hat crowd saw the
keenest contest and the most thrilling finish that ever attended the
winning of the prize, which has been annually coveted by owners of
three-year olds in all the land since Price McGrath first took it with
game Aristides in 1875.

The winner is owned in Tennessee, but he was bred in the Blue Grass of old
Kentucky, as were also each of the half dozen that went to the post with
the son of Woolsthorpe and Al Lone and came back behind him.

Derby Day dawned clear and warm. There was not a fleck in the sky when the
sun peeped over the Eastern horizon. The track had dried out rapidly after
the severe rain of Saturday and was fast.

When the bugle called the horses to the post, Donau, accompanied to the
paddock gate by his piebald pony companion was the first to step on the
track. He was No. 1 on the program. After the post parade, the horses
cantered to the starting point one quarter of a mile up the stretch.
Starter Milton was ready for them, and after they had lined up about
twenty yards behind the barrier, gave orders to walk up. They came in good
alignment and sprung the barrier at the first attempt. They were off to a
good start four minutes after they left the paddock.

Joe Morris was first to show and Donau next, then Boola Boola and Gallant
Pirate, Fighting Bob fifth, John Furlong sixth and Topland last.

Herbert had Donau well in his stride and he lost no time sending him to
the front and when they passed the stand at the end of the first quarter
of a mile in :24, he was leading Joe Morris by half a length and was at
the rail with Topland third a head back and the others close up. Around
the clubhouse turn, Joe Morris swerved outward and carried the others with
him, giving Donau a lead of about three lengths as they straightened out
for the run down the backstretch, having passed the half in :48-4/5. Joe
Morris was here two lengths in front of John Furlong and Topland, they on
nearly even terms, with Fighting Bob two lengths back of them, a length in
front of Boola Boola and Gallant Pirate a neck apart.

Herbert took a restraining hold on Donau, passing the three-quarter ground
in 1:14 and steadied him around the turn out of the backstretch still
three lengths in front of Joe Morris. Here Stanley Page made his move on
Fighting Bob. The son of Knight of Ellerslie was in third position in a
jiffy and less than two lengths back of Joe Morris. Coming around the turn
into the homestretch, Boola Boo