshooter, an- 

 other representative of the East; Royal II, the English-bred colt; 

 Emerson Cochran, Leo Ray, Double Eagle and the rest of the 

 struggling field. Sixteen pure-blooded animals accepted the issue, 

 the largest number in the history of the race. 



Far Back was For Fair, a winter king; Ed Crump, the hope 

 of the Tennesseeans ; Norse King, a star of the Maryland racing, 



