138 HISTORYOFTHE 



FORTY-SIXTH DERBY 1920 



A droning buzz as if from 45,000 human bees, a sudden 

 silence as felt before a storm, and then an outburst of sound 

 over topped in volume by the rebel yell let out by Uncle Billy 

 Garth, of Virginia, thousands of fluttering spasms of dying 

 thrills, and then the finish of the forty-sixth Kentucky Derby 

 passed into history. 



Running a great and game race, that did credit to his illus- 

 trious namesake, Paul Jones, a son of Sea King and May Flor- 

 ence, led from start to finish of the mile and a quarter, and won 

 under a drive by a good neck. Fighting it out to the last ounce 

 of endeavor, Harry Payne Whitney's Upset, that owner's home 

 bred son of Whisk Broom II. and Pankhurst, finished in second 

 place, with four lengths to spare over George W. Loft's On 

 W r atch, who was early favorite in the winter books for this 

 big event. 



On Watch was four lengths in front of Damask another of 

 the Whitney entry, while Donnacona, the other of the Loft pair 

 to start, was fifth, with Blazes, stable mate of Paul Jones, sixth. 

 The race was worth $30,375 to the winner, and there was $4,000 

 for Upset, who ran second, and $2,000 for On Watch, as the 

 short end of the rich purse, while Damask saved his entry fee 

 when he finished in fourth place, $275. 



For once, the monster throng, many of whom had witnessed 

 many other Derbies, awakened to a perfect day, just as perfect 

 as a day in June, but the track was slow, as was evidenced by 

 the time of 2:09. The record for this race was made by Old 

 Rosebud, who did the distance in 2:03 2/5. 



The start of the race could not have been better, the seventeen 

 thoroughbreds getting away in almost perfect alignment, after 

 having been at the post less than four minutes. 



